In type 1 diabetes, beta cells in the pancreas that make insulin — the
hormone that keeps our blood glucose
levels at a
safe concentration — are destroyed by the immune system.
As a founding member of Women in Balance, one of the first nonprofits in the country to advocate for women's
hormone health, I helped to raise public awareness
at a national
level and lobbied senators on Capitol Hill for
safe access to bioidentical alternatives to HRT.