Ep. 220: Robby Barbaro - Going the Distance with Diabetes: Robby's IRONMAN Story

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Oct 26, 2023

Robby Barbaro, Type 1 diabetic, completed an IRONMAN triathlon. They talk about Robby's training, fueling, and glucose monitoring during the race. Robby shares his mindset and training process, starting as a beginner triathlete. He encourages everyone to make big changes and become a better version of themselves. The podcast also discusses topics like living with Type 1 Diabetes, reversing Type One Diabetes, measuring food and insulin sensitivity, and training for an Iron Man Triathlon.

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Introduction

00:00 • 5min

Living with Type 1 Diabetes

04:50 • 6min

Reversing Type One Diabetes

10:32 • 15min

A Spectacular Dinner with a Variety of In-Season Fruits

25:31 • 2min

Measuring Food and Insulin Sensitivity

27:09 • 11min

Training for an Iron Man Triathlon and a New Pantry Helper

37:48 • 3min

Preparing for an Ironman

40:32 • 11min

Nutrition Strategy for Ironman Race

51:03 • 8min

Managing Wetsuit Anxiety and Navigating Swim Collisions

58:40 • 21min

If you've followed the PLANTSTRONG Podcast, no doubt you're familiar with Robby Barbaro, one of the founders of Mastering Diabetes and now, an official IRONMAN triathlon finisher!

If you don’t know, an IRONMAN is a one-day triathlon where you swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, and then run a marathon! Crazy, right?! It's even more awesome since Robby did it as a plant-based, Type 1 diabetic.

In this episode, Rip and Robby talk about how he trained, fueled, and monitored his glucose during training and racing. They also talk about his mindset and training process, as he essentially started from ground zero as a triathlete.

As Robby says, you can always become a happier and better version of yourself and that’s exactly what he did. He found an area in his life he wasn’t happy with, and sought to make big changes.

We invite all of you to do it too, no matter what your goals happen to be. (and believe me, it doesn’t have to be an IRONMAN!)

About Robby Barbaro

Robby Barbaro, MPH graduated from the University of Florida and is the cofounder of Mastering Diabetes. He worked at Forks Over Knives for six years before turning his attention in 2016 to coaching people with diabetes full-time.

Robby was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 12 and has been living this lifestyle since 2006. In that time, while eating pounds of fruit every day, his HbA1c value has never exceeded 6.4%, and his blood glucose has been stable and easy to manage.

He is the co-host of the annual Mastering Diabetes Online Summit, a featured speaker at Whole Foods Global Headquarters, VegFest LA, Plant-Stock, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, and has been featured on Forks Over Knives, Healthline, Medical Medium, Vice, Thrive Magazine, Diet Fiction, Thrive Global, BestLife and the wildly popular podcasts Plant Proof and Nutrition Rounds, and is the author of the book Mastering Diabetes with Cyrus Khambatta, PhD.