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Adjusting With The Seasons

So, summer is here. Sunshine. Flowers. Yada. Yada. Yada. All that good stuff we miss all winter long. With the sunshine, however, often comes a bit of change in blood sugars and insulin needs.   I once met this incredibly athletic teenager who found herself in the hospital at the start of every new sport season from episodes of... Read moreChevron

Wear Your Medical Alert!

At the diabetes camp I’ve attended as a counselor, we play a game where everyone sits in a circle (there are about 45 kids at this camp) and someone stands up and says, “I spy anyone with a (for example) yellow t-shirt,” and anyone that fits the description called out has to get up and run to a new chair — and there are, of course, not... Read moreChevron

Diabetes Incidence On The Rise

"Estimates of the incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) show an increase in incidence worldwide during the past two decades... as the prevalence of obesity has increased in recent decades, some studies have reported an increasing proportion of youth with type 2 DM, especially among racial/ethnic minority populations." -ScienceDailyTo be... Read moreChevron

Beware of Hidden High Fructose Corn Syrup

  Did you know High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) can be found in Wheat Thins, Nutri-Grain Bars, several Pepperidge Farm breads and good ol’ Raisin Bran? HFCS can be found in over a dozen different Kellogg’s cereals, Thomas’ English Muffins, Capri Sun, Fig Newtons, Eggo Waffles — the list goes on and on and on.   So what’s... Read moreChevron

'Diabulimia'?

I’d heard of this briefly once a few years ago: Type 1 diabetics running their blood sugars very high regularly and purposefully to lose weight. Apparently, this frightening habit has become a sort of weight-loss fad most commonly among young women and teenagers. And not only will skipping your insulin and running around 400 all day make... Read moreChevron

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