How to Read Nutrition Labels Effectively
Understanding what is on food nutrition labels and what it means to help with blood sugar management and eating a balanced diet.
World Diabetes Day: Celebrating Insulin’s Impact
World Diabetes Day (WDD) is a global diabetes awareness campaign marked on the 14th of November which is the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting who discovered insulin in 1922 along with Charles Best. WDD was created in 1991 with becoming an official United Nations Day in 2006. Each WDD has a theme and the current…
Understanding Health Insurance Costs With Diabetes
Commercial health insurance in the United States is health insurance that is employer sponsored or privately purchased and not provided by the government (i.e. Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, etc). Every fall, the time comes once again to select your health benefits for the next year which can make you want to pull your hair out in…
C-Section Delivery and Hospital Stay with Type 1 Diabetes
This blog post shares my personal birth and hospital stay experience with type 1 diabetes. If you have diabetes and are pregnant or planning to become pregnant, I hope my own experience can help you with yours, but please note this experience may not be your own based on your health history, diabetes management, doctors,…
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I hope to share easy to understand information in my posts but I also like to “nerd out” over some in depth topics so you will see “Keep it Simple for me!” definitions where I try to explain something as simple as possible and also “Nerd Alert!” definitions where I get into a more complex and scientific explanation. Choose the explanation that best fits your needs or read both to learn something new!
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