LISTEN | Mobile diabetes care in Calgary: White Coat Black Art 26:30 Diabetes care on wheels

Reaching into his kitchen cupboard, Jeremy Auger pulls out the Fruit Roll-Ups, Pop Tarts, potatoes, and oatmeal he received in the food hamper from a church.

“It’s all high in carbs,” he told Dr. Brian Goldman, host of CBC’s White Coat, Black Art , in his Calgary apartment.

The amount of carbs matters, because as someone with late-onset Type 1 diabetes, he needs to closely watch his carbohydrate intake.

Until recently, the 34-year-old says his blood sugar levels were “all over the place.”

That’s why he visits endocrinologist Dr. David Campbell and other staff at the diabetes mobile clinic.

Auger shows the items he received in a food hamper, many of them high in sugar. (Brian

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