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Type 1 & 2 Diabetes: Five Simple Ways to Lower Your Blood Sugar

April 23, 2019 Clay Wirestone 0 Comments Blog Blood Sugar Diabetes Health

Diabetes can seem complicated and overwhelming, full of charts and devices and concerned-looking medical professionals. There’s talk of hormones and endocrine systems, of obscure organizations and dietary plans. It all comes down to this: What it’s really about-the one, single thing it’s about-is lowering that sky-high blood sugar number. That’s it. Everything follows from getting that blood sugar number down. It doesn’t matter how you

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AskNadia: Why Medicare Covers Some Insulin Pumps

April 8, 2019May 22, 2019 Nadia 0 Comments Dawn Phenomenon

I was thinking about getting an insulin pump, but I am worried that Medicare will not cover it. Why does Medicare cover insulin pumps for some people and not for others? Barbara Florida Dear Barbara, Insulin pumps are covered under Medicare if you meet their insulin pump management criteria, insulin antibody test or C-Peptide test. If you are thinking about getting an insulin pump, this

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Diabetes Health in The News: Self-Management Needed & Low-Carb

April 3, 2019 Nadia 0 Comments

http://media.blubrry.com/diabeteshealthpodcast/p/www.diabeteshealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Aug-20_-2015_-1_18_36-PM.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | Download Click here to listen to the audio version of Diabetes Health In The News Experts Say Diabetes Self-Management Requires Better Education At the recent American Association of Diabetes Educators Annual Conference, two presenters explained the importance of providing diabetes patients with better education on how to manage their condition. While patients as a whole have gotten better at controlling

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Ask Nadia: When to Tell Someone You Have Diabetes

February 11, 2019 Nadia 0 Comments Ask Nadia Blog Diabetes

Dear Nadia, I just started dating someone I really like. When do you think it’s a good time to tell this person I have diabetes? I don’t want to scare him off. Anne Portland OR Dear Anne Your question is somewhat subjective. In my personal experience, when I first started dating my previous husband, who has type 1 diabetes, he first told me about

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Living With Type 1 Diabetes: My Love-Hate Relationship With Food

January 8, 2019 Nadia 0 Comments Carbohydrates Diabetes Health Diet

I love carbohydrates, and sometimes, I hate carbohydrates. I think part of my love/hate relationship with food goes back to the days just before my diagnosis of type 1 as a teenager. At 18 years old, I was suddenly eating everything in sight as the hunger from my high blood sugar, due to undiagnosed diabetes, kicked in. I lost more and more weight and became

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AskNadia: Fasting High Blood Sugars & The Dawn Phenomenon

January 7, 2019 Nadia 0 Comments Ask Nadia Dawn Phenomenon Diet

Hi Nadia, I have had Type 2 diabetes for ten years and I control it with diet and exercise. My fasting sugar levels are always high. My sugar level will not go down. What do I need to do to bring my fasting blood sugar level down? Thank you, Jack Dear Jack: I am assuming that when you say fasting blood sugar, you mean your

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Runner With Type 1 Takes On Seven Marathons In Seven Days

January 3, 2019 Nadia 0 Comments

The first time Gavin Griffiths ran a marathon to raise money for his local diabetes clinic, the local newspaper reporter told him, “you’re plucky, but you don’t stand a chance.” Spurred by the words of anti-inspiration, Griffiths – nicknamed the Diathlete, a superhero moniker for a tough endurance athlete – ended up running the 29-mile coastal race in England’s county of Kent in just a

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Enjoying A New Low-Carb Version of Spaghetti

January 2, 2019 Nadia 0 Comments

I’m an eater. I love food. Back when we were dating, my husband made me dinner for the first time. He made me some glorious little stuffed Italian shells, and I was hooked on him for life. He’s a fabulous cook, and we’ve been together almost 17 years. Food is hard though when you have diabetes. Food gets so complicated when it’s accompanied by feelings

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Weight Loss Can Reduce The Risk Of Kidney Disease

December 21, 2018 Nadia 0 Comments

With kidney disease one of the most devastating complications of type 2 diabetes – and a risk for about 35 percent of those with the disease – a new study suggests that losing weight can help significantly lower the risk of nephropathy in overweight or obese adults with type 2. In fact, according to a study that appeared in the journal The Lancet Diabetes &

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Life With Type 2 Diabetes: Too Good to Be True

November 27, 2018 Patrick Totty 0 Comments

I’m not sure whether what I’m about to describe is a blessing or a curse. But it’s something I run into with almost everybody I know, myself included: the inability to see our luck or good fortune as clearly as others see it. I just got back from walking my doofus boxer Baxter, a route that often takes me past my neighbor Paul’s house. I’ve

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