Month: November 2019
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Living
Thanksgiving with Type 1 Diabetes: 3 Blood Sugar Management Tips
It’s the holidays, and you should be able to enjoy the fun and yum that comes with the season. As…
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Treatment
Insulin Dosing Tips for Pizza, Chinese Food, Lasagna, and Cake!
Well, who said that just because you have type 1 diabetes means you can’t ever eat pizza or lasagna ever…
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Living
Easy, Affordable Tool to Improve Site Rotation
We spoke with Amir Farzam, CEO of MontMed (website) about SiteSmart, a new color-based site rotation system for insulin pen…
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Treatment
Insulin Pumps May Be Ticket to Better Cholesterol
Type 1 diabetics are at an increased rate of cardiovascular disease (CVD) with an estimated 44% of adult T1Ds dying…
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Living
Gvoke: The FDA-Approved PreFilled Glucagon Syringe that Could Save Your Life
A glucagon pen can save your life if you are a person with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who…
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Living
Product Review: Chip Monk Cookies – Low Carb, Keto & Gluten-Free!
Too often, “low-carb” cookie products are full of junk ingredients and they taste like a diet gone wrong. Bleh. I’m…
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Treatment
New Flu Treatment for People with Diabetes
For the average person, the flu might be no big deal — but for people with type 1 and type…
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Living
Adventures in T1D: Summiting Your Fears
When I was in college, a coworker and I began planning for the ultimate hike. We wanted to climb Longs…
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Living
Big Picture Priority — Reduce your Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
As a diabetic, you make a thousand tiny decisions every day in the name of maintaining healthy, stable blood sugars.…
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Treatment
Closed-Loop System Shows Promise for Improving Diabetes Outcomes
A new study looking at the efficacy of closed-loop pump systems was recently published in The New England Journal of…
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Living
Adults with Type 1 Diabetes Need More Support To Achieve Goals
For years, qualitative studies looking into the inherent challenges of achieving diabetes management goals have focused on children and adolescents.…
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Living
Adventures in T1D: How to Camp With Diabetes
Lifting the Shadow When you are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, it’s hard not to feel like a shadow has…
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Treatment
A1c Tip: Increase Your Basal/Background Insulin By 1 Unit
Yes, just 1 unit. I bet you’re thinking: “But I have low blood sugars all the time! Increasing my background…
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Living
Mental & Physical Health: Connecting the Dots
Intuitively, we all know that mood impacts how we take care of our physical health. But have you ever stopped…
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