Today’s topic for Diabetes Blog Week:
To Carb or Not to Carb.
“Let’s talk about what we eat. And perhaps what we don’t eat. Some believe a low-carb diet is important in diabetes management, while others believe carbs are fine as long as they are counted and bolused for. Which side of the fence do you fall on?”
Nothing seems to ruffle feathers like the Great Carbohydrate Debate. I hate that I’m supposed to pick…
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I loved D-psychologist Jessica Bernstein’s assertion that aiming to control your blood glucose levels with diabetes is a lesson in frustration. Rather, the best we can hope for is to influence our BG “by combining enough insulin and exercise to burn the sugar,” she says.
Right on, Jessica! — which is I’ll talk about carb-guessing today, rather than carb-counting (which implies that it’s an exact science). I don’t believe it is. The best we can…
Last week, my husband and I took the whole gang — three kids plus my oldest daughter’s best friend — on a roadtrip down to LA for Spring Break. Seven hours in the car is never a great experience, but now that their ages range from 7-12, it’s getting much less painless. (No one barfed! Not even me)
For our “roller coaster day” at Knott’s Berry Farm, my 12-year-old and her BFF wore a set of…
On an overnight trip to Dallas two weeks ago, I broke out in some rather ugly hives — again! My lips poofed up like I’d been slammed with a hockey puck, and my right eye went all ape-like. This lasted for several days. It was that damn gluten allergy again, I must assume, although for the life of me I can’t figure out what I “ate wrong.”
This experience reminded me about a post from…
It’s been three years since I posted anything detailed about living with gluten intolerance. Yes, it still plagues me. It makes everything complicated. I hate it. I know plenty of others out there feel the same. In case you missed this three years ago, please read:
Greetings, Diabetic Celiacs
Somehow the word has spread accross the Web that I am not only diabetic, but gluten-intolerant as well. I’ve noticed that a number of my online…