I am excited to have this opportunity to write a diabetes-focused blog for Diabetes Health about living and thriving with type 1 diabetes. First of all, I am extremely passionate about racing road and mountain bicycles, running 5K runs and …
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Diabetes Health Type 1: Dancer Doesn’t Let Diabetes Interfere With Her Dreams
Erin Stapley has dreamed of becoming a professional dancer ever since age 10 when she auditioned for and made the Anchorage Ballet Company in Alaska.
Though the 14-year-old was stunned by last year’s discovery she has type 1 diabetes; Stapley …
Diabetes Health Type 1: Taking It One Step At A Time
Like many young people diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, my family and I were shocked when I was diagnosed. Granted, I felt hungry and thirsty no matter how much I ate and drank (classic symptoms), but we had no family …
Living With Type 2 Diabetes: Under Control Without Meds For 25 Years
When Bonny Damocles was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, he asked his doctor if he could try diet and exercise before starting the recommended medications.
Granted a reprieve, he immediately began the most grueling workout he could think of: running …
Study Connects High-Intensity Leisure-Time Activity with Lower Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Researchers from Spain’s University of Navarra recently studied the effects of leisure-time activity when it comes to cardiovascular disease risk. Analyzing data from middle-aged adults as part of the SUN cohort, they found that the intensity of leisure-time physical activity …
AskNadia: How Can I Get off My Medications When My A1c is 12?
Dear Nadia,
I’m a type 2 diabetic and have lost over 30 pounds in the last two years. I am on medication and insulin and would like to get off of them, but my A1c is at 12. I eat …
Diabetes Health Type 1: Sometimes I Worry That I Am Just Not That Great at Managing Diabetes
I watch all these friends with diabetes that totally own their diabetes. They appear to master it. They have gadgets and gizmos, and they know how to use them. Their lines on their blood sugar graphs look amazingly flat and …
Study Shows People Tend to Inflate their Activity Levels
Researchers in the United States and Europe recently completed a study to test how accurately people rate physical activity status. Unfortunately, the results aren’t very flattering. As a whole, people were all less active than reported, and U.S. respondents were …
Diabetes Health Type 1: What People with Type 1 Diabetes Can Learn from Type 2s
Admit it, Type 1s. In weaker moments, you look down your noses at the Type 2 diabetics. You know that their disease can result from poor lifestyle choices. You know that their treatment regimen, compared with yours, is simple.
And …
Diabetes Health Type 2: 415-pound Type 2 Diabetic Sheds Weight To Become Fitness Coach
415-pound Type 2 Diabetic Sheds Weight To Become Fitness Coach Matt Toohey had always been on the heavy side, even as a college baseball player. When injuries ended his career after just one season at Herkimer County Community College in …
