About Ginger Vieira

Ginger Vieira has lived with Type 1 diabetes and Celiac disease since 1999, and fibromyalgia since 2014. She is the author of 4 books: Pregnancy with Type 1 Diabetes, Dealing with Diabetes Burnout, Emotional Eating with Diabetes, Your Diabetes Science Experiment. Ginger creates content regularly for Diabetes Strong, Healthline, HealthCentral, DiabetesDaily, EverydayHealth and her YouTube Channel. Her background includes a B.S. in Professional Writing, certifications in cognitive coaching, Ashtanga yoga, and personal training with several records in drug-free powerlifting. She lives in Vermont with two kiddos and two dogs.

Ginger Vieira

By Ginger Vieira on August 28, 2019
Health & Lifestyle

Statins & Diabetes: Everything You Need to Know

Statins are prescribed to over 200 million people across the globe in an effort to prevent and lower your risk of cardiovascular events like ...

By Ginger Vieira on August 19, 2019
Diabetes Guides

How to Improve Your Insulin Sensitivity

Insulin sensitivity is something you’ll never stop hearing about or thinking about as a person with diabetes. If you live with type ...

By Ginger Vieira on August 10, 2019
Diabetes Guides

Diabetes and Your Teeth: How to Keep Your Mouth Healthy

Like every other part of your body, persistently high blood sugars can have a big impact on your teeth and your entire ...

By Ginger Vieira on July 30, 2019
Health & Lifestyle

Diabetes & Dry Mouth: Causes and Treatment Options

While anybody can have symptoms of a dry mouth now and then, a dry mouth in people with diabetes can be a sign and cause of something more ...

By Ginger Vieira on July 27, 2019
Diabetes Management

Diabetes & Heat: Everything You Need to Know

There are actually several ways in which hot weather (dry or humid) can significantly affect your blood sugar levels, your insulin needs, ...

By Ginger Vieira on July 25, 2019
Emotional Health

Diabetes & Depression: What You Need to Know

It’s no wonder people with diabetes experience a higher rate of depression compared to the non-diabetic population. Every single day we are ...

By Ginger Vieira on July 20, 2019
Diabetes Management

Diabetes and Periods: Everything You Need to Know

Like so many other hormones produced by the human body, the fluctuating hormone levels of your menstruation cycle can have a significant ...

By Ginger Vieira on July 18, 2019
Blood Sugar Friendly Foods

5 Low-Carb Alternatives to White Rice

Rice is delicious. Personally, I could eat a whole pot of rice with butter and salt. But this is a rare treat because as we already ...

By Ginger Vieira on July 17, 2019
Diabetes Management

Diabetes and High Blood Pressure: What is the relationship?

Your blood pressure is one of the most important markers of health -- especially as a person with any type of diabetes.High blood ...

By Ginger Vieira on July 7, 2019
Nutrition Basics

Gluten and Diabetes: Should People with Diabetes Avoid Gluten?

While “going gluten-free” is a bit of a fad these days, there can be good reasons for doing so -- especially if you live with type 1 or type ...

By Ginger Vieira on June 30, 2019
Nutrition Basics

How to Eat a Flexitarian Diet for Diabetes Management

Figuring out exactly what you should be eating as a person with diabetes can be incredibly overwhelming these days.We face a constant ...

By Ginger Vieira on June 2, 2019
Diabetes Guides

Diabetes & Trigger Finger – Prevention and Treatment

Trigger finger is actually incredibly common in people living with diabetes. While it affects the non-diabetic population, too, the most ...

By Ginger Vieira on May 24, 2019
Health & Lifestyle

Is Diabetes to Blame for Your Headaches?

An occasional headache once every couple of months isn’t a big deal. But regular headaches are likely related to something more significant. ...

By Ginger Vieira on April 28, 2019
Diabetes Guides

Diabetes & Ketones: Everything You Need to Know

These days, understanding what ketones are can be confusing, because even mainstream society and non-diabetics are talking about ketones. ...

By Ginger Vieira on April 15, 2019
Food & Nutrition

Low-Carb Vegetables: The 10 Healthiest Choices

All vegetables are pretty darn healthy, but eating a bowlful of corn or sweet potato is going to impact your blood sugar far more than a ...

By Ginger Vieira on March 28, 2019
Diabetes Management

Diabetic Nephropathy (Kidney Disease): Symptoms & Treatment

Diabetic Nephropathy -- also known as diabetic kidney disease -- is a well-known complication of diabetes. In fact, out of all the causes of ...

By Ginger Vieira on March 24, 2019
Diabetes Management

Is Diabetes a Disability? What the Law Says…

Living with any type of diabetes is challenging every single day. For some, the challenges or complications of having diabetes can become a ...

By Ginger Vieira on March 18, 2019
Diabetes Management

Prediabetes: Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment

The day you’re diagnosed with prediabetes can feel like a remarkably scary day. It can also be a day that motivates you to take action. ...

By Ginger Vieira on March 13, 2019
Emotional Health

Diabulimia – Symptoms, Resources & Recovery

This article was designed to avoid triggering disordered eating behaviors in readers. It’s intended to be a safe place to read about and ...

By Ginger Vieira on February 14, 2019
Health & Lifestyle

Is Type 2 Diabetes Reversible?

Is type 2 diabetes reversible? This is a complicated and debated topic because so much of type 2 diabetes is still very much a mystery. And ...