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 with diabetes? I’ve been there, it’s so hard… Here’s what 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. Here are the 5 common symptoms…
So you’ve just been diagnosed with diabetes and you don’t know what to eat. What does a healthy diabetes diet look like? We’ve all been…
A recent post on Diabetic South Africans suggesting healthy replacements for common carbohydrates sparked off a huge debate around how people with diabetes should be…
There’s something so wonderful about feeling part of a community, isn’t there? The community we have at Diabetic South Africans (South Africa’s largest online diabetes…
Many people in our diabetes community want to know : can diabetics eat fruit? And if so, how much? We asked dietician and diabetes educator…
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…
We all know the kind of food we should be eating… Plenty of fresh vegetables, healthy fats, protein and limited carbs. That’s the ideal diabetic…
Are you looking for weight loss tips for diabetics? We posted a helpful #diabetestip on Diabetic South African, and many of you replied asking for…
Counting your carbohydrates – or carb counting, as it’s usually known – is a useful tool for any person with diabetes (Type 1 or Type…
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.
We get one question on our Diabetic South Africans Facebook page every week: please can you recommend a diabetes specialist in (a certain city)? And…
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…
Ask the dietician: Genevieve Jardine Is there a happy middle ground? From the community: “I don’t understand the whole LCHF / LCHP ‘low carb high…
Easy 20-minute workouts Who said getting fit has to be a big project? With these five 20-minute workouts, you’ll be on your way to getting…
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.
