Diabetes and Inflammation: What You Should Know
Inflammation is a healthy response to infection or injury. It’s the way that our immune system activates to respond to injury, or to internal offenses like viruses, bacteria, or toxic chemicals. This response is called acute inflammation and it starts the healing process. But sometimes the body sends out inflammatory cells when we’re not sick […]
Ozempic May Reduce Need for Insulin in New Type 1 Diabetes Patients
People recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes who take low weekly doses of semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic, may be able to reduce their reliance on insulin to regulate their blood sugar, a small study suggests. The study included 10 patients with type 1 diabetes, a condition that typically develops in childhood or adolescence when […]
Low-Carb Seedy Bread
This content originally appeared on ForGoodMeasure. Republished with permission. Still warm, baked bread or crispy toast are my breakfast staples. Paired with butter then topped with warm apple jam — the sun promises to shine even on a cloudy morning. My seedy bread holds up to a knife straight from the oven, as well as, […]
Do You Have Type 2 Diabetes Burnout?
This content originally appeared on Everyday Health. Republished with permission. By Marijke Vroomen-Durning, RN Medically Reviewed by Kacy Church, MD Type 2 diabetes requires near-constant management and monitoring: You have to keep tabs on your blood sugar levels, your medication, what you eat and when, how active you are, and more. Concerns about potential complications may also be […]
Diabetes in Just Three Words
What’s it like living with diabetes? It can be tough to explain to someone else. Most people know someone that’s been touched by diabetes — maybe an older relative with type 2, a classmate with type 1 who had to check her blood sugar at her desk. But until you’ve lived the condition, you have […]
Dry Eye Syndrome and Diabetes: What to Know
This content originally appeared on diaTribe. Republished with permission. By Amelia Harnish More than half of people with diabetes are estimated to have dry eyes. Here’s why it’s important to recognize dry eye symptoms and get proper treatment. Are your eyes bugging you? As many as 54 percent of people with diabetes struggle with a condition known as […]
Lentils, Beans, and Peanuts: The Healthiest Legumes for Diabetes
Most nutrition experts agree that we should be eating more legumes. These wholesome plant-based foods are packed with protein, fiber, vitamins, and minerals, have almost no saturated fat, and zero cholesterol. The Heart Foundation is just one of the many health authorities that’s tried to persuade us to eat more legumes. Legumes: May reduce your […]
Why Experts Are Blasting the FDA’s Approval of a New Type 1 Diabetes Cell Therapy
It seemed like good news: Years after it became available in other countries, a powerful cell therapy for type 1 diabetes was approved in the United States in June. It will offer the first way for American patients to receive transplants of insulin-producing islet cells outside of the confines of a clinical trial, a therapy […]
Quick 2-Minute Low-Carb Keto English Muffin Recipe
This content originally appeared on Sugar-Free Mom. Republished with permission. This quick and easy Keto Low-Carb English Muffin can be made in 2 minutes from start to finish! Just 3 g net carb per serving or 5 total grams of carbs. This gorgeous looking Keto English Muffin is so close to the texture of traditional […]
Medicare Price Cuts Coming for Major Diabetes Medications
On Tuesday, August 29, the White House revealed the names of the first 10 drugs that will be subject to new Medicare price negotiations. These new negotiations should lead to lower costs for Medicare recipients, perhaps very big ones. Several are diabetes drugs: Jardiance (empagliflozin) Januvia (sitagliptin) Farxiga (dapagliflozin) Fiasp (insulin aspart) NovoLog (insulin aspart) […]