ADVANCE and ACCORD
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2008/06/advance-and-accord_7.html
Today both the ACCORD and ADVANCE trials, and some editorials related to them, were published in the new England Journal of Medicine. They w...
Grazing
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2008/06/grazing_5.html
"Ozgirl", a good friend on the alt.support.diabetes newsgroup, introduced me to "grazing" as a blood glucose management...
What to Eat at First
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2008/05/what-to-eat-at-first_6.html
Every so often a newly diagnosed person arrives on the various forums I read who has no meter and is unlikely to get one for a period. Of co...
Is Testing Worthwhile?
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2008/04/is-testing-worthwhile_29.html
I have friends in the UK who are finding it increasingly difficult to get adequate test strip supplies prescribed from their NHS surgeries t...
Valderee, Valderah. Or, I love To Go A-wandering...
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2008/03/valderee-valderah-or-i-love-to-go_5.html
G’day Everyone This blog is meant for all the newly diagnosed type 2’s out there who are still getting over the shock of diagnosis. Please u...
The Quality of ADA Dietary Advice
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2008/02/the-quality-of-ada-dietary-advice_28.html
I was asked this question today on the ADA forum. "Just what is low-fat/high-carb? My dietitian suggested 45-60 carbs per meal. That do...
Motivation, Likes and Dislikes
https://about-diabetic.blogspot.com/2008/02/motivation-likes-and-dislikes_27.html
On all the various forums I read there is a recurring theme from newly diagnosed people of grief over a lost lifestyle. And not just from ne...
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