Is there any veggie more refreshing than a cucumber? Okay, they are technically a fruit, but we eat them like vegetables so let’s just call them veggies…
I have Type 1 diabetes, and I recently got married. It was a smallish wedding with 65 guests at a local farm. We rented out the cabins on site, had bouncy houses and a mechanical bull, an all you can eat roast beef dinner, and a bonfire.
Which brings me to the olden days of diabetes. Back when we had to walk barefoot both ways uphill in snow to get our NPH and Regular. Back when pumps clicked and meters took a lot of blood and a good long time to count down.
It’s May already and the warm weather no longer feels like such a distant prospect. We’ve already had some hot stretches in the Pacific Northwest, foretelling of another long, hot, dry summer. Which means plenty of popsicles and ice cream will be consumed! These low carb Pina Colada popsicles are delicious and can be made “virgin” or “alcoholic”. Just note that the ones with rum do melt quickly on a hot day!
I got my first CGM three and a half weeks before I ran the Vienna marathon. I used it on my final long training run (23 miles), and on my short runs leading…
UnitedHealthcare reached an agreement with Medtronic to become the preferred, in-network durable medical equipment (DME) provider of insulin pumps, effective July 1, 2016.
No existing emoji could properly symbolize a glucose tablet, an insulin pump, or a vial of insulin. Amy Ohmer, owner and creator of NaturallySweetSisters, decided to change this; thus, the DiabetesEmoticons app was born.
You know, I am really not that much of an asparagus fan. Many people love it and can hardly wait for spring to see those woody green stalks arrive in…
The following is an excerpt from the book Pregnancy with Type 1 Diabetes by Ginger Vieira and Jennifer Smith, CDE & RD
There are two things…
I swear there is something in yogurt, the enzymes or the amino acids or the probiotics or something, that tenderizes chicken. I don’t know this for…