We 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…
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Category: Research
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.
We 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…
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We 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…
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Diabetes in the time of coronavirus… This is nothing any of us ever anticipated! We thought it might be helpful to ask a few people…
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The 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…
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Get screened every year Getting diagnosed early is important, as the longer your body is exposed to high blood glucose levels, the more damage it…
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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…
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There 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…
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Late last year the Diabetic South African community started a petition. The first time people with diabetes in SA all united for a single cause:…
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Which South African medical aid will choose to be the industry leader in diabetes? Sweet Life Diabetes Community has just started a petition to South…
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If there’s one question we get all the time, it’s about the insulin pump: what is it, how it works and how to get it…
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We all know that more and more people are now living with Type 2 diabetes. It used to be seen as a condition for the…
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Type 1 diabetes used to be diagnosed in the young; Type 2, mostly in older people. But the picture is changing. Why? And what can…
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Rencia Phillip wanted to clear up some diabetes misconceptions… A few of the ways that people get diabetes facts confused. Do you have any to…
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Do you struggle with feeling angry about your diagnosis? Diabetes counsellor Gabi Richter gives some advice on how to deal with anger and diabetes… Read…
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When one of our community members asked about foot spas and foot massagers on Diabetic South Africans, there was a lot of confusion around whether…
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Best online diabetes magazines Last week, we were informed that Sweet Life has been named one of The Best Diabetes Magazines in the world. We…
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I’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…
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