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Certificate on the wall, but this one feels different. The Professional Diploma in Sports Nutrition from FC Barcelona’s It deepened everything I thought I already knew. Macronutrient timing, hydration strategies, supplement science, fuelling for performance under real competitive conditions. Every module made me a sharper coach and a more informed athlete. working full time, training, managing glucose while building my coaching business from the ground up. There were late nights and early mornings. There were moments of doubt. But closing a laptop at midnight after a good study session and knowing I am one step closer to helping someone better, that feeling does not get old. This diploma goes straight into the work I do with my clients at nutriton-for-athelete.com, and into the pages of my book, where I share everything I have learned as a scientist, a coach, and a triathlete living with Type 1 Diabetes. If you are an athlete, a diabetic, or both, and you want to train and fuel with real knowledge behind you, come find me. Link in bio.I had never ridden gravel in my life. I showed up to the biggest gravel race in Europe anyway — borrowed bike, new shoes, a dog watching me while I was trying to sleep and a CGM reading of 160 mg/dL at 6am. Cortisol doesn’t care about your race plan. My Omnipod 5 didn’t manage to bring me in range. Breakfast with long carbs and protein. Half a banana at the start line. Omnipod 5 in Sport Mode. One gel after every climb, for 100 kilometres, because with T1D the fuelling is never optional, it is the race within the race. The first 45km were steep, sandy, relentless. My legs worked harder than they wanted to. My glucose stayed honest. I kept going. At km 40 — a rock, a hole, the ground. Blood on my arm, bruised leg and face. I cried. Briefly. Then I checked my CGM. Still in range. Still moving. Still racing. I crossed the finish line with glucose sitting at 175 mg/dL, stable, in range, exactly where it needed to be. Not by accident. By planning, by trusting the system, by not stopping when stopping would have been so much easier. Living with T1D doesn’t make the race harder to finish. It just gives you one more reason to cross the line.Glucose, Sport and Helping People ❤️Grateful. Truly 💙 To all the incredible people I’ve met along this journey — THANK YOU. For your energy, your trust, your openness, and for showing up every single day. I see your effort. I see your progress. And I’m so proud of you 🔥 @paolomaresca_street @marleendemes @leo_bombi For me, this is more than sport. Living with Type 1 diabetes, I know how challenging it can be — but also how powerful it is to take control, to learn, and to keep moving forward. Be inspired myself by Team Novonordisk, which I had the people to join. That’s why I share my journey. To show what’s possible. To support, connect, and grow, showing my weaknesses If you ever need to talk, ask something, or just share your experience,I’m here. Always open to connect 💬 And through my book, I’m also contributing to fundraising for Fondazione Italiana Diabete (FID) @fondazioneitalianadiabete supporting research and moving closer to a cure 💙 #Type1Diabetes #DiabetesAwareness #DiabetesAthlete #TriathlonLife StrongerTogether FID Endurance KeepGoing @elecampagnoliInspiring days at @attdconference Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes, one of the leading global conferences on diabetes research and technology. As someone living with Type 1 diabetes since 1999, being here is both personally interesting and motivating. Seeing the science advancing gives real hope for the future ❤️ for a 🌎 without Diabete. 🔬 First-in-human trial exploring transplantation of insulin-producing cells without the need for immunosuppression 🧬 Screening for Type 1 diabetes through autoantibodies, enabling earlier detection and prevention strategies 📊 Advances in AI and CGM data to predict glucose trends and improve insulin management 🥚 Research on nutrition and protein strategies to reduce hypoglycemia 👩‍⚕️ Increasing focus on women and Type 1 diabetes and hormonal effects on glucose control Progress in diabetes care truly comes from the collaboration between science, technology, clinicians, and people living with diabetes. Grateful to witness these advances and to be part of this community. @fondazioneitalianadiabete @leo_varroni @leo_bombi @mariella_advocate_autrice @andreinatummoloToday I celebrate 🎉 6 months since the publication of my Book: Nutrition and Sport with Diabetes (IT&EN version) #Royaties to @fondazioneitalianadiabete Thanks to each of you for taking time to get to know me, text me, call me, write me a message to share love and positivity! Thanks to my biggest supporters @paolomaresca_street @diabete_com @ida.cano @manuela6battaglia @diabetesfonds @dedoc_org @innodia_inpact @diabetescero_espanaDiabetes burden should be shared in the couple #diabete #sport #diabeteswarrior #triathlon

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