Diabetes burnout can happen to the best of us. Diabetes management can often become overwhelming and this makes day-to-day stressors harder to deal with. But there are ways of beating burnout, and it’s nothing to be ashamed of.
Avocados are a great fruit option for people with diabetes. Often referred to as a superfood, avocado is low-carb, versatile, great for health and has minimal impact on blood sugar levels.
Millie Law, aged 11, has hypo unawareness and cannot tell when her blood sugar levels are falling dangerously low. But thanks to Coco, a hypo alert dog, her hypos can be caught 30 minutes in advance.
Diabetes Forum user memememeiii recently suffered a bad health review, writing: “I realize it has been 5 years now since my diagnosis of pre-diabetes/diabetes (Type 2) and at 90 lbs overweight I haven't made progress.”
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“I’ve been following the site for a long time and witnessed the progress Diabetes.co.uk has made regarding low-carb. I have a very low tolerance for carbs so I’ve been almost ketogenic ranging at 20g of carbohydrates for the last 6 years. I’m never without energy now I’ve reduced carbohydrates. I’ve learnt that you have to reduce carbohydrates low enough so that the body switches from using carbs as the default fuel to fats in order to fully benefit.”
The commonly used type 2 diabetes drug Januvia, also known as sitagliptin, has been found in a new study to be safe in people at risk of cardiovascular problems.
Ann Uzzell, a Chelmsford biomedical scientist known as the “friendly face of diabetes”, has died. She spent 40 years campaigning for better diabetes support.
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