Superfoods? Breakfast is the Most Important Meal of the Day!

Superfoods? Breakfast is the Most Important Meal of the Day!

  Morning can be the most difficult time of day with diabetes. Fasting numbers and the dawn phenomenon are struggles for many diabetics. Start your morning with a well-balanced breakfast that includes high-quality carbohydrates to stabilize your blood sugar and protein to help you feel satisfied. Start your breakfast plan with a cholesterol-free egg substitute. [...]

Facing Type 2 Diabetes – Solving Common Struggles

Facing Type 2 Diabetes – Solving Common Struggles

Many times, we focus on diabetes as an insulin-dependent disease, counting carbs to balance out your injections. The fact of the matter is, less than 25 percent of the adults diagnosed with diabetes treat their disease with insulin, either alone or in combination with an oral medication. A whopping 58 percent are on oral medications [...]

No-Crust Vegetable Quiche

No-Crust Vegetable Quiche

In keeping with our breakfast theme, here’s a satisfying quiche recipe that’s sure to get your morning started on a great note.   Recipe: No-Crust Vegetable Quiche Summary: Hearty and satisfying breakfast that won’t spike your blood sugar. Ingredients 1/2-cup chopped red onion 1/2-cup thin-sliced zucchini 1/2-cup chopped red and green bell peppers 1/2-cup sliced [...]

Superfoods? Breakfast is the Most Important Meal of the Day!

Superfoods? Breakfast is the Most Important Meal of the Day!

  Morning can be the most difficult time of day with diabetes. Fasting numbers and the dawn phenomenon are struggles for many diabetics. Start your morning with a well-balanced breakfast that includes high-quality carbohydrates to stabilize your blood sugar and protein to help you feel satisfied. Start your breakfast plan with a cholesterol-free egg substitute. [...]

Tracking Your Health – A New Solution

Tracking Your Health – A New Solution

We are always looking for ways to simplify life with diabetes. When you have to monitor your blood sugar, medications, meals and everything else in your life, it can be hard to keep track of it all. Enter CareLogger, a new diabetes logbook design accessible from anywhere you have an internet connection. We’ve registered for [...]

It’s a Dreamfields Giveaway!

It’s a Dreamfields Giveaway!

      Jessica is giving away free Dreamfields Pasta over at Dishin’ About Nutrition. Interested in trying some Dreamfields Pasta? The net carbohydrates are lower than any other pasta out there, great not just for those with diabetes, but everybody. My whole family loves this stuff!!! Check out her giveaway at Dishin’ About Nutrition. [...]

No More Lows? Can We Trust This New Diabetes Drug?

No More Lows? Can We Trust This New Diabetes Drug?

If, like most diabetics, you have suffered from random low blood sugar events, struggled to find the balance between control and lows, or woken up in a cold sweat with your blood sugar approaching low double-digits, an answer may be on the way. The resounding question, though, is can we trust it?   TAK-875 is [...]

Why Are We Persecuting This Poor Woman?

Why Are We Persecuting This Poor Woman?

Seriously. Enough. Is. Enough. Paula Deen has diabetes. Yeah, so? So does almost 8.5 percent of the American population. The media outlets and fans alike have been in an absolute uproar since Paula Deen announced her diabetes diagnosis and partnership with Novo-Nordisk. Yes, she’s being paid. So would any other spokesperson. What’s the big deal? [...]

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Yes, Paula Deen Has Type 2 Diabetes

Yes, Paula Deen Has Type 2 Diabetes

| January 17, 2012 | 0 Comments

Paula Deen, southern cooking royalty, has gone public with her type 2 diabetes diagnosis. Deen received the diagnosis three years ago. She sat with Al Roker this morning showing all the grace, dignity and beauty that she always exhibits, a true southern icon.   Under heavy fire for “hiding” her disease, Paula explained this morning [...]

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Paula Deen and Diabetes – Rumors Abound

Paula Deen and Diabetes – Rumors Abound

| January 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

The news outlets and gossip columns alike have lit up over the last few days with speculation about Paula Deen’s interview with the Today Show Tuesday morning. Rumors abound that the southern cooking icon and self-professed butter queen has been diagnosed with T2 diabetes, and hid the diagnosis from her viewers. She cooks for television [...]

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Low-Carb Ginger Snaps? YES!

Low-Carb Ginger Snaps? YES!

| August 25, 2011 | 0 Comments

Ginger snaps without the carb guilt? It’s possible, and easy! Want a sweet treat to put in your diabetic little one’s lunchbox? Sometimes those treats do wonders for morale during the day, especially when your kids are in the lunchroom and sweets abound. Mix up a batch of these and you’ll ALL be smiling.   [...]

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