Ron Raab
CURRENT
- Trained in economics, statistics and mathematics.
- Vice-President, International Diabetes Federation.
- Member, of the International Diabetes Federation Insulin Task Force.
- Member, Declaration of the Americas Diabetes Medical and Scientific Consultative Group.
- Employed at the International Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia, 1980-1999, in international diabetes humanitarian and education activities, including the development and management of the then International Emergency Insulin Distribution Program, 1986-1999 from which Insulin For Life evolved.
- Have had Type 1 (insulin-dependent diabetes) since 1957 at age 6.
- Have adopted a low carbohydrate/low insulin regime which has resulted in a major improvement in daily blood sugars and quality of life.
Activities in relation to:
THE LOW CARBOHYDRATE/LOW INSULIN APPROACH TO BLOOD GLUCOSE NORMALISATION
INVITED SPEAKER
- The Low Carbohydrate, Low Insulin Approach to Improving Blood Glucose Control in Diabetes at the Conference of the Health Education Science Centre, Yokahama, Japan; April 2000.
- Carbohydrate – More or Less – Symposium at the Australian Diabetes Society (ADS) and Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA) National Scientific Meeting, Cairns, Queensland, Australia; August 2000.
- A Total Re-Think – the Low Carbohydrate/Low Insulin Approach to Improving HbA1c and Flattening the Glucose Profile in Diabetes at the Annual General Meeting of the Diabetes Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; May 2001.
- The Low Carbohydrate/Low Insulin Regime and its Rationale for Normalising Blood Glucose Levels, Juvenile Diabetes Association of Peru, Lima, Peru, November, 2002.
PUBLICATIONS
- My Success with the Low Carbohydrate Regime. Diabetes Interview Magazine (USA); June 2000.
- A Total Re-Think – What Works, 43 Years Living With Diabetes and My Positive Experience with the Low Carbohydrate Regime. Diabetes Trust Newsletter, UK, Summer 2000.
- 43 Anos De Convivencia Com O Diabetes Ttipo 1:Minha Experiencia Positiva Com A Dieta De Baixo Teor Em Carboidratos. (In Portuguese) ANAD (National Association for Assistance to people with Diabetes) Brazil, March – April 2002 ; Vol 6 No. 29: 24
- The Low Carbohydrate/Low Insulin Regime – Personal Experience in Type 1 Diabetes - Ron Raab and others; Practical Diabetes International, May 2003 Volume 20. No. 4
- Positive Experience with the Low Carbohydrate Regime and its Rationale; BMJ Online, 2003; 326: 1 June 2003
