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Why Coffee Raises Your Blood Sugars

You are not alone if you view your morning cup of coffee as a magical gulp of happiness.  Coffee is…

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How to Safely Take a Vacation From Your Diabetes

When you live with a life-altering condition for months, years, or decades with no cure in sight, it can be…

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Dietary Fiber: Why it Does & Doesn’t Affect Your Blood Sugar

In your first carb-counting class as a person with type 1 diabetes, you were likely taught to subtract the dietary…

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How to Exercise in the Morning Without Low Blood Sugars

Like the rest of us, you were likely taught that exercising with type 1 diabetes requires carbohydrates. “Eat 15 grams…

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Why I Don’t Use Auto Mode on My MiniMed 670g

When Medtronic first announced they were launching a hybrid closed loop pump system, I was ecstatic. After all, not only…

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You still need Insulin for Low-carb Protein Powder

Not all protein is created equal — and this is especially true when it comes to protein powders, whether it’s…

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Making the Right Medicare Supplement Plan Choice

We spoke with Burt Kravitz about choosing Medicare Supplement plans.   ‘Picking the right Part B Supplement plan is the most…

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Why Your Blood Sugar Spikes During & After Lifting Weights

It’s often assumed that adrenaline is the reason your blood sugar spikes while lifting weights, but in reality, your intense…

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Glucose SOS: More Than Just a Hypoglycemia Treatment

Like many diabetics, my diet has changed significantly since my diagnosis. I do my best to select foods that will…

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Diabetes Sick Day Management: 5 Things You Should Do

No one wants to think about being sick. But if you have type 1 diabetes, planning ahead for your sick…

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Are High Insulin Prices Caused by the FDA Supply-limiting Regulation?

We spoke with Raymond March, Ph.D. who is a Faculty Fellow at the Center for the Study of Public Choice…

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Dawn Phenomenon: How to Handle that Early Morning Blood Sugar Spike

Wakey, Wakey The very first thing I do when I step out of bed in the morning is: walk to…

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Side-by-Side Comparison Between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

If you’ve ever been less than clear on the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, you aren’t alone.…

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How stress raises your blood sugar

A severe argument, infection or physical injury, intense sadness, sudden shock, intense thrill (like a roller coaster ride), or even…

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5 Things You’re Doing That Increase Your Risk of DKA

Throughout the last decade of living as a T1D, I’ve been vaguely familiar with the concept of diabetic ketoacidosis. I…

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10 Famous Celebrities Living with Type 1 Diabetes

When you’re living with an incurable illness, even the simplest tasks can feel like a struggle. On days like that,…

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57 years with T1D; Nonetheless, the Future is Uncertain

We spoke with Michael Schrom who lives in Othello, Washington, a farming community in Eastern Washington, about his life with…

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Diabetes Burnout: 5 Steps to Work Through It

When you consider just how demanding managing type 1 and type 2 diabetes is on a daily basis, it would…

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12 Quotes from Jay Cutler on Living with Type 1 Diabetes

Jay Cutler is a former professional football player, officially diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 25 in 2008 —…

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Diabetes Burnout vs. Depression: What’s the Difference?

It is a massive understatement to say that diabetes can be “stressful”. Living with any type of diabetes is a…

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