Diabetes Health Type 1: Food Additives Linked to Rise in Autoimmune Diseases
By Tanya Caylor Type 1 diabetes is increasing at a rate of 3 percent per year. Cases of rheumatoid arthritis
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Author: Nadia Al-Samarrie
Living With Type 2 Diabetes: Taking The Heat
Having diabetes can bring on an entirely new set of health issues–as if diabetes itself isn’t enough. I believe that
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AskNadia: Having High & Low Blood Sugars After Giving Birth
Dear Nadia: I’m having a lot of lows and highs that I can’t control. I just had a baby a
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AskNadia: Insulin Dependent with Hepatitis C Jaundice and Hemochromatosis
My dad has diabetes and takes insulin. Nowadays he has hepatitis c and jaundice but I have observed hyperpigmentation on
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Ask Nadia: I Am a Type 2 with a Lot of Urinary Tract Infections
Dear Nadia: I am a type 2 who was diagnosed ten years ago. I have a lot of urinary tract
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From The Sugar Happy Kitchen: Low Carb Strawberry Walnut Salad
It is a warm day on the Pacific Coast. I wanted a light crispy, crunchy filling salad to compliment my
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How Fireworks Can Trigger Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
By Nadia Al-Samarrie I spent 4th of July in San Francisco this year. A departure from my West Marin
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AskNadia: What is Considered a Good A1C Range?
The A1C sometimes referred to as the Hemoglobin A1C, glycosylated hemoglobin, glycated Hemoglobin and HbA1C measures your husband’s average glucose from 60 to 90 days. When your husband tests his blood sugars with a blood glucose meter, this only tells him what his glucose level is at that moment in time. It does not accurately reflect the highs and lows he experiences nor does it reflect the direction his glucose could be trending
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Living with Type 2: Neuropathy Has Caught Up With Me
Patrick Totty The great Negro Leagues baseball pitcher Satchel Paige once issued seven rules to live by. The seventh, perhaps
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Living with Type 1 Diabetes: Besides Food, What Makes You Happy?
I asked myself the same question. While I adore food (who doesn’t?!), there is more to life. Diabetes can seriously
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Dogs That Sense Low Blood Sugar
Forensic scientist Mark Ruefenacht, who has type 1 diabetes, tells Diabetes Health publisher Nadia Al-Samarrie how he realized that dogs can be a major defense against life-threatening episodes of hypoglycemia..
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