Thursday 25-4-2013, Nathalie Ekelmans
A daily dose of vitamin D turns out to be beneficial for pregnant women. It may prevent them from developing gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia.
Researchers at the University of Calgary discovered that there is a connection between a low vitamin D level in the blood, gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia. They also found that a low vitamin D level in pregnancy caused a lower birth weight...
Wednesday 24-4-2013, Kate Robertson
When fewer people die as a cause of infectious diseases, the number of people with type 1 diabetes increases. This discovery made by Spanish researchers seems to confirm earlier presumptions that there is a link between a living environment that is too clean and diabetes.
Is playing in the mud or eating some sand bad? Yes, but strangely enough it is beneficial too. Because when babies and...
Tuesday 23-4-2013, Nathalie Ekelmans
A new study at the Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte in Hellerup shows that people suffering from the skin condition psoriasis have a considerable risk of developing type 2 diabetes, even when they have a light form of psoriasis.
Psoriasis is a very unpleasant condition where the skin is flaky and itchy. It is caused by an inflammatory reaction in the skin. The connection between...
Tuesday 23-4-2013, Ingrid Helmink
The mHealth Grand Tour is not your average bike tour! This cycling event (organised by GSMA) starts on September 5 in Brussels and finishes in Barcelona. Participants will ride more than 2100 kilometres in 13 days. All this to draw attention to diabetes and the importance of developing mobile solutions for diabetes self management.
The founder of the cycling tour, GSMA, is the umbrella...
Wednesday 17-4-2013, Kate Robertson
gbDOC - the English Diabetes Online Community starts this Wednesday at 21 o'clock with the gbDOC TweetChat. This time about: blogging. Everyone with a Twitter account can join the conversation. More information: www.gbdoc.co.uk.
Tuesday 16-4-2013, Nathalie Ekelmans
The brain uses lactate (lactic acid) to protect itself against hypoglycemia, researchers at Yale University discovered.
The brain needs fuel to work. For 99% of the time it runs on glucose. Yet even without it, it can work more or less normally. In case of a low blood glucose level, the brain uses lactate as an alternative fuel. The researchers used magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to...
Monday 15-4-2013, Kate Robertson
Do you want the low-down on sugar highs? Robert Lustig explores in depth what the seemingly healthy alternatives to sugar really mean, why one type is healthier than another, the offsets between eating sugar on its own or in combination with other food groups and the effects that so little public information and understanding has on the current obesity epidemic.
Do food production companies...
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Index 2 • April 2013
myDiabetesDigital: the very first digital lifestyle magazine for and by people with diabetes. Appearing 6 times a year, this is an interactive iPad and iPhone magazine which will inform you how you can live an enjoyable life with diabetes. In this number you will find the following articles:
Beauty & Health
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Apps For people with diabetes there are apps that can make your life easier. Which ones do you really need?
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Blogger of the Year Award Câthy Jansen is the winner of the first round of the Blogger of the Year Award. Join in and win too!
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Flat stomach Fat around the stomach is a good indicator of insulin resistance and it looks bad in your bikini! 10 tips for a flatter stomach.
Children
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Japan with diabetes We interview the 17 year old Clotilde Zaggia who has Type 1 diabetes. She still left France for an adventure in Japan in her exchange year.
Nutrition
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Sweeteners If you want to use less sugar, you can choose products with sweeteners. Here’s an overview with advantages and disadvantages.
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Recipes Do you like fresh, light meals? Prepare our marinated salmon with tomato, or our stir-fried steak salad.
Medical
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Donor: yes or no? Can you become a donor if you have diabetes? Thomas Schindler from Germany wanted to know. The answer is yes and no...
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Monitoring Monitoring can be good if you have Type 2 diabetes. But some GPs will not always cover methods of monitoring.
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Research New research shows that people with Type 1 diabetes need more insulin after a high-fat meal. Surprised?
Insulin pump
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Holidaying without an insulin pump You can go on holiday with your pump, but sometimes you’d just like to be without it. Do you know how to stop using your pump for longer than an hour?
