Even though Bisi can live a long, healthy life, I feel terribly sad for her, and for us. Sad that she will need tens (hu…
Articles by Katie Bacon
The Future of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Technology
In a recent diaTribe interview with David Panzirer and Dana Ball, two of the main figures behind the Helmsley Charitable…
The Three Year Diabetes Honeymoon – Part 2
When I called his doctors and told them he hadn’t been taking insulin for a couple of weeks, they said, give him a half …
The Three Year Diabetes Honeymoon
My husband found a case study about a boy diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Denmark who had gone on a gluten-free diet a…
Diabetes Cure Research: Turning Duct Cells into Beta Cells
Bonner-Weir and other scientists have argued that either the beta cells in the pancreas continue to make copies of thems…
How Long Can a Diabetes Honeymoon Last?
When our six-year-old daughter, Bisi, was hospitalized last summer after being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, part of t…
Feeding Nut Butter to a Child with Diabetes: Justin’s vs Artisana
When the two of us set out to review a bunch of nut butter samples from the companies Artisana and Justin’s, I realized …
Could Vitamin D Supplements Have Prevented my Daughter’s Type 1 Diabetes?
A few months ago, our six-year-old daughter, Bisi, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. It’s a condition she will h…