Does pizza send your blood sugar all over the place? Does your favorite smoothie send it soaring? If you’re living with type 1 diabetes (T1D),...
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How do you minimize blood sugar variations after meals?

How to Observe Ramadan Safely With Type 1 Diabetes
What can I eat? For sahur (meal eaten before dawn), eat complex carbs (such as beans or whole grains). For iftar (fast-breaking meal), start with...

Type 1 diabetes: a risk factor for eating disorders
The risk of developing an eating disorder (such as anorexia or bulimia) or disturbed eating behaviours (such as skipping meals or feeling a loss of...

How to Read Food Labels
People with type 1 diabetes (T1D) have to learn how to count carbs in order to calculate their insulin doses at mealtimes. However, even with...

Intuitive and Mindful Eating in Type 1 Diabetes
We live in a society where fashion, social media and advertising play an important role in our relationship with food. Phrases such as “eating healthy”...

Gluten-Free Diet for Type 1 Diabetes: Trend or Must?
It can be difficult to keep up with diet trends. There are so many of them, and they often don’t last very long. Although the...

Does Caffeine Impact Blood Sugar?
One thing that people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) know for sure is that blood sugar fluctuations can have many causes. What about caffeine? Have...

A Serious Eating Disorder Called “Diabulimia”
Diabulimia is an eating disorder that is unique to people with type 1 diabetes (T1D). A person is experiencing diabulimia when they are showing bulimia...
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