Designing for Healthcare

If I’m being honest, I never would have imagined myself designing within the healthcare space. I simply had too…

First Weeks at Virta

When I began interviewing at Virta, I was quickly taken by the team’s culture and could envision myself thriving there…

Building Software to Scale Virta

“The Miracle,” according to Virta CEO Sami Inkinen, “is that we’ve proven that the treatment works…

My Experience Joining a Design Team in Healthcare

Collaborative Design at Scale with Figma

Known as a chronic and progressive condition, type 2 diabetes has become an epidemic…

Dawn phenomenon: what is it, what causes it, and how do you fix it?

By Brent Creighton, Ph.D

Are you noticing that your blood glucose is highest in the morning when you wake up and you haven’t even had anything to eat yet? Don’t worry! This is a very…

Sodium, Nutritional Ketosis, and Adrenal Function

By Stephen Phinney, MD, Ph.D and Jeff Volek, Ph.D, RD

If we can believe what we read on the internet, ‘adrenal fatigue’ is a common problem associated with low carbohydrate, paleo, and ketogenic diets. Typical symptoms…

Paleo vs. Keto: What’s the Difference?

By Stephen Phinney, MD, Ph.D and Jeff Volek, Ph.D, RD