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Back at work again on the weekends, I've noticed something interesting. When I get stressed my blood sugar spikes. I work in an Irish pub, and like most places in the hospitality industry, we're understaffed, which makes work a bit more stressful than it used…

Your insulin requirements change due to many things, so from time to time, it's important to do a basal test to check that your long-acting insulin is set right. In my case, my insulin needs have changed a few times. First, when I exited the…

Insulin is the poster child for high drug prices in the US. I've written before about diabetics crossing the border into Canada to pick up affordable insulin, even though the original patent sold for $1 when the marvel was first discovered. Several stories about diabetics…

The other day I was standing in the supermarket trying to get some toothpaste. I wanted regular toothpaste, which is hard to find these days. Instead, it's triple flavor, advanced whitening, charcoal filters, and so on. I got really confused and fiddled several tubes before…

Reuters recently published a well-researched article series on America's losing battle against diabetes. It was an interesting read, especially the second part that claims that the pharmaceutical industry is responsible for the 'aggressive' HbA1c targets that doctors promote amongst their patients. The target level is…

All mushrooms are edible, but some only once in a lifetime. For the past two years, I've had the same thing for breakfast: a two-egg omelette with 50g of cheese. It's perhaps not that strange that I got fed up and started to feel queasy…

With my morning coffee, I read an article on how raisins 'may even help you to maintain healthy blood glucose levels' and it left me irritated. On the forum I frequent, grapes go under the name of sugar bombs. They are, just like raisins, an…

I've been eating a lot of curries lately. Might have something to do with the season. It's grey and gloomy which makes it the perfect time for comfort food. After all, what's better than a spicy stew on a rainy autumn day? Since I'm on…

After putting it off for ages, I finally went and got my vaccination. I work the weekends in a bar and the government just brought in new restrictions requiring that you check the vaccination certificates before serving customers. It seemed bizarre that I would be…