1 in 2 people with diabetes is undiagnosed in South Africa. That’s why it’s so important to share the 5 symptoms of diabetes with everyone…
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As diabetics, we need to understand the details of our medical aids. What we are due, what we can fight for, and how to motivate…
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On Tuesday this week, I was lucky enough to be part of Abbotts’ dX2 2020 event – their first digital diabetes exchange and experience event.…
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Kirsten De Klerk is a Type 1 diabetic, founding member of Bete It and one of the top 20 South African voices for diabetes. Her…
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We asked Prof. Joel Dave, one of SA’s top endocrinologists and one of our Panel of Experts, for an update on the COVID-19 situation for…
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Holly Rey is an award-winning South African house artist living with Type 1 diabetes. Mzansi’s most loved house star has stormed into 2020 towing a…
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Pregnancy is such an exciting time… Exciting, and a little scary. Especially if you’ve been diagnosed with gestational diabetes and you’re not sure what it…
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One of our Diabetic South Africans community members, Krsangi Radhe, has offered to write us a series of articles on mindfulness for diabetes. If you…
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COVID-19 and diabetes. It’s a scary topic – we know that people with diabetes, particularly Type 2 diabetes, are at greater risk of severe COVID-19.…
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In the last year, South Africans with diabetes have raised their voices online. Not just in online communities like Diabetic South Africans, but individually. Here…
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In this series of articles about fat loss and diabetes, we’re looking at what to eat to lose weight. Nicholas Caracandas from Diabetic Athletic is…
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That’s the question everyone wants to know on Diabetic South Africans: what do we know about COVID-19 and diabetes? There’s not enough data in South…
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Sweet Life is South Africa’s diabetes community: a space to share information and advice about living well with diabetes, both here on the website and…
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It’s a good question: what is normal blood sugar, and what should people with diabetes be aiming for? Diabetes is such a balancing act –…
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In this series of articles about fat loss and diabetes, we’re looking at popular diets for diabetics, why they don’t work, and what works better.…
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Word jaarliks getoets Dis belangrik om vroeg gediagnoseer te word, want hoe langer jou liggaam aan hoë bloedsuikervlakke blootgestel word, hoe groter is die skade…
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Een van dinge waaroor ons die meeste op Diabetic South Africans gevra word, is die verskillende tipes diabetes. Daar is drie hooftipes: tipe 1-diabetes, tipe…
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Wonder jy wat om te eet sedert diabetes by jou gediagnoseer is? Onseker water tipe kos goed vir jou bloedsuiker is? Dis altyd ’n goeie…
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So, diabetes is pas by jou gediagnoseer en jy weet nie wat om te eet nie. Hoe lyk ’n gesonde dieet vir diabete? Ons weet…
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