For the month of January, I gave up eating all grains, dairy, artificial sweeteners, natural sweeteners (except fruit), and legumes. Did I discover that I have some kind of crazy gluten/lactose/stevia intolerance? Nope.
I went Paleo.
Many in the Diabetes Community have been talking about the Paleo diet lately, and it seems the trend is growing among those fellow PWDs interested in investigating new ways of eating. You know, it’s what is dubbed the “Caveman…
Read more »
By
AmyT on
February 17, 2013
Oy… does this ever happen to you?
Good thing there’s generally always a full jug in the fridge! Thanks to funny man and illustrator Mr. Mike Lawson, who can always make us laugh when it comes to the world of carb counting and diabetes — which is not always so laugh-worthy.
…
Read more »
By
WilD on
February 9, 2013
Who doesn’t sometimes need help navigating life with diabetes? That’s why we offer Ask D’Mine, our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois.
This week, Wil offers a sweet nugget of truth about whether PWDs (people with diabetes) should forgo that so-desired dinnertime dessert when blood sugars are high. You know you’re curious…
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Leslie, type 1 from Colorado, writes: I…
Read more »
By
WilD on
January 30, 2013
Don’t Google the InBar. If you do, you’ll find the Indiana State Bar Association, International Network for Bamboo and Rattan, an Israeli kibbutz in Galilee, or a night club in Croatia. You won’t find the D-friendly InBar snack. Not yet, at least.
But Dr. Don VerHulst, chief science officer of the year-old Michigan startup company InBalance Health, is out to change that.
As one of the co-founders of the small biz based in Wayland, MI…
Read more »
By
AmyT on
January 25, 2013
Here we are on our final Friday in the month of January, and we find ourselves wrapping up our Life with Diabetes (LWD video series that’s been a regular find here for the past four months.
In this week’s final snippet, we visit with a teenager with diabetes struggling to keep her weight down and manage her blood sugar levels, all the while making it through college courses and working a job too, and, you…
Read more »
