A new study has found that consuming white rice appears to be associated with a higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes in comparison with those who consume more brown rice, according to a EurekAlert report. A team of Harvard researchers...
It’s official: my husband and I have left the country for a half a year on the road. Our first stop? Iceland, home of ash-spewing volcanoes…
Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School, working in collaboration with colleagues from Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the University of Brighton, have used a unique collection of pancreas specimens taken from patients who died soon after diagnosis of type 1 diabetes to show that they respond to the ongoing process of destruction by inducing their islet cells to proliferate...
It’s been about three months now with my new Continuous Glucose Monitor. I love it, and I refuse to go back to the old, pre-CGM days–…
If you can get a schedule that works with your insulin regimen, you’ve been blessed. So try for that...
Stevia is an appropriate gift for loved ones because its leaves are very sweet--about 30 times sweeter than table sugar. And unlike chocolates or candy hearts, stevia leaves contain no carbohydrates or calories. This is something that my diabetic brother and I, as well as my dad, can definitely appreciate.
In the past few days there have been a few news reports announcing that diabetes reduces the risk of cancer among men. Cancer is a very big concern…
Type 2 diabetes appears to reduce the risk of prostate cancer in men, but appears to increase the risk of some cancers in women, researchers in Israel said.
Diabetes UK reports on a study led by Dr. Gabriel Chodick and Dr. Varda Shalev of Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine. The study examined 16,721 people with diabetes and determined the relative
Lamb skin canteen
new too many days
before I was
and was aware I
filled it with blood
red wine they claimed
sweet like
milk and honey
but blood and frogs…
My blood sugar reading was 44 mg/dl...I had run out of glucose tablets and Lucozade Sport – a glucose drink that I depend on for low blood sugars...