Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Cindy Davis Mikolajczyk has been a registered nurse for 45 years and is the host of the Ask Nurse Cindy YouTube channel where she uses humor and easy to understand examples to help others on the journey to informed self care. Since discovering the power of ketogenic eating, Cindy has been passionately devoted to helping others discover the freedom found in fueling the body with low carb, high fat, medium protein foods. She is also an educator and a teacher. In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Cindy talk about: (02:18) Dr. Tony and Cindy’s time on the recent Low Carb Cruise (03:31) Why Cindy chose to work in the ICU/Wound Care as a nurse and how she found her way to the ketogenic diet (16:47) How/why Cindy is so outgoing and optimistic (26:43) Caring for a family member with Type 1 Diabetes (35:01) Retinopathy and Diabetic ketoacidosis (43:39) Cindy’s family’s health history and weight loss journey as a whole (56:17) Things that Type 1 Diabetics need to be aware of with regard to ultra-processed food (01:03:16) Addressing misconceptions about insulin and what it is that insulin does in the body (01:07:25) What happiness is and what it means to be happy Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.   Links:   Additional Links: Reversing Type 2 Diabetes with Nutritional Approaches (Dr. Sarah Hallberg Legacy Course)   Cindy Davis Mikolajczyk: Instagram YouTube   Dr. Tony Hampton: Linktree Instagram Account LinkedIn Account Ritmos Negros Podcast Q Med Symposium for Metabolic Health Lectures How Waking Up Every Day at 4:30 Can Change Your Life