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Beer, if drunk with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health. I don't like to pass judgment, but when I see other diabetics drink beer I cringe. You might as well be drinking coke. As my endocrinologist put it: The only thing…

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts. The start of diabetes is rough. They send you home from the hospital with insulin pens and a crash course in carb counting. Congratulations, now you can kill yourself with this very potent…

The other night I had dinner at my friend's house who's a doctor. Present were many other doctors. In fact, I was the only non-doctor at the table. Doctors often marry doctors, and they tend to socialize with other doctors. I spent a couple of…

My mood is the worst when my blood sugar swings. The vicious circle to be avoided is to go low, overtreat the hypo, and be forced to inject insulin again to get your blood sugar into range. This is best done by treating hypoglycemia as…

If you can do anything to help yourself before you get to this stage then absolutely do it. This documentary series about diabetic complications is difficult to watch, but I think it is important to raise awareness. Brian suffers from end-stage renal disease and might…

There's a cardinal rule in processed food: If in doubt, add sugar. Salt Sugar Fat opens up with the secret Pillsbury meeting in 1999 where the heads of our largest food companies came together to discuss the budding obesity epidemic. The outcome was to do…

When you're eating a very low carbohydrate diet you need to dose insulin for protein. There are however a couple of occasions where you should be careful with this. One is when you exercise after meals. I like to go for walks after lunch on…

There is one fact that will bring notable relief to many survivors: the grim problems facing them will at least be completely different from those that have been tormenting them in the past years. The problems of an advanced civilization will be replaced by those…

The long-lived people of Okinawa practice a principle they call Hara Hachi Bu: Eat until you're eighty percent full. In my previous life, I was a carb junkie. My favorite snacks included crumpets and chocolate muffins. Since I got type 1 diabetes and went low…