Insulin sensitivity is something you’ll never stop hearing about or thinking about as a person with diabetes. If you live with type 2 diabetes, your diagnosis is partly related to your body’s sensitivity to insulin. (And the other part, of course, is how well your beta-cells are able to ...
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 & Dry Mouth: Causes and Treatment Options
While anybody can have symptoms of a dry mouth now and then, a dry mouth in people with diabetes can be a sign and cause of something more serious.If you’ve been feeling as ...
Diabetes & Heat: Everything You Need to Know
There are actually several ways in which hot weather (dry or humid) can significantly affect your blood sugar levels, your insulin needs, and even your vials of insulin!In fact, the impact of heat ...
Diabetes & Depression: What You Need to Know
It’s no wonder people with diabetes experience a higher rate of depression compared to the non-diabetic population. Every single day we are tasked with an impossible juggling act. One little slip or ...
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 ...