The Glucose Never Lies® Podcast
Host John Pemberton — diabetes educator, researcher, and dad living with type 1 since 2008 — explores how to think clearly about type 1 diabetes in the real world.
Each episode translates current evidence and expert practice into decisions you can use: CGM accuracy and interpretation, getting more from pumps and automated insulin delivery, movement as a glucose tool, nutrition that protects performance and enjoyment, sleep, travel, parties, and sport.
Guests include leading clinicians, researchers, and people with lived experience. Expect respectful challenge, plain language, and practical take-aways.
Note: Educational only. No therapeutic relationship or personal medical advice.
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Episodes
42 episodes
Ep 41: CGM Series Round-Up, Grace Update and John on Diabetech
Every few months, The Glucose Never Lies stops and takes stock. No single guest, no single topic: three CGM Series episodes have landed since the last round-up, Grace has a new model, and John has appeared on two podcasts that are not his own. ...
Episode 40 - Accu-Chek SmartGuide: CGM Generation 2.0 for MDI | Amy Jolley | GNL Podcast
People on MDI have had one generation of CGM technology: a sensor that tells you what your glucose is doing now, with a 15-minute trend arrow. While pump users have moved through five iterations, injection users have been waiting. The Accu-Chek...
Episode 39: Abbott FreeStyle Libre - Accuracy, Simplicity and What's Next
Michael Skarlatos from Abbott UK Medical Affairs joins John Pemberton for the second manufacturer episode of the CGM Series. A former diabetes specialist dietitian at University Hospitals of Leicester, Michael brings real clinical experience to...
Episode 38: Q1 2026 Quarterly Review, GNL Grace, the Explorers, and What Changed
Three months ago, GNL was a website full of excellent content that was genuinely hard to find. In Episode 38, John Pemberton and Creative Director Anjanee Kohli talk through what happened next: a complete website rebuild, five interactive explo...
Episode 37: Dexcom G7 and ONE+| Adam Dawes | GNL Podcast
Most people with T1D have switched their CGM high alert off. Not because they do not care - because it goes off every time they eat and there is nothing they can do about it. Episode 37 is about what Dexcom built to fix that.Adam Dawes, ...
36: CGM Series - CGM Accuracy, DSN Reality Checks and the Future of Diabetes Technology
CGM Series | The Glucose Never Lies® PodcastThree of the UK's leading diabetes specialist nurses on why CE marking is not a quality standard for CGM accuracy, why data sufficiency must come before device comparison, and what A...
35: CGM Series - The Importance of CGM Accuracy and Study Design with Professor Othmar Moser
CGM Series | The Glucose Never Lies® PodcastCGM accuracy is usually described with a single number: MARD. But a low MARD can hide significant risk if the study behind it was poorly designed. Professor Othmar Moser — one of the...
34 — Building High-Performance Type 1 Diabetes Care: Technology, Targets, and Equity (Dr Peter Adolfsson)
How do some countries consistently achieve lower HbA1c and better outcomes in type 1 diabetes while others struggle — even with the same technologies?In this episode, John Pemberton speaks with Dr Peter Adolfsson, paediatric diabe...
33 — Exercise Evidence for Females with T1D: Mind the Gap | Associate Professor Jane Yardley
Exercise guidelines for type 1 diabetes are built on research dominated by male participants. Professor Jane Yardley, a leading exercise physiologist, bridges the research gap between male and female exercise physiology in type 1 diabetes.<...
32 — Menstrual Cycles & Type 1 Diabetes: The Gender Gap in Care | Dr. Cecilia Nobili
The menstrual cycle affects half of people with type 1 diabetes, yet it's nearly invisible in clinical guidelines, research, and technology design. Dr. Cecilia Nobili — a pediatric diabetology resident and researcher living with T1D — bridges t...
31 — Prof Scott on pregnancy with type 1 diabetes: from pre-conception planning to postpartum care
Professor Eleanor Scott, one of the UK's leading experts in pregnancy and diabetes, provides the evidence-based roadmap that cuts through the noise. Full Show notes: http...
30 — Educating on the algorithms behind diabetes devices
In this episode of Glucose Never Lies, John Pemberton welcomes Dr. Inge Van Boxelaer, endocrinologist and founder of Diabetotech, an independent education platform for diabetes technology. Together, they explore the critical role of ed...
29 — The Behaviour Change Playbook for Type 1 Diabetes
Five principles that make change more likely to stickJohn Pemberton is joined by Vanessa Haydock (The Diabetic Health Coach). Background in psychology and applied behaviour analysis, certified behaviour analyst, personal trainer...
28 — Then Glucose Never Lies 2025 in Review: Chaos → Clarity
Host: John Pemberton, RD Guest: Anjanee Kohli, RD MNutr2025 was a formative year for The Glucose Never Lies® Podcast. Not because everything went smoothly — but because repeated exposure to real-world probl...
27 — T1D Looping Blind: Making the Impossible Possible Together
Host: John Pemberton, RDGuests: Roger Moore & Robin LucciantonioRoger has lived with type 1 diabetes since age two and has been totally blind for more than 35 years. While automated insulin delivery (AID) has transf...
26 – Building a Diabetes Community Through Vulnerability, Movement and Mindset (Diabetes with Mily)
Host: John Pemberton, RD Guest: Diabetes with Milly (Milly)Episode page: Detailed...
25 — Partying with T1D (Alcohol Edition)
In this episode, John Pemberton and Dr Dessi Zaharieva open a transparent, evidence-based conversation about alcohol, nightlife, festivals, hypos, and harm-reduction for people living with Type 1 Diabetes.
24 — Skincare, Sensors & Smarter AID Algorithms for Type 1 Diabetes
Host: John Pemberton, RDGuest: Dr Laurel Messer, PhD, RN Epidose page - Detailed show notes
23 — From Diabetes Brunches to Bali by Creating a Type 1 Diabetes Community with Dr Temi Olonisakin
Join John Pemberton as he sits down with Dr Temi Olonisakin — the doctor who turned a lonely Type 1 diabetes diagnosis at 17 into a movement of connection, confidence, and pancakes.From small brunch tables in London to dreams of B...
22 — From Diabetes Burnout to the CGM Access Blueprint — Kirsten de Klerk (South Africa)
When sixteen-year-old Kirsten de Klerk was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, she asked how long she’d have to live like this. Her doctor replied, “Every day for the rest of your life.”Years later, that sentence became the f...
21 — Partha Kar’s SPARK: Transforming diabetes care using his “Five-to-Drive-Change”
Professor Partha Kar joins The Glucose Never Lies® Podcast to unpack how the UK moved from research to reality in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and hybrid closed-loop systems (AID) — and how the same approach can be applie...
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20 — Standardization of Testing CGM Performance: The Nuts and Bolts with Stefan Pleus of the IFCC
Episode 20 — Standardization of Testing CGM Performance: The Nuts and BoltsWith Dr. Stefan Pleus (Institut für Diabetes-Technologie, Universität Ulm; Chair of the IFCC Working Group on CGM).
19 – iCGM vs eCGM vs Standardisation by the IFCC: CGM Regulation with Dr. Guido Freckmann
19 – iCGM vs eCGM vs Standardisation by the IFCC: CGM Regulation with Dr. Guido FreckmannFull show notes and FAQ, and consider
