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…
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…
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…
We’ve found a bunch of diabetes survivors of COVID-19, and asked them to share their stories here. COVID-19 and diabetes is a scary topic –…
There are so many powerful South African voices for diabetes! We’ve seen our community grow so much in the last few years: in online communities…
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…
What do we know about COVID-19 and diabetes in South Africa? That’s the question everyone wants to know on Diabetic South Africans. There’s not enough…
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…
What is normal blood sugar? What should people with diabetes be aiming for? That’s a question we get all the time.
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.…
So, diabetes is pas by jou gediagnoseer … Welkom by die klub! Ons is bly jy’s hier, al sou jy nie dié pad vir jouself…
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…
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…
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…
Daar’s een versoek wat ons weekliks op ons Diabetic South Africans Facebook-blad kry: Beveel asseblief ’n diabetes-spesialis in (’n spesifieke stad) aan. En wanneer ons…
I am delighted to report that Sweet Life now has isiZulu, Afrikaans and isiXhosa diabetes translations. This has been a dream of ours for a…
Let’s talk about low blood sugar: the symptoms of low blood sugar, what it feels like, and what to do if you or someone you love experiences low blood sugar.
Usanda kuthola ukuthi unesifo sikashukela? Siyakwamukela. Njengoba usafuna ulwazi nokuthola mayelana nezinhlobo ezahlukene ngaso lesifo the different types of diabetes, nokuthi usichaze kanjani kubantu. Kungasiza…
Eminye yemibuzo eminingi esibuzwa yona eNingizimu Afrika Diabetic South Africans ngoshukela ukuthi kanti unezinhlobo ezingaki. Zintathu ke izinhlobo zalesifo ezikhona, ezibizwa ngamagama ahlukene ngokuhluka kwazo.…
Engabe awazi ukuthi udle okunjani njengoba usutholile ukuthi unesifo sikashukela? Engabe awunaso isiqiniseko sokuthi ikuphi ukudla okumele ukudle okuhambelana noshukela? Noma kuwumqondo omuhle ukuba nomhlengikazi…
Ukudla okunempilo kwabanesifo sikashukela Usanda kuthola ukuthi unesifo sikashukela kanti nolwazi lokuthi udle ukudla okukanjani awunalo. Nhloboni yokudla okumele ukudle? Sonke sisuka lapho! Ngolwazi esinalo…
Sihlale sithola umbuzo omunye ekhasini lethu laku facebook Diabetic South Africans Facebook page njalo ngesonto: othi bacela sibaphe uhlu lezincweti ezilwa nalesifo emadolobheni ahlukene. Emva…
Usandula kufunyaniswa unesifo seswekile…. Wamkelekile eqeleni! Siyakuvuyela ukuba nawe apha, nangona ingeyonto uzikhethele yona. Xa uzama ukwazi malunga neendidi ezahlukeneyo zesifo seswekile, nokucacisela abantu ingakunceda…
Omnye wemibuzo esiyibuzwa kakhulu kwi Diabetic South Africans ingendidi ezahlukeneyo zesifo seswekile. Kukho iindidi ezintathu zesifo seswekile: Udidi lokuqala,udidi lwesibini , nesifo seswekile sokukhulelwa. Nalu…
Ingaba uyazibuza ukuba ungatya ntoni njengoba ngoku uphila nesifo seswekile? Awuqinisekanga ukuba kokuphi ukutya okuzakulungela iswekile yegazi lakho? Nangona kusoloko kulungile ukudibana nogqirha wezidlo ukufumana…
Usandula kufunyaniswa ukuba unesifo seswekile kwaye awuyazi ukuba kumele utye ntoni? Ibukeka njani indlela yokutya esempilweni yabanesifo seswekile? Sonke sisuka apho! Nangona sineendlela zokupheka esikunika…
Sifumana umbuzo omnye qho ngeveki kwikhasi lethu lonxibelelwano leFacebook iDiabetic South Africans :unganceda ucebise ngengcali yesifo seswekile (kwesosixeko sithile)? Siyesibuze uluntu oluphila nesifo seswekile, sifumane…
If you’re a Type 1 diabetic between the age of 18 and 30 and you want to get more involved in diabetes advocacy, read on!…
We’ve invited Nicholas Caracandas from Diabetic Athletic to share his best tips about fat loss and diabetes in a 4 part series. Part 1 was…
We should all be talking about prediabetes. Here are the most recent prediabetes stats in South Africa.
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…
Kids with diabetes are just like kids without diabetes… in many ways. In many other ways, there are all kinds of special considerations to be…
What do you do if you want to lose weight, in a healthy way, with diabetes? Do fat loss and diabetes combine easily?
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…
Bete It is a South African organisation for Type 1 diabetics, by Type 1 diabetics. They’ve just launched their #cgm4all campaign – please read below…
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…
Even the most well-managed person with diabetes will sometimes get sick – we all do! Whether it’s a cold or flu, stomach bug or something…
The Holy month of Ramadan begins on the evening of Thursday 23rd April 2020 and ends on the evening of Saturday 23rd May 2020. If…
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…
It’s a tough time to be living with diabetes. Not only do we have all the usual things to worry about, but our chronic condition…
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…
Candy Tsamandebele is a successful songwriter and actress with her fourth album, Still Here, set for release in April 2020. She’s also a Type 2…
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…
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…
As a person with diabetes, your doctor is one of the most important people to communicate with. But so many of us find it hard to talk to our doctors. Here are some tips.
We are living in strange times! With the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic all over the world, we all need to take extra precautions – but particularly people with diabetes.
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:…
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…
The diabetes dawn phenomenon – when blood sugar is normal at night but sky high in the morning. Do any Type 1 diabetics have any advice?