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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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Our regular guest writer Maryna has some advice to share today about work stress and diabetes. How do you cope with work stress? Maryna shares…
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Ever wondered what it’s like to be on the other side of diabetes – the partner of someone with diabetes? Here at Sweet Life, we’ve…
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Are you in Durban? Do you have diabetes, or know someone with diabetes? Then join Diabetes SA for their 2nd annual fundraising brunch for the…
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Our regular contributor Jane Sandwood tackles the topic of how to quit smoking if you have diabetes. Have you managed to quit smoking? Do you…
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Earlier today, a mom messaged me on our diabetes community Facebook page, Diabetic South Africans, to say that she desperately needed strips for her Type…
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Bridget McNulty, editor of Sweet Life diabetes community, was recently interviewed on the Expresso show on SABC3. The segment was about what Type 2 diabetes…
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The International Diabetes Federation reports an average of three and a half million people in South Africa are living with diabetes. Three and a half…
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From our community blog: Hi there, I am new to this site. Last night I was at the casualty section of Wilgeheuwel Hospital in Joburg…
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What is hypoglycemia? Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) can be scary for all involved: here’s what you need to know to deal with one. Hypoglycemia (a…
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From Facebook (Diabetic South Africans): What’s the secret to a happy life with diabetes? To not make it an issue. Treat it and forget it.…
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Ask the dietician: Cheryl Meyer From the community: “Being both diabetic and pregnant makes it difficult to know what to eat – there are so…
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When Roxanne and Derick de Villiers wanted to enroll their son Noah in pre-school, they didn’t think diabetes would be an issue. When it turned…
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Ajita Ratanjee is a registered dietician on the Sweet Life Panel of Experts. She shares some of her diabetes dietary tips with us today. Blood…
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Bridget McNulty goes for a reiki session to see what it can do for diabetics. At first glance, reiki seems a little odd. How can…
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It’s the highest mountain in Africa, but that didn’t stop Neil Rae – a Type 1 diabetic for 50 years – from wanting to climb…
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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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