Although smoking is harmful to everyone, people living with diabetes are already at an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, so smoking compounds their risk.
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You can’t out-exercise unhealthy eating
I have been known to request (okay, insist) that my family come for a walk after a large holiday meal. I started doing this when I was pregnant with my son and I had gestational diabetes.
Are all fruits and vegetables created equal?
Not all fruits and vegetables contain the same levels of sugar or fibre, both of which affect the carb count.
Tips and ideas for entertaining
A diagnosis of diabetes doesn’t mean you and your loved one can’t entertain any more.
Does insulin mean we’ve failed?
When a healthcare practitioner recommends that a patient with diabetes should add insulin to their oral medications or entirely replace oral medications with insulin, the response is often one of dismay. Such patients often feel that the move to insulin means they have in some way failed in their diabetes self-management.
10 tips for exercising in the heat
We wait so long for the summer heat to arrive that it’s easy to get carried away by the first sizzling day and overdo outside activity.
