Nov 8, 2019 | Featured, Pets
This week, we look at the amazing benefit of being a dog person (owner). I started life as a cat person (my first kitties were Boots and Mynee, as in Eeny, Meeny, Mynee, Moe), until the allergies set in. I didn’t become a dog person until after graduate...
Nov 6, 2019 | Eating, Featured, Foods
Coffee drinkers have healthier gut microbiotas as reported by Ana Sandoiu for MedicalNewsToday.com, 30 October 2019. New research suggests that heavy coffee drinkers have healthier compositions of bacteria in their guts. GREAT NEWS, yes?! More and more...
Nov 1, 2019 | Featured, Pets
Tuesday, October 29 was National Cat Day! Did you hug your cat today? (Actually, that holiday – National Hug Your Cat Day – will be celebrated on June 4, 2020.) Cats are quirky, finicky, adorable and totally UNDENIABLE!!! My...
Oct 30, 2019 | Eating, Featured, Foods
You’re Cleaning Mushrooms Wrong was written by Mark Bittman for Medium/Heated, 17 September 2019. Huh? YUP! Whether you cook mushrooms constantly, infrequently, or somewhere in between, there’s a decent chance you’re cleaning them wrong. There’s this...
Oct 28, 2019 | Featured, Research News, Technology Updates
Earring-based diabetes system selected for Dyson design awards was reported by Benedict Jephcote for Diabetes.co.uk, 22 October 2019. An earring and inhaler form part of a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and insulin delivery system shortlisted for the prestigious...
Oct 25, 2019 | Featured, Pets
Scout About and Murphy (2 adorable girls) who live Marianne (a T1) and her husband, Tom. Scout About is a black Labrador Retriever and Murphy is a yellow Labrador Retriever … both with boundless energy! Scout About is able to alert when I go low, at night...
Oct 23, 2019 | Eating, Featured, Foods
What to EAT? What NOT to EAT? 3 Foods You Should Throw Away Forever was reported by Tim Rees for Medium/Noteworthy – The Journal Blog, 8 October 2019. A good diet is as much about what you don’t eat as it is about what you do. In the...
Oct 22, 2019 | Featured, Spotlight, Stories of D Life
Cassidy Robinson sent this to me today … she was one of the 20 riders of Team Bike Beyond, who completed an epic, 10-week adventure, pedaling from New York City to San Francisco. The international team of 20 riders hailed from the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and...
Oct 21, 2019 | A Little Humor, Featured, Research News, Technology Updates
Glucagon: People with Type 1 Diabetes Produce MORE of This Hormone that Raises Blood Sugar was described by Ginger Vieira for InsulinNation.com, 18 October 2019. Ginger calls this: “A cruel irony of T1D: We don’t produce insulin and we overproduce glucagon,...
Oct 18, 2019 | A Little Humor, Featured, Pets
Quincy, the glucose retriever,, lives with his T1 named Katie and her husband Troy … they are very smart people … and Quincy was very smart to choose this wonderful family! This is an amazing story … will bring tears to your eyes while you are...
