I have been following a very low-carb diet since my Type 1 diabetes diagnosis in 2013. Over the years, I have had many family members and friends ask…
Category: Diabetes Management
On the occasion of World Diabetes Day 2020, I propose we reconsider the official definition of Type 1 diabetes, which says almost nothing about…
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…
There’s no question that the entire world is suffering from related twin epidemics of diabetes and obesity, but there is still much debate over…
Does diabetes technology have a race problem? Are the latest devices least available to those that need them most?
On the second day of the ADA’s…