On the occasion of World Diabetes Day 2020, I propose we reconsider the official definition of Type 1 diabetes, which says almost nothing about…
Category: Health
In an agreement trumpeted as a “landmark,” major international diabetes organizations have endorsed new official guidelines for blood sugar…
What did Dr. Ian Lake want to prove by running 100 miles in five days while fasting the entire time?
“If I can run 100 miles without eating, it means…
As a teenager with Type 1 diabetes, my two top-level goals are having the same blood sugar levels as the healthiest non-diabetic and helping other…
There was both good news and bad news last week when a team of Scottish doctors published their research on the impact of the COVID-19 lockdowns on…
You May Be Leptin-Resistant. Here’s Why It’s Important.
In the diabetes world, leptin doesn’t get nearly the attention that other hormone, insulin,…
Can probiotics help improve the glucose control of people with Type 2 diabetes? A company named Pendulum is betting that they can, and they say that…
Type 2 diabetes is generally defined as a progressive disease, that is, a disease that reliably gets worse over time. And in the majority of patients,…
A new study has shown impressive results for a very low carbohydrate (or “ketogenic”) diet.
Participants in a new 8-week trial lost an average of…
In late May, we wrote about the first studies to explicitly analyze the health outcomes of people with Type 1 diabetes during the coronavirus pandemic.…