How many diseases do you know of where patients are required to calculate exact dosing, up to half-a-dozen times a day, of a medicine so potent that mistakes could literally knock them out or kill them? I hate to be fatalistic, but after a few serious insulin flub-ups lately, I just can’t seem to get this thought out of my mind.
Of course we’re all just winging it. Carb-counting isn’t particularly exact, nor are our…
My D-blogger friend and intermittent correspondent Allison Blass has been living with diabetes since she was 8 years old. It’s pretty much all she knows. She copes with it her way, and strives to let others do the same. That’s why, this week, she’s musing on the theme of respecting each others’ choices in this diabetic life.
A Guest Post by Allison Blass
A few weeks ago, I announced that I was hosting a party…
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My recent post about Carb Intake for Type 1 Diabetics was pretty critical of new research and of the ADA’s recommendations. Today, please enjoy a counterpoint view:
A Guest Post by Hope Warshaw, nutrition expert and CDE
As a dietitian and diabetes educator for more years than I like to count, (however, not a person with diabetes), I wanted to provide more context for you to evaluate the research featured in “How Many Carbs…
I may be the last would-be weight watcher in the country to discover the South Beach Diet. The cover of the book by Dr. Arthur Agatston, MD, brags that it’s a New York Times bestseller, and it even sports a pop-out button stating “lose belly fat first.” Definitely not my usual thing.
But my hubby read the book last year and hasn’t stopped talking about it since. “It’s the only diet that’s sensible, that teaches…
I met Hope Warshaw a couple of years ago at the annual ADA conference, when I interviewed her on eating with diabetes. She’s smart, down-to-earth, and witty. Just the kind of expert you wish you could take home with you!
A Guest Post by Hope Warshaw, registered dietitian, CDE, and famous food author
As you put carbohydrate counting into everyday practice do you go from one wild ass guess to the next? That’s understandable! At…