Disclaimer: As stated before, this is a paid review for healthetreatment.com with the proceeds going to a diabetes foundation.  Always consult your doctor before making any changes to your diabetes treatment or care. [From the site] Whether you have type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes, healthetreatment can help people learn from the experiences of [...]

If you caught Saturday Night Live (SNL) this past weekend, you probably saw the Seth Meyers skit done on the breaking news this past week from the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The shocking statistic was that diabetes is expected to double or triple between now and 2050. What’s crazy is that one third of [...]

1. Introduction 2. Caffeine 3. The Diet 4. Progress So far I have discussed what the plan and goal is, the amount of caffeine I was drinking and the new diet I have started.  This post will discuss the progress I’ve made in a very short time.  Just to recap, I started with a goal [...]

For the last few years I have been consumed by work, my first and second daughter being born and relocating from Virginia to Maryland.  I have always been healthy, give or take 10 pounds or so.  I’ve been working out since my mid-teens and at times heavier/more frequent.  For a long time now, it’s been [...]

It’s been over 40 years since we put a person on the moon.  We have nano technology that is way beyond me.  I can fit about 5,000 songs on my iPod nano which is almost paper thin.  Apple has a laptop that fits into an envelope.   There are cars that can run without gas.  We [...]

Are you too busy to check your blood sugar?  Are there too many things going on at work to take a few minutes to check your sugar?  Is the to-do list too long to fit in a little exercising or diabetes care?  I’m sure this list could go on and on.  A little while back, [...]

This is a guest post by Holly McCarthy who writes on the subject of nursing schools and can be reached at hollymccarthy12[at]gmail.com Type 2 diabetes is a disease in which either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin. Type 2 diabetes is the more common form of diabetes. Although [...]

Sometimes it’s hard to find a silver lining when it comes to diabetes.  In the past I have said that everyone has something when it comes to an illness, disease, predisposition to disease or health problem.  At least with diabetes you know what you have and what may happen.  I have always had a pretty [...]