Linoia Pullen is involved in the Agents for Change project, which aims to improve diabetes care by changing the attitudes and improving the skills of…
Month: July 2011
Image credit Anyone who tells you that you have to stick to the diabetes diet – if you have Type 1 diabetes or Type 2…
If you look on any diabetes website from the USA, you’ll see that they have facts and figures up about how many people with diabetes…
Is diabetes mellitus the same as diabetes? Diabetes mellitus is the scientific name for diabetes – Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes.…
What is sugar diabetes? Essentially, sugar diabetes or sugar sickness is the same thing as Type 2 diabetes, just by a different name. Type 2…
I have Diabetes 3 – Type 3 diabetes… I live with someone with Type 1 Diabetes! 🙂 Yes, I live with somebody with Diabetes Mellitus…
Aren’t the doctors too quick to put one on medication, rather than trying to help a person to control diabetes (Type 2 diabetes) with a…
Diabetes symptoms in women and men Did you know that the symptoms for diabetes are the same in women and men? If you, or anyone…
Image credit A few years ago, just after I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, I remember reading a big discussion on an American diabetes…
How inspiring! There’s a new foundation for children with diabetes, and it’s been started for the sole purpose of helping these kids meet other diabetics,…
Hi there, My sister is a Type 1 diabetic and smokes every hour a cigarette. I try to convince her to stop smoking but to…
I just became a Type 1 diabetic, I want to know what fruit and food can I eat and what should I avoid? I do…
Hi everyone, As promised here is the info regarding the BT test and my experience with it. To start off with, let me give you…
A lot of people want to know if a particularly bad sugar binge was what pushed them over the edge into diabetes – if that’s…
Exercise for diabetics: that’s a big question! Luckily we have some answers. The important thing to remember when choosing your exercise is that it has…
Image credit I have a blog- over on my website – that’s mostly neglected these days… but I was scrolling through some old posts and…
Hi there! I have already posted this on Diabetic South Africans Facebook page, but thought I’d post it to you guys too… Hey guys! Just…
Hi all, I was diagnosed 3 years ago with Type 2 diabetes (also known as diabetes 2), with a reading of 30, down to 24,…
Hi everyone! What I would like to know is what are the best snacks for a diabetic? I am a caregiver and very new at…
We live in a world where the answer to almost any question is: “Just Google it!” But Googling health information is notoriously dangerous, as many…
Good morning! I’m a Type 2 diabetic and would like some good advice on how to better control my blood sugar levels. Sadly I still…
