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Like living with an uncaged tiger

Numbers rule the universe. Do you know what the worst thing about living with type 1 diabetes is? You never get a day off. Diabetes doesn't go on holiday. Every day the numbers game starts over. Diabetics obsess with numbers. It's hard not to because…

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382 days of fasting

The best of all medicines is resting and fasting. The story of Scotsman Angus Barbieri is fascinating. As an obese 27-year-old, he started fasting and lived only on tea, coffee, soda water, electrolytes, and vitamin supplements. His fast, the longest to date, lasted for a…

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Cheese, please!

Cheese is milk's leap towards immortality. Charles de Gaulle once asked how you can govern a country that has more than 246 varieties of cheese. He seemed to do alright. Cheese is not only a good source of protein, but it's also excellent when you're…

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If every famous diet idea was honest

The question to be asked is not why we should change the diet, but why not? According to Roger, just in the United States alone 108 million people are on a diet. They try and fail several times a year. Amongst those who succeed, 95…

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Below 7: McDonald's double cheeseburger (fail)

All the negative things I've been reading about McDonald's made me crave a cheeseburger. It's strange, I know. I hadn't had a meal in McDonald's since before my type 1 diabetes diagnosis two years ago. Now I was having dirty food fantasies about egg mcmuffins,…

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