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It turned out, as well as being unable to control her blood sugar on a consistent basis, her blood sugar monitoring became unwieldy. Over time she was testing herself so often—fifteen or twenty times per day—her fingertips shriveled and toughened with scars.

I asked my sister what she wanted for our Christmas Eve dessert ...

I’m definitely not perfect. I’m motivated to stay as healthy as I can so I can be at my best on the field. I still want to win championships and be the best quarterback I can be – diabetes didn’t change that...

The holiday season just isn’t complete without eggnog. In order to allow everyone, including kids...

This is a simple and healthy salad dressing you can make at home...

It would have been great to know, during those first terrifying days, that women with diabetes can indeed get pregnant, and that...

Diabetes blog about type 1 diabetes, insulin pumps, continuous glucose monitors, diabetes advocacy, and life.

With latkes on the brain, I decided to try to make some for Jess that would remind her of Bashy’s latkes...

Eating is of such vital importance, not just for survival, but a part of our lives’ enjoyment and entertainment, that I set out to make sure that my taste buds were not insulted. The Christmas presents from me that year would be the top notch foodstuffs for a diabetic diet...

Some call them fritters and some call them latkes, but everyone loves them.

I began to understand that my upbringing, my entire childhood, had prepared me for exactly this moment. I grew up keeping kosher in Texas. I’ve always known how to be afraid of food

A review of a 'low-glycemic' sugar substitute made from a South American plant.

I love to drink coffee and since my diabetes...

It seems that everywhere we turn these days, we’re reminded of mounting health epidemics: cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, HIV/AIDS. Very few of us can say that our lives have not been touched in some way or another by one of these afflictions. ...