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Conquering Diabetes: the Attitude Factor

If there’s one fundamental yet unsung truth about living with diabetes, it’s that attitude is everything. That’s because managing diabetes is a mental game as much as anything else – we’re expected to have superhuman willpower while others indulge, be proactive where others slack off, and monitor our bodily functions by keeping precise records of our food, blood sugars, and activity levels.

Submitted by John Crowley

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Diabetes and Depression Linked

For the first time in a single study, Johns Hopkins scientists have found that diabetes contributes to depression and vice versa, confirming long-held assumptions about the intertwined nature of two diseases that affect millions of Americans.

Submitted by John Crowley

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Amy Tenderich's Award-Winning Blog

A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes.

www.diabetesmine.com

Submitted by John Crowley

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Delicious Ways to Add Whole Grains to Your Diet

ARA) - Adding grains, especially whole grains, to your diet provides many healthy benefits. Unfortunately, most Americans consume less than one-third of the daily recommended amount, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The good news is that now, more than ever, there are easy and delicious ways to add whole grains to your menus.

People who eat whole grains as part of a healthy diet have a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, largely... read more

Submitted by BarryE

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Organic Chia Seeds

Can you imagine being healthier...feeling great...having more energy and vitality... being more fully alive?

What if you could get these health benefits—and more—from a natural source...in fact, the tiny seeds of a healing plant? And what if these seeds were available right now?

I have good news for you...these seeds exist! They come from an ancient, long-forgotten food crop of Native Americans that’s been rediscovered—as a 21st-century “Superfood.” The seeds are known as Chia (say... read more

Submitted by vgarrison

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Workers with diabetes lose jobs

People are losing their jobs because they have diabetes, a BBC Five Live investigation has found.
A taxi driver and a cake factory worker are among those whose employment was affected by their illness.

Firefighters and ambulance drivers have also reported that their jobs were being affected.

Submitted by TRKnight2007

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Your Diabetes and Other People

Among the hardest things about having diabetes is dealing with other people who don’t. Often they say the most exasperating things, try to get too involved in our diabetes care, or are so clueless that they take offense when we don’t eat their home-baked cookies. Aaargh!

Submitted by John Crowley

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Diabetic Sick Day Guidelines

Managing blood sugars during an illness can be very challenging. Your body’s natural reaction to an illness is to release hormones that generally cause your blood sugar to rise. Additionally, your body can become more insulin resistant.

Submitted by John Crowley

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The truth about canola oil

Some enlightening information about a so called "healthy" oil.

Submitted by SkipT

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Be True to Your (Diabetic) Heart

Last month I was invited, along with a handful of other online diabetes advocates, to visit the Dallas headquarters of the American Heart Association, the national nonprofit organization championing cardiac health. Of course were there to talk about heart disease – in particular, to brainstorm how to get millions of diabetics around the country to pay attention to their own elevated risk of having a heart attack or stroke.

Submitted by John Crowley

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