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Ask the Expert: Why does it seem that my treatment worked for a while and then stopped?

Remember that diabetes is progressive. There is a very good chance that if you are controlling your diabetes with diet and exercise, at some point you will need to add a pill, and perhaps even insulin one day.

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Ask the Expert: What are the basic guidelines for blood sugar testing?

Generally speaking, the best time to test blood sugars to determine what food is doing to your sugar is right before the meal and then two hours after the completion of the meal. By the time two hours have passed, the sugar should have made it in and back out of your blood stream.

Submitted by John Crowley

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Ask the Expert: What can I do when I feel so overwhelmed with trying to eat "right"?

A couple of happy thoughts for those who really feel like doing DIABETES is so overwhelming that it almost isn’t worth trying…understand that baby steps are better than no steps! We are trying to improve not only the length of time we live, but the quality of that life we are living!

Submitted by John Crowley

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Ask the Expert: How many carbs, fats, meats, etc. should I eat?

Quite a few of you asked questions related to breaking down diets from a calorie perspective. Be aware that there is a lot of controversy over what percent of our calories should come from carbohydrate. For patients who are trying to control their blood sugars with just diet and exercise, I like Alan Rubin’s theory (Diabetes for Dummies).

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Ask the Expert: How do I know what I can and can't eat?

When a person has been diagnosed with pre-diabetes or diabetes, obviously exercise and eating “right” are important. It can be challenging to know how to eat, and there are many different trains of thought as far as eating is concerned. I would like to start with some basics.

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Ask the Diabetes Expert

We have arranged for Jessica Gibbons, a Certified Diabetes Educator and Registered Dietitian, to field some of your most important questions. Jessica has over a decade of experience …

Submitted by John Crowley

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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!

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Beware: Your Diabetic Feet

I think most of us have a vague idea that we ought to take special care of our feet with diabetes, yet in truth, we’d rather not know the details. Am I right? Who wants to bother with special shoes and socks and daily inspections, and even consider the possibility of foot amputation? Especially when we have so much else to worry about with our diabetes?

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A Once-Weekly Diabetes Treatment that Aids with Weight Loss?

Amylin Pharmaceuticals is working on something they’re hailing as a potential miracle drug: the first-ever once-weekly diabetes treatment that’s guaranteed to bring down your blood sugar levels and help you lose weight and keep it off. It certainly sounds amazing, no?

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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.

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