By
AmyT on
April 11, 2013
Growing up, I remember my mom going to Weight Watchers meetings regularly. I think she enjoyed the interaction, and she trimmed down pretty fast. Then she actually kept her figure — and her new healthier eating habits — for many years to come. Now, decades later, Weight Watchers is still going strong, lauded as one of the most reasonable and sustainable approaches to dieting.
A new generation is now discovering the program… In particular, one…
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Sometimes it feels like there’s a new revolutionary diet or list of superfoods being “discovered” every other day, especially during Spring, when everyone is getting ready for swimsuit season! Weight issues plague both people with type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes, but some of these diets can be tricky to understand. When you have diabetes and are trying to balance blood sugars, it can be difficult to know whether any given diet is a…
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By
WilD on
December 3, 2011
Happy Saturday! Or maybe not so happy if you’re dealing with the weight struggles that some of our readers are writing in about this week. Got the dieting blues? 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.
{Need help navigating life with diabetes? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Debbie from Washington, type 2, writes: I’ve had diabetes…
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Our brains are obviously hard-wired to love food. For many years, scientists have been trying to unravel the mystery of why we go all ga-ga over fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies, for example. If we could figure out — and even control — the neuroscience of appetite, just imagine what that would do for combating obesity, and for living with diabetes!
I bring this up because it’s been on my mind since last month’s annual ADA…
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