Diabetes Coaching, Education, Fitness, Goals
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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
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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.

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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
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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
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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.

Food Science

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Cookbook Review: The Ultimate Guide to Keto Baking

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I received a complimentary copy of this cookbook to review. All opinions are my own and are in no way influenced by ADIDAF. This post contains affiliate links. If you choose to purchase through one of these links, we earn a small commission while not costing you any more.

We all know Carolyn Ketchum through her incredible low carb site, All Day I Dream About Food.

Carolyn's recipes are famous among the low carb/Keto crowd and her personal experience with gestational diabetes and type 2 diabetes is a frequent topic within her posts.

Carolyn gets it. Low carb is not just a fad for her. Low carb is life, as it is for all of us in the LC diabetes community.

As I've always (and I mean ALWAYS) had good luck with Carolyn's recipes, I was thrilled to review her brand new cookbook,

The Ultimate Guide to Keto Baking

This is not just a cookbook. It's everything you need to know about Keto baking.

The first three chapters are dedicated to teaching all about low carb ingredients, including how low carb sweeteners act in recipes, how to measure low carb ingredients, and how to achieve optimal results.

Low carb ingredients are expensive. We want to ensure PERFECT results every time so we don’t have to bin a batch of cookies or a cake. Carolyn teaches you how to master keto baking.

I'd like to say I'm a pretty good cook and I have always loved baking, even so, this is a very helpful guide to starting low carb baking AND for more experienced low carb bakers.

Chocolate Donuts with Peanut Butter glaze, page 232

Chocolate Donuts with Peanut Butter glaze, page 232

Recipes begin on chapter 4, and this book contains over 150 recipes, both savory and sweet.

As I first paged through the book, the incredible photos included alongside every recipe caught my eye. Seriously, Carolyn is a master at making these desserts look and taste delectable.

I love the elegant simplicity of the photos and layout. It's like a spa in book form.

As I started reading the first recipe, it was clear, without a doubt, I wanted to make that one.

Then the second recipe looked even better than the first.

And so on.

I initially had to stop after the first two chapters of recipes (Everyday Cakes & Special Occasion Cakes) because I wanted to make EVERY recipe!

Plus, there are plenty of surprises within this book.

When I thought it couldn't get any better, I found the incredible visual recipe index and allergen index in the back of the book; PLUS all the savory bread, biscuit, pizza crust and pie crust recipes — even low carb popovers?!?!

This book is a joy to peruse and use.

The Ultimate Guide to Keto Baking is my number one recommendation for anyone wanting to start low carb baking or perfect their low carb baking results.

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Allergen Index, p. 404-407

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Visual Recipe Index, p. 408-415

Have you tried Carolyn's recipes?

If so, please leave a comment below telling us which is your favorite.

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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.

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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.

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Addiction, Processed Food & Diabetes - with Dr. Joan Ifland

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.

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Hey, Sugar! (How Sugar Has Taken Over The World)

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Sugar is everywhere in the modern world, but do we really know the affect of sugar on our bodies or our minds? How much is too much sugar in the American diet? We discuss how the food industry is trying to deceive the consumer and how it's far too easy for most people to consume too much daily sugar. 

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Let Food Be Thy Medicine

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We've been told by advertisers that we're too busy to cook fresh meals. We've believed that convenience foods are in our best interest. We've been tricked. Large food corporations are funding our medical organizations with sponsorships. What happens if we DON't buy into that? What can we do instead?  

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The Low Carb Secret Ingredient

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For weeks, I suffered from varying degrees of dizziness, body weakness, headache and confusion.  I had trouble finding the right words and concentrating on my writing. I felt absolutely helpless. 

Of course I was thinking my problems were really serious. I was convinced I had a brain tumor or degenerative neurological issue. SOMETHING had to explain the symptoms I'd been experiencing. 

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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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Why You Should Do A Whole30

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The Whole30 re-set program, based on Paleo principles, helped me tremendously in understanding that grains have a negative affect on my body. While I didn't achieve the blood glucose stability following the Whole30 as I do with Dr. Bernstein's low-carb program,  reading the book It Starts With Food,  and following two months of Whole30 protocol before starting low-carb were invaluable experience for me. 

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(I Will Not Be) Blinded by Science

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(I Will Not Be) Blinded by Science

Before the introduction of food science/food technology, before the development of 90% of the grocery items we have available today, we had food. Real food. There were whole foods that you had to prepare and cook at home. 

There were few restaurants and fewer packaged goods, so everyone cooked: with meat, butter, lard, full-fat cream, and a ton of fresh vegetables, many grown at home.