Vanilla Bean Latte
Vanilla Bean Latte with Cardamom
Did you hear that Starbucks is now offering coconut milk as a dairy-free milk option? Sounds like a great healthy option, doesn’t it? Not so fast, friends. The coconut milk they are using contains plenty of added sugar, along with some other unsavories you may not want to consume.
When diabetes is too hard for a kid to handle - home
When Type 1 Diabetes is Too Much for a Child to Bear: Part 2
The hospital provided Finn with that break, not from chronic illness, but from being different. Diabetes camp is often celebrated for offering kids exactly this—much needed relief from being different. Although in the hospital, he was the lone patient with Type 1 diabetes, he was by far the most regular kid on the unit. So even though he had to get an injection before each meal, he was surrounded by kids who had much more cumbersome treatments.
A Type 1 Diabetes Guide To The Universe
A Type 1 Diabetes Guide To The Universe
Many parents feel at a loss as to how to be effective parents around diabetes stuff if they’ve never heard a healthcare professional tell them that it’s okay to be parents around diabetes in the same way that they’ve parented in every other area.
Miss Idaho Sierra Sandison with insulin pump during Miss America competition
Interview with Miss Idaho, Sierra Sandison
As Emily’s parents told me she had been bullied for her diabetes, especially the fact that she wore a CGM, I glanced over and saw the sad look in her eyes. I knew that even though I didn’t think my talking to her would do much, I had to try. Every time I had an opportunity to talk to Emily one-on-one, she asked sincere questions, and truly wanted to know my answers. Had I ever been made fun of for having diabetes? Had I ever felt self conscious about it? How did I come to love myself in spite of living with the disease?
Vitamania - Book Cover
Are Vitamins Good for Us?
Catherine Price’s Vitamania confronts us health-conscious readers with one of our most deeply embedded cultural beliefs: that vitamins are good for us. We all know, or think we know, that vitamins are central to a healthy diet. We look for them in foods, both natural and processed, and we supplement with pills and powders. An apple a day keeps the doctor away – but how? And if one apple is good, are more apples better?
Low Carb Chicken Pot Pie
Low Carb Chicken Pot Pie with Cheesy Biscuit Crust
Chicken Pot Pie is perhaps one of the most comforting meals and perfect for a cold winter’s day. But the conventional kind is hardly perfect for people on a low carb diet. This low carb chicken pot pie recipe has only a little arrowroot starch in place of the flour, to help thicken the sauce. The low carb, gluten-free biscuit topping is delicious with the creamy chicken filling.
Kim Savage - Family
YA Author and D-Mom Kim Savage Does It All
D-Mom Kim Savage embraced raising her young son with Type 1 diabetes while going full on chasing her dream, too. Now, her son with diabetes is a teenager and her career is on the brink of superstardom thanks to a three book deal with the prestigious publishing group of Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Macmillan.
Low Carb Poppy Seed Hamantaschen 1
Low Carb Poppy Seed Hamantaschen
This low carb take on the traditional Hamantaschen uses almond flour cookie dough for the pastry. The filling is made with poppy seeds, a few chia…