Happy Saturday! You may experience a little deja vu on this one, as it’s a topic we addressed back in December 2011… about dealing with weight struggles.
Got the dieting blues on these Weighty Matters? We hear you. Please take a gander at this week’s edition of Ask D’Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois.
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Tim from Washington,…
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April 14, 2012
There’s no end in sight when you have diabetes — but is there ever a time when it’s right to quit your meds? In this edition of our weekly diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine, a couple of our readers are wondering if their meds are no longer so good…
As per usual, we’ve got some info-packed responses from host Wil Dubois, diabetes author and community educator and also a veteran type 1 himself.
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Got queries related to life with diabetes? Send ‘em our way.
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Today, another myth-busting session of our diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois:
Don from Florida, type 1, asks: Can you tell me about “net carbs” vs. “total carbs?” To me, a sugar alcohol is a carb to be counted, as are fiber…
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Society has many myths and misconceptions about people with diabetes. But even our own community can have some rather interesting “prejudices” about what diabetes is like for other people. After an article on a so-called “Civil War” between type 1 and type 2 diabetes appeared in the Chicago Tribune last fall, we at the ‘Mine decided to start sharing some personal stories of people living with type 2 diabetes, in order to better understand this…
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Punishing people for being unhealthy is certainly not a new concept. Everything from societal peer pressure and restrictions on things like where you can smoke, to calorie counts at fast food restaurants and financial hits through insurance have tried to convince people to just be healthier. And for some people, it may have worked.
But now the state of Arizona wants to take a similar “health initiative” and turn it into a money maker. Arizona’s…
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