Katie Bacon

Katie Bacon is a writer and editor based in Boston. Her daughter, Bisi, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in August, 2012, when she was six. Katie worked as an editor at The Atlantic, and her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and other publications. Katie and her husband, Mark, have two children—Bisi and her older brother, Jamie.

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…