Sara Seitz

Sara Seitz is a freelance writer specializing in blog, article, and content writing. She has had type 1 diabetes for ten years but has never let it stop her from living the life she wants. Lately, she has been busy figuring out how to manage her diabetes while raising a spirited toddler. Sara enjoys traveling, hiking and experimenting with food as a means to better health. She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado with her husband, daughter and their pack of various pets.
Research

Why T1D Diagnosis Rates Continue to Rise Across the Globe

The prevalence of type 1 diabetes was relatively stable for much of human history until the second half of the…

Read More »
Treatment

COVID-19 & Cardiovascular Disease: What You Need to Know

Despite initial reports that people living with diabetes may be at higher risk for infection by the novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2)…

Read More »
Treatment

Can Medtronic Retake Automated Pump Market?

I’ve been a Medtronic customer since I switched from MDI to an insulin pump in 2014. At the time, their…

Read More »
Living

Diabetes & Coronavirus: How to Boost Your Immune System

For so many, the threat of the fast-spreading coronavirus is all-consuming. For people living with diabetes, that threat seems even…

Read More »
Living

Stressed by COVID Isolation? Tips to Keep Anxiety & Blood Sugars in Check

No matter where you are in the world, everyone’s life has been changed by the coronavirus pandemic. Whether you are…

Read More »
Research

Glucagon Patch Promises to Stop Low Blood Sugars Before They Happen

When it comes to managing type 1 diabetes, there is one item that is central to every aspect of the…

Read More »
Living

8 Ways T1D Can Change Your Life for the Better

There are few things quite as life-altering as receiving a type 1 diabetes diagnosis. Not only does it alter how…

Read More »
Research

Insulin Patch Could Provide Cheap, Simple, and Effective “Cure” for T1D

When you picture the future of type 1 diabetes treatment, what comes to mind? For many, they see high tech…

Read More »
Artificial Pancreas

Insulet’s Omnipod to Join Hybrid Closed Loop Pump Market

2020 is set to be an exciting year for anyone interested in switching to or upgrading their hybrid closed loop…

Read More »
Treatment

Are Exclusive Insurance Contracts Consumer Abuse?

Broken Trust A cabin in the middle of nowhere is the last place any diabetic wants to suffer a hypoglycemic…

Read More »
Treatment

Five Tips to Increase Your Time In Range

Creating attainable A1C goals has long been the standard to keep your diabetes management on track. But, as we learn…

Read More »
My Story

How a T1D of 43 Years Reversed Her Heart Disease and Took Back Control

One morning in April of 2016, Betty woke to find her blood sugar had shot up over 500 during the…

Read More »
Living

Coronavirus and T1D: What You Need to Know and How to Prepare

As news continues to grow concerning the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, it can be hard not to worry…

Read More »
Hypoglycemia

Hypoglycemia Unawareness: Why It Occurs and What to Do About It

For a newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic, there is nothing scarier than having your blood sugar bottom out. One minute…

Read More »
Living

Newly Diagnosed: 10 Diabetes Truths Veteran T1Ds Want You to Know

There is so much to learn when you are first diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The sheer amount of information…

Read More »
Treatment

New Non Fibrillating Insulin To Be a Game-Changer for Pump Users

You have probably never heard the term “insulin fibrillation” before or have even the slightest idea of what it means.…

Read More »
Treatment

Newly Diagnosed: How T1D Changes Your Body and Mind

Being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes is like having to relearn how to live all over again. Suddenly there are…

Read More »
Living

Newly Diagnosed: How to Approach Exercise and Activity

As a person with type 1 diabetes, exercising and staying active is important to increase your insulin sensitivity and decrease…

Read More »
Treatment

Newly Diagnosed: Understanding and Treating Low Blood Sugars

By far, the most stressful part of living with type 1 diabetes is low blood sugar. Not only can lows…

Read More »
Treatment

Newly Diagnosed: Carb Counting Basics

One of the very first things any newly diagnosed T1D (or type 1 parent) learns about, is how to count…

Read More »
Back to top button