We know that it can be hard to take in all the information you need to manage diabetes. If you’re looking for an easy way…
Category: Just Diagnosed
Just diagnosed with diabetes? We know what that feels like… Here’s all the information you need, from online diabetes communities to join to a diabetic’s guide to fruit, what is low GI, and more.
Learning to accept a diabetes diagnosis is a big task… We asked our South African diabetes community for their best advice – here it is.…
Just diagnosed? I’ve been there, it’s so hard… This article has all you need to know right now – and nothing more.
If you’ve just been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, you may have been told that you are insulin resistant. What is it, and what should…
So you’ve just been diagnosed with diabetes and you don’t know what to eat. What does a healthy diabetes diet look like? Read on to find out…
Looking for a simple way to eat low carb (LCHF)? We have advice directly from one of our community members.
There’s something so wonderful about feeling part of a community, isn’t there? The community we have at South Africans with Diabetes (South Africa’s largest online…
Can diabetics eat fruit? That’s a question many people in our diabetes community want the answer to. We asked dietician and diabetes educator Louise Ferreira to share some tips.
Wondering what to eat now that you have diabetes? Unsure what kind of food will be good for your blood sugar? While it’s always a…
Wondering how to switch out unhealthy food for healthy alternatives for diabetics? We’ve got you covered with this list!
Are you looking for weight loss tips for diabetics? The Sweet Life community has plenty to share!
Counting your carbohydrates – or carb counting, as it’s usually known – is a useful tool for any person with diabetes (Type 1 or Type 2).
So you’ve just been diagnosed with diabetes… Welcome to the club! We’re happy to have you here, even if it’s not something you would have chosen.
Looking for diabetes specialists? We get one question on our South Africans with Diabetes Facebook page every week: please can you recommend a diabetes specialist…
It’s one of the questions we get asked at Sweet Life all the time. Do I have to change my lifestyle – and my diet…
From the South Africans with Diabetes community: “ I don’t understand the whole LCHF / LCHP ‘low carb high fat or high protein’ idea –…
Who said getting fit has to be a big project? With these five 20-minute workouts, you’ll be on your way to getting active in minutes! Daniel Sher shows us how.
What are the different types of diabetes? It’s one of the questions we get asked a lot on South Africans with Diabetes. There are three main types of diabetes: Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes. Here’s some basic information about the differences between them.