A voice for living well with Type 1 Diabetes

Sugar Free

Sugar Free. That was my nephew Alec’s nickname on his high school baseball team. One of the coaches called him “Sugar Free” because he played with type 1 diabetes. It was fun … and a reminder that he played with type 1. We loved it When it comes to food, sugar free...

The Marketing of Diabetes

This past weekend I went to the grocery store for several items. As I walked toward the aisle for lettuce, I noticed a display of cans with an ‘A1C’ prominently labeled on the front. Does this drink help someone with diabetes with their A1C? I doubt it. Does this...

2022 Diabetes Wellness Review – Nutrition

This is the third post reviewing one of the spokes (or clusters of help) in the Diabetes Wellness Wheel. Below is the wheel with my criteria, assessment of 2022, and adjustments for 2023 for Nutrition. Diabetes Wellness Wheel Nutrition is the foundation for living...

Dream Foods & The Fertile Crescent

Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel is a history of earth’s continents with theories on how one of them came to exert influence on the others. With the help of guns, germs, and steel, Eurasians introduced their language, writing, technology, and domesticated...