Type 1 diabetes - stabilising glucose and reducing insulin need
What changed
- Glucose stability ↑
- Insulin requirement ↓
- Daily functioning ↑
A young woman with Type 1 diabetes, fluctuating sugars, frequent fatigue and growing dependence on exogenous insulin.
Where does insulin need actually come from?
What happened
How the case unfolded.
Her routine was heavily medication-driven with little clarity on the nutrition, stress and recovery patterns that influence insulin need. A structured framework - nutritional rebalancing, glycaemic-friendly meals, stress reduction, sleep correction and metabolic monitoring - reduced her variability and optimised her dose alongside her medical treatment.
Clinical lens
What this case asks you to hold at once.
- Glycaemic stability
- Nutrition
- Stress
- Sleep
- Metabolic monitoring
A case like this is rarely resolved by the most obvious intervention. HNTP learners work through the presentation, the wider context and the reasoning behind each decision - then follow what actually happened.
The coach
Presented by Dhanyalakshmi N at HolistiCon 2025.
How cases are worked
Present. Question. Connect. Refine.
Cases like this one are presented to the HNTP community every Friday. Coaches structure the case, articulate their reasoning, and take questions from peers and mentors.
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Present
Structure the case and articulate your clinical reasoning.
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Question
Explore what was observed, assumed, missed or learned.
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Connect
Bring nutrition, lifestyle, physiology and human context together.
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Refine
Return to practice with clearer thinking and better questions.
Case notes
Case discussions are educational in nature. Individual results vary, and holistic lifestyle interventions support - but do not replace - appropriate medical evaluation, treatment and professional judgement.
This is the kind of reasoning the Challenge assesses.
Two cases, about twenty minutes, and it sets your fee.
₹35,000from ₹3,500a year, with a scholarship
- Step 01
Take the challenge
Two real clinical cases, ten questions and six reflections. About twenty minutes. Your answers save as you go, so stopping costs you nothing.
- Step 02
Earn your band
Scored on clinical reasoning, not recall. Every completed challenge earns a scholarship of at least 30%; the strongest earn 90%.
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Enrol and begin
Your band sets your fee for the year. Seven modules, weekly live case sessions, and the pathway to ALSM certification.
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