Diabetes is always changing, so this is a space for the latest diabetes research and information. You’ll find COVID-19 diabetes advice from a doctor, a simple way to eat LCHF, a guide to diabetic sweeteners and more.
Fumana uvavanyo unyaka nonyaka Ukufunyanwa ukuba unesifo sewekile kwangoko kubalulekile, njengoko ukuba umzimba utyilwe kwiglukhozi eninzi emzimbeni kungenza umonakalo omkhulu. Abanye abantu abanodidi lwesibini ababonisi…
Leave a CommentWe should all be talking about prediabetes. If there’s one thing the coronavirus pandemic is teaching us, it’s that we’re capable of making dramatic changes…
1 CommentWe just got sent this announcement of research from the University of Waterloo in Canada about diabetes medication and COVID-19. Although it is in the…
1 CommentWe asked Prof. Joel Dave, one of SA’s top endocrinologists and one of our Panel of Experts, for some advice for people with diabetes during…
3 CommentsDiabetes in the time of coronavirus… This is nothing any of us ever anticipated! We thought it might be helpful to ask a few people…
10 CommentsThe spread of coronavirus (officially called COVID-19, short for coronavirus disease 2019) is making headlines all over the world. There is still a lot we…
2 CommentsLate last year the Diabetic South African community started a petition. The first time people with diabetes in SA all united for a single cause:…
2 CommentsA recent post on Diabetic South Africans suggesting healthy replacements for common carbohydrates sparked off a huge debate around how people with diabetes should be…
2 CommentsWhich South African medical aid will choose to be the industry leader in diabetes? Sweet Life Diabetes Community has just started a petition to South…
1 CommentRencia Phillip wanted to clear up some diabetes misconceptions… A few of the ways that people get diabetes facts confused. Do you have any to…
Leave a CommentDo you struggle with feeling angry about your diagnosis? Diabetes counsellor Gabi Richter gives some advice on how to deal with anger and diabetes… Read…
1 CommentThere are many diabetic jokes about people with diabetes not needing sugar because we’re sweet enough… And for some people, that’s true. Sugar cravings are…
1 CommentWhen one of our community members asked about foot spas and foot massagers on Diabetic South Africans, there was a lot of confusion around whether…
Leave a CommentBest online diabetes magazines Last week, we were informed that Sweet Life has been named one of The Best Diabetes Magazines in the world. We…
1 CommentI’d like to introduce Maryna Prins, a new contributor who will be sharing her thoughts on living with Type 1 diabetes every month. Would you…
5 CommentsGet screened every year Getting diagnosed early is important, as the longer your body is exposed to high blood glucose levels, the more damage it…
4 CommentsJane Sandwood, one of our regular contributors, tackles the issue of diabetes diagnosis in the elderly. In a recent study of South Africans over the…
Leave a CommentDiabetes changes oral microbiome that promotes gum disease In a fascinating study on the relationship between diabetes and periodontal (or gum) disease, Janet Southerland and…
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