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Prediabetes: Overhyped?
A new article suggests that the definition of "prediabetes" includes too many people to be helpful. Should this word, and the diagnosis it represents, be scrapped?
A Series of Unfortunate Meals…
I’m writing this week from North Carolina, site of my family reunion. We’ve all come together to celebrate my cousin’s wedding in Atlanta, and then all made the trek up to Highlands, NC, where my grandfather lived for the last 30 years of his life…
New SGLT Drugs Coming
SGLT1 and 2 are proteins that move glucose out of the intestines and kidneys. Blocking them might keep glucose in the intestines and cause more glucose to be urinated out via the kidneys, lowering blood sugar levels. That’s what “SGLT inhibitor” drugs try to do…
Ensuring a Successful Hospital Stay
It is very important for people with diabetes who anticipate the need for a hospital stay to prepare for a successful visit. If you end up with an unexpected hospital stay, it will certainly challenge your best efforts to manage your diabetes, but hopefully the following information will help you be prepared for any such situation…
What Color Is Your Fat?
Fat seems like a problem, and for a huge segment of the population, it truly is. But fat isn’t all that bad. We do need this stuff. Many people simply have too of it. The issue, then, is how to get rid of that excess…
Type 1 Youth Canoe Trips
Insulindependence, a diabetes and sports association focused on providing exercise-related resources for people living with diabetes, will be hosting two canoe trips for youth with Type 1 diabetes next month…
Whey Protein to Prevent After-Meal Blood Sugar Spikes?
Controlling after-meal blood sugar levels is a continuing battle for many people with diabetes. Now, a small new study indicates that eating whey protein prior to a meal improves the body’s insulin response and helps control glucose levels after the meal…
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Prediabetes: Overhyped?
marylittle: as was said you either are diabetic...
JohnC: If your A1c and blood glucose readings...
joan: yes. I was prediabetic for so many years,...
Ensuring a Successful Hospital Stay
JohnC: And that is why folks, a hospital visit...
Whey Protein to Prevent After-Meal Blood Sugar Spikes?
G V Rao: Wht is whey protein?. Can be made...
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring — Part 1: The Gear
Blood glucose self-monitoring is one of the keys to diabetes control. Here are the tools you need to carry out this task.
Perfectionism: An Impossible Goal in Diabetes Management
Striving for good self-care is important, but perfectionism can make diabetes care — and life — more difficult.
Recipes for Spring
Enjoy recipes for Baked salmon on beet greens, Tofu and snow pea slaw, Radish and cucumber salad, Spinach pinwheels, Beet salad with citrus dressing, and Stuffed berries.
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