Metformin is one of the most prescribed drugs on the planet with over 120 million people taking it for diabetes management, but that doesn’t mean it’s the most popular. Unfortunately, metformin also has one of the lowest “patient adherence” rates, because of its side effects which can appear ...
Excercise
Diabetes and Alcohol: How Does Alcohol Affect Blood Sugar?
Balancing diabetes and alcohol can be a tricky endeavor. Even in a non-diabetic, not only does alcohol affect certain people differently, different types of alcohol have very different effects on the ...
Hiking with Diabetes
One of the things I love most about living in Southern California is that I can be outside wearing shorts pretty much ...
Why Some Types of Exercise Can Make Your Blood Sugar Increase
Have you ever wondered why your blood sugar falls during certain types of exercise whilst roaring to sky-high levels ...
Food & Nutrition
The Best Breakfast Cereals for Diabetics
Whoever first decided that breakfast ought to be an enormous bowl of highly-processed carbohydrates, additives, and sugar is in big trouble. (Or at least, they ought to be.) While many people think ...
Keto Diet on a Budget: How to Save Money on Low-Carb Foods
The ketogenic diet and overall low-carb lifestyle sound awesome right? But the keto lifestyle comes with a downside that ...
My High-Carb, Low-Fat Experiment with Type 1 Diabetes
This is a detailed article about what happened when I tried to experiment with a low-fat, high-carb diet lead by Cyrus ...
Health & Lifestyle
Metformin Side Effects: What You Need to Know
Metformin is one of the most prescribed drugs on the planet with over 120 million people taking it for diabetes management, but that doesn’t mean it’s the most popular. Unfortunately, metformin ...
Diabetes and Your Eyes: Everything You Need to Know
As people with diabetes, we’ve been hearing about the threat that diabetes poses to our eyes since shortly after ...
Gifts for Diabetics: The Ultimate Guide (Always Updated)
Finding a thoughtful gift for a friend or family member with diabetes can be hard. That’s why I created this Ultimate ...
Products & Technology
Gifts for Diabetics: The Ultimate Guide (Always Updated)
Finding a thoughtful gift for a friend or family member with diabetes can be hard. That’s why I created this Ultimate Guide to Gifts for Diabetics! Gifts for diabetics used to be less exciting than ...
New Life Insurance Option for People Living with Diabetes
Have you been denied life insurance due to living with diabetes? Or have you considered buying a life insurance policy ...
Dexcom Patch Review: How to Make Your CGM Stay on Longer
It is summer, or at least it is on the continent I’m on, at that means warmer days, outdoor workouts, and more dips in ...