Diabetes and the Workplace -- Am I Being Discriminated Against?...I do not currently have a ‘full time job.’ Instead, I have many part time jobs, and free lance jobs. At one of them, I am required to be at...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Ways to Keep The Weight Off as We Age...As we age, there is a steady decline in the amount of muscle tissue in both men and women. Calorie needs are reduced with decrease muscle mass, making weight gain...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Diabetes Is NOT a Death Sentence...Diabetes is a serious condition. And yes, it can be a potentially deadly condition. People may often joke a lot about eating too many sweets and ending up with diabetes…...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
4 Steps to Get Motivated to Exercise...You’ve got to MOVE it move it! There’s no one size fits all for exercise. Our modern diet leans toward high-fat, high-calorie foods, while our lifestyle is becoming more and...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
The Top Five Signs of Diabetes "Burnout" (and some solutions too)...Chances are that when you were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes you were advised to make some permanent changes to your lifestyle in order to manage your condition. Adopting this...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Exercise - Timing May Be Important...Everybody knows exercise is important, and it’s important for both blood glucose control and for independently reducing our risk for heart disease (where diabetes doubles our risk from the start)...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Could Visual Cues be the Answer to Shrinking Your Waistline?...Many people gauge how much to eat by how much food is placed in front of them. For example, when participants in a research study were served soup in a...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Stopping Stress Eating Before it Starts...Even when you are not feeling a strong emotion, you may resort to eating without the presence of physical hunger cues. This may happen if you are bored or if...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Kate Cornell...Kate was previously an advocate for Type2Diabetes.com. Kate Cornell was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in June of 2005. Diabetes education wasn’t offered to her so she set out to...
How to Embrace the Power of the Clinical Trial on International Clinical Trials Day and Beyond...When we pick up our prescriptions from the pharmacy, most of us do not think about where these drugs come from. Yet every pill or medical intervention – from cold...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Questions You Forget to Ask Your Doctor...When you first find out you have been diagnosed with Type II Diabetes, you may feel overwhelmed and overloaded with information. There is so much to understand about your body...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Jeanne Hecht, MBA, PMP...Jeanne Hecht is Senior Vice President and Global Head of Site and Patient Networks at Quintiles, a position she was appointed to in October 2014. In this role, Jeanne is...
8 Tips For Managing Diabetes on a Dime...One big concern for many persons with diabetes is finding the means for managing their condition on limited resources and limited income. It can be a scary thing when one...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Five Natural Ways to Reduce Insulin Resistance...If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, you know that your body has trouble regulating blood sugar levels. This is because the cells of your body no longer respond properly...Reactions0reactionsComments9 comments
Eat fruit...My story is pretty simple, I guess I am very lucky. For 4 years I used metformin and my A1C was over 11, nothing I did would change this situation...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Condiments - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly...Condiments are powerful! Powerful flavors in small amounts. Powerful doses of calories, carbohydrates, fat and sodium in some cases. And, even powerful emotions – Americans scoff at the European idea...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Sugar Substitutes - What's The Story?...Added sugar from drinks, snack foods, desserts and food processing is a prime suspect in America’s obesity and type 2 diabetes epidemics. And with diabetes, added sugar (not natural sugars...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Breakfast Egg Sandwich...Make your own fast food at home with fresh ingredients and flavors you love. This breakfast sandwich is perfect for an easy and healthy meal on the go. Makes 1...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
TrialLink...While most of us know that new medicines to treat Type 2 diabetes are being examined in clinical trials, few of us actually have the tools to access those trials. We...
Medication...I was diagnosed 2012 with T2D. I then weighted 96kg/height 1,86m. I eat metformin 500mg in morning and evening, and if I eat some carbs I have another in middle...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments