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 her husband, their 2 daughters, and two dogs, Pedro and Suzy.

Ginger Vieira

By Ginger Vieira on May 24, 2019
Diabetes Management

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 Guides

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 Guides

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
Diabetes Management

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 ...

By Ginger Vieira on February 10, 2019
Diabetes Management

Symptoms of Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemia)

To a non-diabetic, a low blood sugar sounds like a fun excuse to eat candy. For those of us with diabetes, low blood sugars are the exact ...

By Ginger Vieira on February 7, 2019
Diabetes Management

A Cure for Type 1 Diabetes? A Look at the Most Promising Research

When it comes to finding a cure for type 1 diabetes, it’s actually been achieved dozens of times -- in mice. Curing type 1 diabetes in the ...

By Ginger Vieira on February 3, 2019
Diabetes Management

5 Tips to Lowering Your A1c

Your HbA1c isn’t, of course, the only way to measure how things are going in terms of diabetes management, but it’s still an important part ...

By Ginger Vieira on January 22, 2019
Emotional Health

Diabulimia Recovery: 3 Patients Share Their Story

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 January 19, 2019
Emotional Health

Diabetes Burnout: Why It Might Not Be What You Think It Is (And How to Work Through It!)

The following is an excerpt from the book, “Dealing with Diabetes Burnout,” by Ginger Vieira.It’s hard to give just one definition for ...

By Ginger Vieira on January 12, 2019
Food & Nutrition

Nuts and Diabetes: Are Nuts a Good Snack for People with Diabetes?

Often labeled as a “low carb” food, nuts are generally considered a healthy choice for people diabetes, but like many healthy foods, they ...

By Ginger Vieira on January 10, 2019
Emotional Health

Habits that Lead to Emotional Eating & Over-Eating

This is an excerpt from Ginger Vieira’s book, “Emotional Eating with Diabetes.”You’ve probably tried a dozen (or two dozen) times to ...

By Ginger Vieira on December 18, 2018
Diabetes Guides

What are Normal Blood Sugar Levels?

Your blood sugar levels are a critical part of your overall health and your body’s ability to function properly on a daily basis. For those ...

By Ginger Vieira on December 5, 2018
Diabetes Guides

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 ...

By Ginger Vieira on December 3, 2018
Diabetes Guides

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 diagnosis. In fact, ...

By Ginger Vieira on November 27, 2018
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. ...

By Ginger Vieira on November 12, 2018
Blood Sugar Management

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, ...