Preparing these muffins gives off one of the most comforting smells in the world – apples and cinnamon simmering in butter. When I make them my sons always appear in the kitchen.
As a child, I don’t think I ever thought of buckwheat as food. To me, Buckwheat was the character in the television show...
I began to understand that my upbringing, my entire childhood, had prepared me for exactly this moment. I grew up keeping kosher in Texas. I’ve always known how to be afraid of food....
I love to drink coffee and since my diabetes diagnosis one of the things I miss most is having a bite of something sweet and carby - like banana bread or a carrot muffin - along with my morning coffee. I saw this recipe from Hannah’s Harvest (which was featured on Elanaspantry)
My background as a journalist has really helped me build out DiabetesMine into an information resource – as well as a networking place – for people affected by diabetes...
Richard Lane, president of Diabetes UK, has Type 1 diabetes and was one of the first people in the UK to receive islet cell transplants.
Giving patients more resources...This doesn’t take away from the critical role of the medical team, it rather compliments their work by offering much needed support to those living with a chronic condition like diabetes.
I didn't realize it when I was cloaked in safety of my childhood, but diabetes is truly an invisible disease, and without advocates willing to help raise awareness, it will remain invisible.
Our bodies can use only carbohydrates or fat for the energy we need. The American medical establishment says high fat can wreak havoc with cholesterol...
Facing Mike’s autoimmune disease, I found myself wishing once again for something that could be overcome. The body attacking itself, although I now understood the words, seemed as strange to a young wife as it had to a child.