Day-to-Day Management

Handling Back-To-School Stress and Managing Diabetes

It’s that time of year where summer is over and everyone is back to work and back to school, which can bring lots of stress! Rhodes shares his top tips for creating a routine to manage your diabetes this fall, in this video.

Dealing with Unexpected Blood Sugar Spikes

Unexpected blood sugar spikes happen to all of us! When it does happen, look back and assess what led to your blood sugar spike, so you can try to avoid it in the future. If you can’t explain it, don’t beat yourself up about it, instead – try to figure out how to get your blood […]

Why You Should Be Making Exercise A Priority

Make 30 minutes of physical activity each day a priority. Your body needs it and you will feel better both physically and mentally, too. Get your heart pumping and your body moving from walking to running to swimming to biking to going to the gym and so on. Get started today. You can do it!

Diabetes is hard, but you can do it

It is hard to practically manage diabetes, day in and day out. It requires hard work, diligence, and persistence, and we know it is not easy, but we know you can do it. Make managing your diabetes your top priority so that you can live a long, full, happy life with no limits. Let’s do […]

Meal Planning

How to avoid diet slip-ups

No one is perfect. I’m not, you’re not. I don’t care who you are, or what you look like. You cannot ever eat “perfectly” all the time. Anyways, what’s the fun in that? When we are trying very hard to manage diabetes with a healthy, low-carb diet, we still build in time to “fail.” A once-a-week, planned […]

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Talking To Your Doctor

Ouch! Diabetic Nerve Pain?

What is diabetic neuropathy, also known as diabetic nerve pain? It is pain, numbness, tingling, burning, or itching, typically affecting toes, feet or legs. According to the American Diabetes Association, it means your nerves being damaged by prolonged, excessively high blood sugar. Thus, this is often a symptom that occurs in people who have suffered from diabetes for a period of […]

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Take Care of Yourself & Your Diabetes Management

Here’s some motivation and a reminder for you… The time is now to take control of your health and diabetes management! You can live a full life with relatively no limits, but it is up to you to act now to make changes to see improvements in your symptoms and your blood sugar levels. Be […]

Bringing Down High Blood Sugar

Do you feel like you’re doing everything right with your diabetes management and still have high blood sugar from time to time? Alana has three tips and insights for you! If you are consistently having high blood sugar, please call your doctor!

A Diabetes Independence Day Message For You

Happy Independence Day! On the 4th, we remember the sacrifice of others and the freedoms we enjoy. This also makes us think about the costs and benefits of diligent diabetes management. The constant hard work, sacrifice, and dedication, gives us freedom from the risk of serious complications. You can do it! Keep at it and […]

A Diabetes Management Pep Talk For You

Are you in need of some encouragement? Here is a pep talk for you! We know that diabetes management is very challenging and requires a lot of focus and will power, but you can do it. Focus on eating low carb and as well as you can, exercise, and focus on your mental and physical […]