DiabeTeens Expert Ginger Vieira shares DiabeTeens management news and commentary at DiabeTeens.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511 http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511 http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/102665/powerlifting Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:06:00 -0500 Ginger Vieira On Saturday, January 30, 2010 I competed with some of the best of the best in the sport of raw powerlifting! I began powerlifting exactly one year ago and this RAW UNITY event was my third competition in a full powerlifting event. ROCHE's ACCU-Chek Glucometer sponsored my entry and flight to Tampa, and they also sent me a new meter and plenty of strips to keep me going during my training and the competition. My best friend, Tara, and my coach,... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/102665/powerlifting http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/100615/repeatedly Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:57:01 -0500 Ginger Vieira We’re almost halfway through January of 2010 and those New Year’s Resolutions we made two weeks ago are either proving to be challenging, doable, or we’ve already forgotten about them all together. Maybe the resolution you made was expecting too much of yourself?   If you said, “I’m going to stop eating candy,” or “I’m going to quit smoking cigarettes,” or “I’m going to... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/100615/repeatedly http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/99911/ginger-insulin Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:32:00 -0500 Ginger Vieira I hear and read about insulin completely unrelated to diabetes pretty often. Just like you said, insulin is responsible for both storing fat onto the body and for helping the body build muscle, but the balance between storing too much fat from too much insulin when you're trying to build muscle instead is a careful one.   Insulin transports the glucose in our blood (from the food we eat) to our muscles if the "glycogen stores" in the... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/99911/ginger-insulin http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/97053/ginger-low-carb Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:16:38 -0500 Ginger Vieira Hi Ginger, I know I can't do the low-carb diet for a long time, but I'm wondering if there's a benefit to doing it for just a little while? There are so many different opinions about it, and I kind of want to see what happens? Is it worth it to try for just a little while? -Beth     Hey Beth, Definitely! You're right, there is a neverending debate between a variety of people on how many carbs you need, how healthy it is to... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/97053/ginger-low-carb http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/94722/diabetic-boston Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:45:48 -0500 Ginger Vieira Rich Lapham was diagnosed with diabetes when he was 13 years old, but today is a lineman on the Boston College football team. Lapham was recently featured in the Boston Herald for his athletic perseverence despite his Type 1 diabetes, and just like the rest of us: diabetes is challenging for him, too, but he simply doesn't let it get in the way of his goals.   “It’s something I obviously plan to work on to keep it that way. I... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/94722/diabetic-boston http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/94103/advantage Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:04:00 -0500 Ginger Vieira When I've had to follow low-carb protocols for weightloss sake over a long period of time or over a short period of time for weigh-ins before a competition, protein is my savoir. Not only does it help me burn fat because our bodies have to work so much harder to digest protein than they do in order to digest carbs,  some of it also turns into glucose and we can use that for energy.   When you eat a portion of protein over 20 grams... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/94103/advantage http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/93038/month-challenge Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:48:26 -0500 Ginger Vieira November is National Diabetes Awareness Month and there's a lot going on throughout the entire diabetes community.   Here are two of the coolest things: World Diabetes Day CHAMPIONS! National Diabetic KidZ Day - November 6th, 2009 Diabetes Awareness Kick-off - Artificial Pancreas Project!     For the month of November, we are usually trying to raise awareness of diabetes. Bring it to the attention of people who don't live... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/93038/month-challenge http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/92361/make-depressed Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:09:13 -0400 Ginger Vieira Hey Ginger, Does diabetes ever make you depressed? A kid in my high school has diabetes and he told me he also goes to a doctor because his diabetes makes him depressed. I get really angry about my diabetes sometimes, and it’s been getting worse since I got into high school. I just wish I didn’t have it, and didn’t have to deal with it. It doesn’t seem like you’re depressed, how do you keep diabetes from doing... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/92361/make-depressed http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/88059/ginger-energy Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:44:10 -0400 Ginger Vieira Hey Ginger,   I know that blood sugars that aren't in control, like a low blood sugar, can make you feel really tired, and highs make me feel pretty groggy. My energy is just totally zonked when my blood sugars are all over the place. If I wake up with a high bs then I don't even wanna get out of bed! But I had a question about whether it's okay to workout and exercise when your blood sugars are all over the place on a certain day. I... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/88059/ginger-energy http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/84985/lasik-diabetes Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:59:06 -0400 Ginger Vieira My biggest fear before going to the free eye screening for Lasik surgery was definitely my diabetes. Some people aren’t candidates for Lasik because their corneas aren’t thick enough to reshape or because their vision is out of the acceptable range for correction, but I was worried that diabetics in general weren’t candidates. We don’t have a reputation for healing well (due to lack of poor blood sugar control) and we... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabeteens/c/27511/84985/lasik-diabetes