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Don’t Eat The Whole Piece of Bread!
How to Go Low Carb! Don’t Eat The Whole Piece of Bread![CHANGE! I’ll Miss You, Dexcom G4 with Share!](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Dex-Out-of-Range.jpg?resize=151%2C113&ssl=1)
CHANGE! I’ll Miss You, Dexcom G4 with Share!
I didn’t want to do it. I resisted for well over a year. I was happy with my Dexcom G4 with Share. It worked perfectly. I don’t have insurance coverage for CGM so switching to G5 would cost me more money. The G5 transmitters last exactly 6 months...![Savvy Updates 8/20/2016: Gut Microbiome, Glucagon, UCI’s Dr. Lakey, 3-Drug Combo for Control](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/gut-biome-300x173.jpg?resize=296%2C171&ssl=1)
Savvy Updates 8/20/2016: Gut Microbiome, Glucagon, UCI’s Dr. Lakey, 3-Drug Combo for Control
Relationship between the composition of the gut microbiome and diabetes is being demonstrated repeated in studies, as reported in Endocrinology Advisor by Tori Rodriguez, August 11, 2016. In a twin study by researchers at Harvard Medical School, MIT and Seoul National...![Savvy Updates 8/8/2016: Genesis AP by Pancreum, GlySens ICGM and Beta Cell ‘Hubs’](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Genesis-300x101.jpg?resize=662%2C223&ssl=1)
Savvy Updates 8/8/2016: Genesis AP by Pancreum, GlySens ICGM and Beta Cell ‘Hubs’
There’s a “new” artificial pancreas in the works, according to Tim Brand of Diabetes Daily, July 25, 2016. This is exciting! Pancreum (http://99designs-56f5b0ac3db52.jimdo.com/) is a small company in the SF area working on a “low-cost drug delivery platform that will...![Got Unused but NOT Expired Insulin? Send it to Insulin For Life USA](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Insulinforlife.png?resize=298%2C248&ssl=1)
Got Unused but NOT Expired Insulin? Send it to Insulin For Life USA
What do you do when you have insulin that you are no longer using … OR you have fresher insulin with the old stuff left over … OR you have other diabetes supplies that you are not using? Please consider sending it to Insulin for Life USA, a wonderful...![I Wore a GREEN Wristband at the Friends for Life Conference 2016](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/FFL-cover-300x279.jpg?resize=332%2C309&ssl=1)
I Wore a GREEN Wristband at the Friends for Life Conference 2016
Yup, I wore GREEN! What a unique experience at the Children with Diabetes Friends for Life Conference, 2016! After I had the good fortune to attend Diabetes Hands Foundation’s MasterLab 2016, I was able to take in the programs at the Friends for Life International...![Lucky Me! Thank You DHF MasterLab and Lilly Diabetes](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/DHF-book-263x300.jpg?resize=206%2C235&ssl=1)
Lucky Me! Thank You DHF MasterLab and Lilly Diabetes
What an honor! I was chosen to receive a scholarship (underwritten by Lilly Diabetes) to attend the Diabetes Hands Foundation MasterLab 2016, a few weeks ago. I was flown to Orlando, staying at the Marriott World Center … for a packed day of speakers, to learn so...![Savvy Updates 7/21/2016: CGM Benefits Shot Takers, Sleep & Diabetes Risk, Human Gut Microbiome, Intensive BG Control and Kidneys](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Dexcom-DiaMonD-Study-300x272.jpg?resize=420%2C381&ssl=1)
Savvy Updates 7/21/2016: CGM Benefits Shot Takers, Sleep & Diabetes Risk, Human Gut Microbiome, Intensive BG Control and Kidneys
CGM Benefits Injection Users, according to the results from Dexcom’s DIaMonD Study, presented at the ADA Scientific Sessions in June, 2016 and reported by www.diaTribe.org, 6/28/2016. According to Dr. Howard Wolpert of the Joslin Diabetes Center, healthcare providers...![FDA Advisory Meeting on CGM: Votes in Favor of Expanding CGM Use!](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/DPAC-300x147.png?resize=639%2C313&ssl=1)