When we began managing our son’s diabetes with a low carbohydrate diet, the lines on his continuous glucose monitor chan…
Diabetes Management
Why Do People with Type 1 Diabetes Develop Insulin Resistance?
Why do people with Type 1 diabetes develop insulin resistance despite seemingly good health overall? It’s an important q…
Is it Possible to Manage Diabetes on a High Carb Diet?
It was only a couple months ago that we eagerly devoured the American Diabetes Association’s new consensus report, which…
How to Raise a Child with Diabetes on a Low Carb Diet: An Interview with Lester Hightower
Friends for Life, the annual Children with Diabetes conference in Orlando, begins tomorrow. We’re very excited tha…
Do Our Brains Really Need Carbohydrates?
“When your thinks have run dry, In the blink of an eye;
There’s another think there! If you open your mind.”
This …
10 Reasons You Can’t Achieve Normal Blood Sugar on a High Carb Diet
This is an excerpt from Ahmed Afifi’s new book, From 10 to 5, My Journey with Diabetes.
Matching high carbs food w…
Ahmed Afifi’s Low Carb Diabetes Journey
We’re excited to share this interview between RD Dikeman, one of the founders of TypeOneGrit, and Ahmed Afifi, a m…
What’s Covered by Medicare, A New App
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new app that gives consumers a modernized Medicare exp…
Is it Safe for People with Diabetes to Smoke Marijuana?
With an increasing number of states legalizing marijuana for recreational use, and a large number of states allowing med…
Metformin May Reduce Risk of Macular Degeneration
Metformin may reduce the risk of macular degeneration, according to a large retrospective study from Taiwan. The study s…