I met my running coach for coffee this morning to go over my running plan for the upcoming Tel Aviv Marathon (this Friday).
I wasn’t planning on running…
You know Kerri Sparling as a diabetes advocate, international speaker, and blogger. Now she's an author, too. Check out her brand new book, Balancing Diabetes.
Typically, we don’t think about illness offering us anything positive. But it can, and it does for countless numbers of people.
After the…
The hemoglobin A1c test, as we all know, is supposed to give a sense of your average blood glucose levels over the past three months. But here’s…
Muffins are the ultimate quick and easy breakfast, especially with small children in the house. I love these coconut flour-based chocolate chip muffins because they're full of good nutrition, but they feel like a treat. I used freeze dried berries, as fresh berries can add too much moisture, which makes the muffins too soggy in the end.
The change in thinking about the ways type 2 diabetes evolves indirectly opened the door to considering new ways of thinking about how type 1 diabetes behaves. That shift led to considering whether that door swung both ways and if type 1 diabetics might benefit from treatments designed to treat type 2 diabetes.
"To go on a liquid weight loss plan and closely monitor the amount of food that you eat really requires a lot of focus on yourself, a very conscious effort… It can feel like a very selfish act if you're not used to doing that.” In the health changes she has made, Maura has had to carefully think about “who is supportive of that type of change.”
Medtronic has begun distribution of i-port Advance, the first device to combine an injection port and an inserter in one complete set. i-port Advance can be used for people on insulin injection therapy who want to administer insulin conveniently while eliminating the need to puncture the skin with each dose of medication. i-port Advance injection port is FDA approved...
This story is my best example of how diabetes – something initially terrifying – has brought me something incredible. Diabetes is always a challenge, but with my best friend next to me, it isn’t so bad. John and I understand each other, and we don’t let diabetes consume us.
Life with diabetes is challenging under any circumstance, but imagine what it would be like if you didn’t have access to syringes, or any…