Like so many other hormones produced by the human body, the fluctuating hormone levels of your menstruation cycle can have a significant impact on your blood sugars and your insulin needs.Unfortunately, the reproductive-related hormones in the female body are much like a moving target. ...
Excercise
New Workout App for People With Diabetes – And Christel is an Instructor!
Have you ever dreamt of working out with a trainer who understands diabetes, who might even live with diabetes, and who gets what it takes to get through a workout without wonky ...
Why I Choose Multiple Daily Injections over an Insulin Pump
I’ve lived with type 1 diabetes since 1997, and I have been managing my diabetes with insulin injections (multiple daily injections – MDI) since day one. I briefly tried an insulin pump, and it was ...
Why Some Types of Exercise Can Make Your Blood Sugar Increase
Have you ever wondered why your blood sugar falls during certain types of exercise whilst increasing during and types of exercise? Or why you sometimes get high blood sugars after exercise?If ...
Food & Nutrition
5 Low-Carb Alternatives to White Rice
Rice is delicious. Personally, I could eat a whole pot of rice with butter and salt. But this is a rare treat because as we already know...rice is pure starch. And those carbs are ...
Gluten and Diabetes: Should People with Diabetes Avoid Gluten?
While “going gluten-free” is a bit of a fad these days, there can be good reasons for doing so -- especially if you live with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.Could following a gluten-free diet improve ...
How to Eat a Flexitarian Diet for Diabetes Management
Figuring out exactly what you should be eating as a person with diabetes can be incredibly overwhelming these days.We face a constant barrage of content telling us what and how much and when to ...
Health & Lifestyle
Diabetes and Periods: Everything You Need to Know
Like so many other hormones produced by the human body, the fluctuating hormone levels of your menstruation cycle can have a significant impact on your blood sugars and your ...
Diabetes and High Blood Pressure: What is the relationship?
Your blood pressure is one of the most important markers of health -- especially as a person with any type of diabetes.High blood pressure (also known as “hypertension”) is very common in people ...
Traveling with Diabetes: Everything You Need to Know
Traveling for work or pleasure -- within one country or across the globe -- is one of the most adventurous, memorable, educational, and fun experiences life has to offer.For a person with ...
Products & Technology
New Workout App for People With Diabetes – And Christel is an Instructor!
Have you ever dreamt of working out with a trainer who understands diabetes, who might even live with diabetes, and who gets what it takes to get through a workout without wonky ...
2019 ADA Scientific Sessions – The Year of Collaborations
Earlier this month, Diabetes Strong (Tobias and I) attended the 2019 ADA Scientific Sessions in San Francisco as press, and I’m excited to give you an overview of what I see as the most important ...
Why I Choose Multiple Daily Injections over an Insulin Pump
I’ve lived with type 1 diabetes since 1997, and I have been managing my diabetes with insulin injections (multiple daily injections – MDI) since day one. I briefly tried an insulin pump, and it was ...