Hey everyone! Happy Saturday! Welcome once again to our weekly advice column, Ask D’Mine, with your host Wil Dubois veteran type 1, author and clinical diabetes educator. Today Wil’s tackling sources of quick-acting carbs in case of lows, and whether a certain (acne!) medication is connected to causing diabetes. Great questions, all!
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Larry, type 3 from Virginia, writes: My type 1 daughter is 14 years…
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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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Need help navigating life with diabetes? Ask D’Mine! That would be our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. This week, Wil is offering some thought on a recent episode of The View where type 2 Paula Deen co-hosted as a “diabetes spokesperson.” Then, Wil delves into another aspect of food and diabetes by telling us what we should know about certain TV dinners.
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Happy Memorial Day Monday. We’re still in a military mindset here at the ‘Mine, with a look today at what’s happening with diabetes benefits for the men and women who’ve served our country.
To hear the Veterans Administration (VA) tell it, they’re the global leader in diabetes care.
Uh… wait a minute… is this the same VA that’s been the lightning rod for the ire of American veterans for generations?
Yep. It’s the same VA,…
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Need help navigating life with diabetes? Ask D’Mine! That would be our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois. This week, Wil takes on the issues of doctors seeing “junkies” rather than patients struggling with addiction, and the insulinotropic effect of certain foods on PWDs.
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Anonymous from Alabama, type 2, writes: I was diagnosed 5 months ago with type 2…
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