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A note of caution: Always talk to your doctor before making changes to your insulin regiment. In the absence of carbohydrates in the meal, the liver turns to gluconeogenesis - the process of converting protein to glucose. I eat up to 30g of carbohydrates with…

You change your life, which is more important than looking good on the beach this summer. This is a great diet book. It was released in 1992, as an updated version to the 1972 original, and can easily be read today. The body hasn't changed…

A note of caution: Always talk to your doctor before making changes to your insulin regiment. For the uninitiated, I'll let you in on a secret. Pre-bolusing insulin is key to preventing post-mealtime spikes in blood sugar. So what is pre-bolusing? It simply means that…

If you have a needle phobia, you don't want to get type 1 diabetes. A lifetime of insulin injections is daunting to anyone. Now imagine you're so scared of needles that a simple blood test makes you pass out. When there's a gory injection scene…

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…