Catering For Different Tastes When Cooking

I see variations on this question asked many times on the various forums I am on: Being head cook and bottle washer, I have a question. Havi...

Konjac and Shiritaki Noodles

I have heard and read this question many times: "what food can I eat to lower my blood glucose levels?" My standard answer has al...

What's In a Name? Am I a Diabetic or A Person With Diabetes?

A very brief post today about a regularly recurring question. Lately I have seen several posts on different forums from people getting upset...

I'm a New Type 2. Do I Really Have to Test so Much?

I see that question a lot.  The answer is no, nobody has to.    But I believe it is wise to. Your meter, properly used, is the bright beaco...

What on Earth Can I Eat? Now out as an eBook!

When I reached my '50s I mistakenly thought that my learning years were long behind me.  How mistaken I was. My double diagnosis in 2002...

The Discovery of Insulin

A couple of years after I was diagnosed I spent a fascinating few hours reading a Canadian web-site titled “The Discovery of Insulin”. Recen...

Kitchen Essentials: Steamer Saucepan

For those who are discovering cooking as a survival skill for the first time this is the first in a short series of tips for new cooks. I...

What on Earth Can I Eat? - The Book

Life is full of unexpected surprises. There is no way in the world I could have envisaged ten years ago that one day I would publish a book....

Privacy On Forums And The Web

I've been wandering around the internet since Netscape and Internet Explorer first appeared. I've seen it grow and change. Lat...

A Brief Interlude

Among my various afflictions I am one of those unfortunates afflicted with wanderlust, a terrible condition (according to SWMBO) that causes...

Swine Flu, Diabetes and Good Sense

I have become increasingly concerned about the implications of the H1N1, or Swine Flu, epidemic for people with conditions such as diabetes ...

Health Care Funding By Governments

I write on several groups and forums; the most active ones are heavily US-oriented. As a result I have learned to automatically translate mg...

Test, Test, Test

The best advice I received from any source, professional or otherwise, since I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes was written by a lady name...

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