It always sounds like losing weight should be simple, right? Just eat smart and exercise regularly. Yet it’s so much more darn difficult than it sounds! The Mayo Clinic Diet was recently named one of the best diets by U.S. News and World Report, and now the same editors of that New York Times Bestseller have released The Mayo Clinic Diabetes Diet, designed specifically for people with type 2 diabetes (although type 1 diabetics can…
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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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In November, we hosted a logo design contest for famous diabetes educator Gary Scheiner’s newest venture, Type 1 University, a series of online diabetes education courses. The winner was the talented D-OC leader Gina Capone. The grand prize for Gina was a lifetime of diabetes education classes, and Gary was also kind enough to invite bloggers to attend one of his classes for free as a trial session.
Type 1 University provides eight different classes,…
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The new contact form we launched here recently to make it easier for people to share their thoughts and contribute ideas is bringing in some very interesting stuff. One note that caught our attention was a query from a woman named Sarah:
“I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2001. I currently am well-controlled on oral medication, but I am also fat (not, I’m sure you will agree, an unusual situation). When my endo says…
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AmyT on
December 29, 2010
New Year’s Resolutions. They’re easier made than kept, right? People with diabetes, well, we’re known to make “resolutions” about once a quarter or whenever we get our latest A1c result back. But as we turn the calendar from 2010 to 2011, here are a few tips for making sure your diabetes resolutions are successful… no matter what time of year.
OK, it’s a cutesy acronym, but we’ve found examples of this goal-setting method all over…
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