Should Everyone With Diabetes Use a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM)? This Doctor Says Yes.
Diabetes management is, at its heart, blood sugar management. The continuous glucose monitor (CGM) is the best tool yet invented for tracking and understanding blood sugar changes. While many Americans with type 1 diabetes now have ready access to the technology, the situation is very different for the more than 30 million with type 2. […]
5 Things That Can Happen After You Stop Taking Ozempic
This content originally appeared on Everyday Health. Republished with permission. By Lisa Rapaport / Medically Reviewed by Kacy Church, MD Ozempic, an injectable type 2 diabetes drug, has been in short supply for months now as a growing number of people seek it out for one of its side effects: dramatic weight loss. The drug […]
Advice for Parents From Adults Who Grew Up With Type 1 Diabetes
Growing up with type 1 diabetes is no picnic. Kids need to learn how to balance the management of a chronic illness with their daily fun, something that even adults struggle with. Puberty brings rapid insulin sensitivity changes. Classmates can be cruel. Navigating diabetes and childhood and adolescence isn’t easy — kids need all the […]
Is There a Connection Between Diabetes Stigma and Device Use?
This content originally appeared on diaTribe. Republished with permission. By Matthew Garza New research from diaTribe and market research firm, dQ&A, is looking to explore how diabetes stigma might be impacting people’s willingness to use insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors. Diabetes Stigma – the exclusion, prejudice, shame, self-blame, and self-judgment that people with diabetes unfairly […]
Lilly Slashed Insulin Prices. What Does It Mean For You?
The drugmaker Eli Lilly rocked the diabetes world last week when it announced that it would slash insulin prices in the United States. It’s been seen as an unexpected and dramatic victory both for the activists that have spent years bringing attention to the insulin affordability crisis, and for us regular folks that simply need […]
Keto Irish Soda Bread
This content originally appeared on Sugar-Free Mom. Republished with permission. This Keto Irish Soda Bread is amazing in texture and is nut-free, low-carb, grain-free, and gluten-free bread recipe! Just 5 grams of net carbs per serving! KETO IRISH SODA BREAD RECIPE Traditional Irish Soda bread got its name because it’s a simple quick bread that […]
Study: Metformin Protects Against Long COVID
A new study suggests that metformin, the world’s most-prescribed diabetes drug, significantly reduces the incidence of long COVID. Trial volunteers with a positive COVID-19 diagnosis who were randomly assigned to take metformin for two weeks were nearly half as likely to later be diagnosed with long COVID. The study has been published online as a […]
Sugar Substitute Erythritol May Increase Risk for Blood Clotting and Stroke
This content originally appeared on Everyday Health. Republished with permission. A preliminary study showed that consuming erythritol, found in many keto-friendly foods — including the sweetener Truvia — can significantly increase heart disease risks. By Becky Upham. Erythritol, a popular sugar substitute found in Truvia and used in a variety of no-sugar and keto-friendly products, […]
Chatting with ChatGPT: The Future of Diabetes Care?
This content originally appeared on diaTribe. Republished with permission. By ChatGPT and Mike Ushakov Editor’s Note: Every word in this article was written by ChatGPT (not a human). To create this article, we asked ChatGPT questions about using ChatGPT in diabetes care. The article below, completely artificial intelligence (AI) generated, is the result. At the end of the […]
Are Vegetable Oils and “Industrial Seed Oils” Unhealthy?
There’s a new bogeyman in the nutrition world: vegetable oil, especially so-called “industrial seed oils” like canola, corn, and soybean oils. Nutrition influencers on Twitter, TikTok, and elsewhere are telling their followers that these oils are sneakily unhealthy, downright dangerous, or even “the worst food in human history.” The most prominent voices are advocates for […]