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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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By
WilD on
February 9, 2013
Who doesn’t sometimes need help navigating life with diabetes? That’s why we offer Ask D’Mine, our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois.
This week, Wil offers a sweet nugget of truth about whether PWDs (people with diabetes) should forgo that so-desired dinnertime dessert when blood sugars are high. You know you’re curious…
{Got your own questions? Email us at AskDMine@diabetesmine.com}
Leslie, type 1 from Colorado, writes: I…
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AmyT on
November 18, 2012
It’s almost Turkey Day, and wouldn’t it be great if we had a bird or two like this around?
Thanks for this early holiday humor go to our regular contributor Jerry King, an accomplished cartoonist who creates more than 200 cartoons each month for websites, magazines, newspapers, greeting cards, etc., worldwide. In other words, he’s no turkey… haha!
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AmyT on
November 11, 2012
Geez, we’re glad this doesn’t make the list of actual diabetes complications…
Kudos today to social media guru, funny man, and illustrator Mr. Mike Lawson, who knows we can all use a laugh amid the attempts to carb-count and dose perfectly every time (NOT!)
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AmyT on
November 5, 2012
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…
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