I have a new glucometer… finally. My mom actually grabbed it from her doctors office for me. I won’t even go into the story of what happened to my old one! Painful at best.
It is the Ascensia Breeze 2 system. We will see how it goes. So far it is very easy to use and seems friendly. As friendly as a blood sugar measuring device can be, haha.
I have no idea what the cost of the supplies are but I will find out in the morning when I go to get the disc refills. It uses a 10-strip disc cartridge …read more

Let’s see… 30 minutes. That is all it takes to lower your risk for heart disease, help combat type 2 diabetes, lower blood pressure, increase energy, lower cholesterol and help to beat cancer.
You don’t need to spend hours at the Gym and spend thousands of dollars on equipment, just get yourself out there for a brisk after dinner walk and use some cheap sand dumbbells or soup cans. Heck, I even use my kids as a barbell sometimes and do sit ups with them on my legs.
Studies have shown that simply walking at a brisk pace for 30 minutes …read more

So what have you heard about this whole diet soda and diabetes thing? I have read a few posts on fellow blogger’s sites today that have presented differing views on the topic. Do you consume diet soda? Has your doctor or clinician advised you otherwise? Just curious.
There is all kinds of recent research that states diet soda can be linked to diabetes and heart disease. Some even claim that diet soda will put you at a higher risk for weight gain than regular, full caloried, all the sugar having, sweet soda. Hmm, I don’t …read more

University of Warwick Medical School researchers said they were aware there seems to be a point of no return in the onset of diabetes and scientists have speculated exposure to high glucose levels quickly creates a metabolic memory in which diabetes persists long after the glucose levels are corrected.
So, there you have it. Even if your blood sugar goes right back down after that big ol’ chocolate marshmallow dounut, yeah I’m talking to you, you can still be doing long term damage.
Are you telling me to give up the dounut fetish? Uh huh, and yup! No, …read more

Leave it to the Swedes… A study at Lund University has proven that the cave men were dog gone smart! The foods that were consumed during human evolution are the best form of a diabetic diet that is out there. Yes, for real, the pre-historic men and women had it down pat, fish, fruits, nuts and vegetables. Who would have thunk it?
In a clinical study in Sweden, the research group has now compared 14 patients who were advised to consume an ‘ancient’ (Paleolithic, ‘Old stone Age’) diet for three months with 15 patients who were recommended …read more

A team of Hong Kong scientists have come up with a nifty little device. A machine that can test your blood sugar without actually pricking your finger. Yee ha! A painless sugar check.
This beautiful little device is about the size of a cell phone and uses infrared beams to penetrate the skin and read the blood sugar.
Out of the many components in the blood, the beam is able to identify bits of glucose through the frequency, or wavelengths, they transmit and the amount of blood sugar present would be displayed on the instrument in 10 seconds.
It blows …read more

Do you think that fluctuations in my sugar could be related to my hormones? I have been keeping a log of my diet intake and blood sugars throughout the last few weeks. Ever since my sugars decided to go through the roof. And you know what, I am convinced that there has to be some sort of direct correlation between them and my hormonal changed throughout the month.
I should have prefaced that with a little tidbit about me, well actually it is one of those TMI (too much information), but necessary in the story. I had …read more

On a very personal note, I had a very scary day Wednesday. As you all know I am a type 1 diabetic and control my blood sugar through diet and exercise. My sugars run in the 80’s on normal days. I have had very little fluctuation’s over the last year or so.
After feeding the kids lunch yesterday, I started to feel a little bit off. I hadn’t eaten lunch yet. I was sipping on a diet coke and all of a sudden my fingers felt funny, like I couldn’t hold the phone. I put …read more

Just a little personal reflection for today. We had an easter egg hunt at the local park and there were 5000 eggs, yup that is the real amount. That is a whole heck of a lot of candy. Woo hoo!!!!
Was I good? Nope, not even the slightest bit. Did I gorge myself on sugar filled goodies? Oh yeah and I enjoyed every last minute.
I will not check my sugar this evening, as I do not want to know the results. Now, I should state that even when I am “bad” my blood sugar …read more