Food fact: Fat, glorious fat! Let’s set the record straight here once and for all: not all fats are bad! Sure, the transfatty crappy vegetable oils (cottonseed, rapeseed and processed sunflower oils for example), margarine, the junk food you get at most fast food restaurants or chips/cakes/cookies/candy aren’t what we’re talking about today. (Which are […]
When you’re first diagnosed with Diabetes, it’s a major shock to the system. The questions are endless. What do I eat? What medications do I have to take when? I have to inject myself several times a day?! What the what? I didn’t sign up for this!! But what happens after living with diabetes for […]
Going grain free = going bread free. In the very most cases, at least. The “bread” you do eat won’t be the factory produced, refined stuff you find at the super market. Bread is usually one of the things I hear most often from my clients that they miss when they are getting healthier. Which […]
I truly love to travel, it’s one of the biggest passions in my life. To get to see, feel, sense, experience and smell the smells of a new place, is sometimes what keeps me going through a rough patch. I try to travel as often as I can, meaning as often as money allows me […]
“Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; working hard for something we love is called passion” So why stress yourself to a goal you think you need and want? I don’t believe in new years resolutions. They are very often a surefire way of setting yourself up for failure. Why is […]
Plus one is the loneliest number. And my constant companion Diabetes knows exactly which buttons to push to make me feel lonely, alone and isolated. It’s the time of family gatherings, meeting friends and spending time with those you love. But if your (involuntary and unwanted) BFF Diabetes doesn’t play along, it doesn’t matter who […]
I know just how busy you are today. So today’s post will be very short and to the point. A few people have asked me about the recipe for the Saffron Coconut Macaroons that I shared in my Diabetes Advent Calendar. And because I’m feeling the festive spirits (no, I don’t mean the rum), I […]
Have you ever had a doctor’s appointment during which you get praise from said doctor? This was a completely foreign concept for me until recently, despite having lived with Type 1 Diabetes for 29 years. But as I’ve managed to gain better insight into the illness that co-habits my body, and therefore slightly better control, there […]
“I’m eating all the right things, but I don’t feel any better yet. What am I doing wrong?” When you start a healthier lifestyle, there are a lot of other things that need to change than “just” what you eat. For the sake of clarification, I’m not saying what you eat isn’t important – what […]
Ahhh, the feeling of being able to FINALLY itch underneath an insulin injection site (or a pump site!) when you change it! Sometimes it feels like rainbows and puppies and magic all in one go (or is that just me….?) Especially if the site has been a little oddly placed (hey, it happens), and some […]