Cycling and T1D: Fueling for 100 miles
Cycling or running long-distance may not be your thing, perhaps you’ve thought about dabbling with it. My entry into this landscape goes back 18 years: I was pregnant, on a...
A Nurses Review: Medtronic 670G Insulin Pump
Medtronic’s 670 G hybrid closed loop system is the smartest insulin pump to hit the market, and people living with type 1 diabetes, including my daughter and I, have been...
The Best Prescription for Diabetes: Exercise
If you’ve contemplated the value exercise adds to a diabetes management regime – double it, triple it – heck, quadruple it. The inherent benefits of moving the body with diabetes...
Make it Better with Butter
People are plopping butter on top of everything now. From eggs to coffee and everything in between. I use unsalted Kerrygold butter from grass-fed cows. You can find this brand...
Puberty in Girls Living with Type 1 Diabetes
Puberty in girls can really shake things up, especially when living with type 1 diabetes. Laurie Perrin, MD a specialist in women’s health, obstetrics and gynecology in Flagstaff, Arizona graciously...
Growth Hormone in Kids with Type 1 Diabetes
Growing children are infamous for the diabetes management challenges they present to both parents and physicians alike. Growth hormone can only be guessed at as a potential irritant to glucose...
Mini-Meals Tout Health Benefits
There seem to be two types of eaters, those those that graze and those that eat three square meals. If you fall into the latter category, you may want to...
10 Reasons to Eat Broccoli
Broccoli has more protein than a steak…? If you aren’t eating broccoli on a regular basis it’s time to see what you’ve been missing. This vigorous green vegetable is a...
Conscious Breath Lowers Blood Sugars
There is always a running list of things to do, should “time to breathe” be one of them? If you are living with diabetes, it should top your list. The...