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My first encounter with the hypoglycemic rage monster happened a few weeks after I got diabetes. I was in line at a bookstore waiting to pay when the cashier asked the woman in front of me if she had a club card. She didn't so…

The problem with recipe blogs is you're very likely to slip into a diabetic coma and die while trying to find the recipe. Nevermind the twenty-five page George R R Martin style epic hero's journey. How many eggs do I need?? With that said, here…

Here's what happened. The other day I was lounging around the house in my jogging bottoms when the door buzzer rang. It was a friend of the bear's popping in for a surprise visit. I pre-bolus for meals by 30 minutes, so I'd just injected…

There are oysters, and then there are oysters. Dave develops a taste for belons and fine wine, which turns him into a nocturnal predator. With time the combination stops working, and the magic of late Paris nights wears off. Emma is left with food phobia…

Glucagon injection is an emergency medicine used to treat severe hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) in diabetes patients treated with insulin who have passed out or cannot take some form of sugar by mouth. Many years ago when I lived in the UK something tragic happened…

When a person eats shortly before going to bed, digestion accompanies sleep. The two great physiological functions are completed together, leaving the maximum of freedom to the mind during the day. A couple of months back the bear was suffering from food fatigue. In an…

Every year Google releases statistics of what people have searched the most for. As I looked through the lists I realized that I had no idea who most of the people on there were, but on the diet front I was up to date. A…

When you're a diabetic on a low carb diet high in meat you have some ethical concerns. I've read Peter Singer and I didn't eat meat for several years when I was younger. I'll always pay a bit more for the ethical option. In addition…

I am convinced from my personal experience, from the experiences of my patients, and from reading the scientific literature, that people with normal blood sugars do not develop the long-term complications of diabetes. Dr Bernstein is my hero. I was lucky enough to come across…