Apropos to Halloween last week, a doctor I know — who happens to be an endocrinologist — recently offered me a piece of hard candy. Casually. Without hesitation. When I smiled and noted that my “condition” keeps me off that stuff, he insisted I was being “obsessive.”
Surely one piece of hard candy won’t do much to your blood sugar, right?
Ummm, that’s what I take when I’m low. For me it’s a treatment, you know…?
The…
We’re back with another “life with diabetes” video short from filmmaker Jenny MacKenzie. This week’s snippet looks at a family that’s working together to make better food choices — which is always more easily said than done.
Episode 3: Eating Well As a Family
Does your family get involved in helping you make healthy food choices?
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Before I begin this cookbook review, I have to clarify one thing: I don’t cook. Not that I can’t cook, I just don’t like doing it. I do, however, love to eat. Lucky for me, I married a man who enjoys whipping things up in the kitchen, so we make a great team.
My husband, Erik, was a big help in making three of the recipes in the cookbook by Michael Moore — not the…
Happy Saturday! Welcome to Ask D’Mine, our weekly advice column hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. This week, Wil takes on the Evolution of Diabetes, as it occurs in your body over time — and you know, the end of the honeymoon phase!
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Lisa, type 1 from Texas, writes: Hi! I’m 27 and was diagnosed with diabetes last summer. When I was…
Need help navigating life with diabetes? Ask D’Mine! That would be our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois. This week, Wil tackles two questions about the relative merits of ice cream, and how claims that chiropractic adjustments might help keep diabetes in control (?)
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Vickie, type 1 from Tennessee, writes: I am a sugar junkie and struggle with the desire for…