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Whether you are newly diagnosed or have been managing diabetes most of your life, its important to understand the condition and its effects on your overall health. Learn about meal planning and fitness, discover tried-and-true approaches to losing weight, read interviews with others who are living with diabetes, get tips to maintain emotional balance and more.

Medicinal Mushrooms: Coming Out of the Dark (Part 2)

Thanks to all who posted comments about last week’s entry on mushrooms. For many, mushrooms are probably one of those foods that are taken for granted; people figure they’re great in salads or perhaps stuffed, but most don’t stop and think about what mushrooms really have to offer. So I hope these postings will expand your horizons a little…
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I’m a Traveling Man Who Has Diabetes

This morning I told my wife that I wasn’t sure what to blog about this week. She then asked me what it was I was thinking about writing on. I said self-pity. I then said, before she had time to comment on my topic of choice, that I was going to approach the self-pity part from the point of view that I rarely, if ever, engage in it when it comes to my diabetes. Instead, I was going to approach it from, well… how it is I try to (and often succeed in) turning on its head my initial inclination — which happens often — to whine or grouse about the mundane, quotidian care required for my self-management, and instead, when the desire to play the woe-is-me diabetes card strikes, do just the opposite… Read More “I’m a Traveling Man Who Has Diabetes”

Medicinal Mushrooms: Coming Out of the Dark (Part 1)

I may have mentioned last week that the month of June was mostly overcast and rainy — I think we maybe had three days of sunshine. As a result of everything being wet and damp, I’ve noticed that a lot of mushrooms have sprung up on my lawn, some big, some little. It got me thinking about mushrooms and the fact that the health benefits of edible mushrooms tend to be overlooked by most people. In fact, I’d guess that most of you didn’t know that mushrooms have quite a bit to offer in terms of nutrition and health. But first, a few mushroom facts… Read More “Medicinal Mushrooms: Coming Out of the Dark (Part 1)”

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