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Understanding Digestion Issues and Diabetes
Living with diabetes involves more than just monitoring blood sugar and taking insulin. For many people, diabetes can also lead to various digestive problems. These issues are common because high blood sugar levels over time can affect the nerves that control the digestive system. While these symptoms can be frustrating, understanding how they work is...
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Diabetes Basics Series: Downloadable Booklet Now Available
A diagnosis of diabetes can be surprising, upsetting, and concerning. It immediately raises a whole series of questions, creates anxiety about the future, and a sense of uncertainty regarding the implications of this diagnosis. Many people also experience a wide range of emotions ranging from anger, shame, guilt, and frustration, highlighting an urgent need for...
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Diabetes Basics Part 9: Diabetes Care is Preventive Care
I began this 9-part blog series on diabetes by describing how a healthy individual maintains normal glucose levels. I then focused on the basics of diabetes. To review, diabetes is a chronic disease that develops when the body can no longer maintain normal glucose levels. The high glucose levels can make you feel unwell. Over...
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Sniffing out Danger: The Practicality of Diabetic Alert Dogs
Canines have the capability to detect and alert individuals to many different medical conditions, including fluctuation in blood glucose levels due to diabetes. This is largely due to dogs having approximately a 20-fold increase in the brain’s olfactory cells that detect odors (220 million) compared to humans (5 million). They can also recognize visual cues...
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Diabetes and Travel
Travelling with diabetes needs some extra preparation, but proper planning can make the trip safe, enjoyable, and stress-free. Change in routine, meal timing, physical activity, time zones, altitude, and weather can affect sugar levels when travelling. Planning ahead can help avoid problems with blood sugar during vacation. At least 1 month before travelling, it is best to meet with the healthcare provider to review the travel plan and discuss diabetes management for the trip. This...
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Food Noise and Food Peace With Diabetes
Managing diabetes involves many daily decisions, and food is one part of that. For some people, thoughts about eating can become constant or distracting. It may feel like food takes up a lot of space in your mind. This ongoing stream of thoughts is sometimes called “food noise.” Food noise can show up in different...