Diabetes Coaching, Education, Fitness, Goals
Lisa
Are Some People Just Lucky?

What are the two key elements of optimal diabetes management, and how can we ensure 'luck' is on our side? The answer is simple, but not easy.

Education, Hypoglycemia
Lisa
Hypoglycemia Is Not The Goal

When people start optimizing blood sugar levels, many erroneously believe that lower numbers are always better.

Learn about hypoglycemia, where to set your alarms, how to find your hypoglycemia percentage, and why lower blood sugar is NOT better.

Lisa
Addiction, Processed Food & Diabetes - with ...

Processed food addiction is common, and can be a barrier for those with diabetes who want to gain control of blood sugar levels and weight. Lucy of diaVerge Diabetes interviews Dr. Joan Ifland, expert in processed food addiction here.

Diabetes Coaching, Education, Introduction
Lisa
Welcome Lucy! Bienvenida a Lucía!

Welcome to our newest diabetes educator, Lucia Feito Allonca! Lucy is a lawyer in Health Law, Bioethics & Patient Rights, and is holds a Diabetes Educator Certificate through IDF. She’s also lived with type 1 diabetes for more than 30 years. Lucy is providing type 1 diabetes education for optimal blood sugar management in Spanish.

Overview, Strategies, Travel
Lisa
Beat The Heat: Hot Weather Protocol for People ...

Do you know how to keep yourself - and your insulin - safe in extreme hot temperatures? Click here to read all about what you can do as a person with diabetes to have a fun, active summer AND stay safe.

Meals

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What I Eat - Metrics For A Week

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What I Eat - Metrics For A Week

What I eat on a daily basis has been documented both the diaVerge Facebook page, here in the food gallery, and within the post What I Eat- A Typical Day. Until now though, I've never published the exact metrics of my daily food consumption, or a week's average. 

For the past 7 days, I weighed and tracked everything I ate. 

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9 Tips for Low Carb in a High Carb World

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9 Tips for Low Carb in a High Carb World

We all encounter times when we have no low-carb support: your workplace, a relative's house, a restaurant.... even in your own home. Everywhere we go, we're faced with other people's eating habits. This time of year is particularly bad. Between Halloween and New Year, it's a constant barrage of high-carb foods and the common practice of Celebration = Treats.