Let's test your knowledge: What are ketones?
As part of continuing education for our families, we developed a "ketone quiz." This quiz is the first of multiple "quizzes" that we will be giving our practice over the next few years to access our patient's knowledge about different diabetes related concepts. The quiz was given to all...
Everybody does it...or at least that's what I told myself. I'd gotten away with doing it for several months: purposefully letting my... Read more »
It is the beginning of summer and what I am doing? Sitting on my patio typing a blog on my laptop, listening to the screaming kids in the... Read more »
This morning I woke up and my blood sugar was 255. Ouch. So I bolused in a correction. I had a baby shower for my cousin's wife at 1pm and... Read more »
David Mendosa recently posted a blog about "glycemic variability." Most people have come to expect that their diabetes control is primarily... Read more »
I read this week about Belle, a beagle in Florida, who won an award from the Cellular Telephone Industry for saving his owner’s life by... Read more »
Diabetics know that a high-carb diet is unhealthy, but a new study suggest a low-fat diet may be just as bad. The two-year study of 61 people found... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Ketone bodies - urine; Urine ketones What the risks are There are no risks. Special considerations Special diets can change... Read more »
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