Measure for measure: Measuring cups from Tala are an easy, fuss-free way to weigh out portions, helping you to avoid the perils of ‘portion distortion’.
Love your skin: A range of specialist clothing for children and adults is available for those who have diabetes and problem skin. Skinnies were designed
Easy-peasy testing: The OneTouch UltraEasy blood test meter is Lifescan’s smallest machine — and fastest, taking 5 seconds to give you a result. It includes
Diabetes is a medical condition that you have to take seriously. You can live a good life with it, but it does impose a discipline
Almost all children diagnosed with diabetes have Type 1 (insulin dependent). That means insulin injections and blood testing on a daily basis as well as
For the traveling diabetic, overnight stays and short trips should not cause any real anxieties, other than if you are newly diagnosed or the diabetic
You are what you eat There seems to be a lot of people who don’t like to think there is such a thing as ‘the
When first diagnosed, you should have help from a specialist diabetes dietician who may give you some leaflets or printed sheets that tell you which
Diabetes patients in the UK and Ireland will be the first in the world to use a new technology which mimics key elements of the
By Sue Marshall, June 2009 Insulin pumps have been around for a lot longer than you might imagine, but back in the day they were
