Jessica Apple, Author at ASweetLife

Jessica Apple

Jessica Apple grew up in Houston. She studied Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan, and completed an MA in the same field at the Hebrew University. She began to write and publish short stories while a student, and continues to write essays and fiction while raising her three sons (and many pets). Jessica’s work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Financial Times Magazine, The Southern Review, The Bellevue Literary Review, Tablet Magazine, and elsewhere. She is the diabetes correspondent for The Faster Times. In 2009 she and her husband, both type 1 diabetics, founded A Sweet Life, where she serves as editor-in-chief. Jessica loves spending time with her sons, cooking with her husband, playing with her cats, reading, biking, drinking coffee, and whenever possible, taking a nap. Follow Jessica on Twitter (@jessapple)

GlucoLift Glucose Tablets: The Natural Way to Treat Hypoglycemia

Well, there are two ways to look at our differences. One is to list things, like the fact that we don't use any artificial flavors, or petroleum-derived food dyes, that we use a glucose that dissolves cleanly, without a chalky aftertaste, that we use delicious, natural flavors, or that we use flip-tops instead of plugs or screw caps- those are some of the attributes that makes GlucoLift different, but really it all comes down to the fact that our tablets are designed from the point of view of the end user, not by a big company.

The DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest

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The Significance of the Victoza Product Label Update

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An Interview with Christina Roth, Founder of the College Diabetes Network

The College Diabetes Network's mission is to empower and improve the lives of students living with type 1 diabetes.

Walk Off Your Easter Dinner

Many of us eat more than we'd like at holiday dinners. Sometimes you just need to let go and enjoy. Last night at our Passover seder, for example, I took seconds and thirds on the baby artichokes. (They were, delicious, Mike!). After the meal I felt way too full. So Mike and I took Jane Kokernak's advice and went for a post dinner walk to gently work off some of the food.