Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that carries glucose into the cells of your body to be used for energy.

Hypoglycemia or low blood sugar is defined as a blood sugar level of less than 4.0 mmol/L in people with diabetes who are treated with either insulin or medications that cause insulin to be produced such as glyburide or Diamicron®.

First of all, how important is your glucose control early in your diabetes? The short answer is very. Is it easy? Not really.

It is a very exciting time for diabetes care and education and Canada! In early April, Diabetes Canada released the 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Diabetes in Canada.

These are exciting times in the diabetes world. The past year brought us new therapies, new technologies, and new ways of sharing and using information.

Today I want to talk about the most recent “cure” for type 2 diabetes. A lot has been in the media regarding the benefit of gastric bypass surgery and its ability to “make diabetes go away”. I think it is really important to make sure we have the facts straight.

Most recently you may have heard that performing blood sugar (glucose) monitoring is a waste of money. It is important to understand that this is not a correct statement for most people with diabetes.