Diabetic Living Australia

Dr Kate Marsh Dietition & diabetes educator Kate, who has type 1, is in private practice in Sydney; drkatemarsh.com.au Dr Sultan Linjawi Endocrinologist A diabetes specialist, Sultan has a clinic in Coffs Harbour, NSW; drsultanlinjawi.com Dr Janine C

What an interesting time it has been these past months as we all learned to cope with the challenges and realities of living through a pandemic. I hope you and your family have stayed safe and well and that we can look forward to things slowly return

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Scientists from the Diabetes Research Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine – one of the largest and most comprehensive research centres dedicated to identifying a cure for diabetes – recently identified and confirmed the exi

Our Nutrition Info boxes sit alongside each recipe. Use them to track your nutritional requirements, as well as count carbs, carb exchanges and find out whether a recipe is low-, medium- or high-GI, or gluten-free. Easy! We show you whether a food is

✔ Discuss your plans with your doctor or diabetes team at least 3-6 months before you are ready to conceive✔ Work with your doctor or diabetes team to achieve optimal blood glucose levels (for most women, aim for an HbA1c under 7 per cent for 3-6 mon

Age, since bone density reduces as we get older. Being female, particularly after menopause (men also lose bone density as they age, but more slowly). Having a family history of osteoporosis, particularly parents or siblings. Medical conditions inclu

Speak to your doctor or contact the DLA in your state or territory. NSW: Roads and Maritime Services NSW, 13 22 13, rms.nsw.gov.au ACT: Access Canberra, 13 22 81, accesscanberra.act.gov.au NT: Motor Vehicle Registry, 1300 654 628, nt.gov.au/transport

It’s no secret that getting – and keeping – a driver’s licence requires jumping through a few hoops. And rightly so. But does living with diabetes change things? Are you obligated to share your diagnosis with the authorities? And does it differ depen

“Maybe it’s because I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 29 years ago, just after I’d turned 12, but I’ve always tried to think of living with it as playing the long game, rather than being about success or failure on any given day. “I’ve always beli

For people with type 1 diabetes and people with type 2 who take insulin or blood glucoselowering medications such as sulfonylureas, monitoring BGLs before exercising is the key to limiting hypoglycaemia. If you take one of these meds, be sure to chec

In today’s fast-paced world, it has become increasingly difficult to stop and smell the roses. As Covid-19 forced us indoors, it became obvious that very few of us are slowing down. This is sparking people to refocus their lives and aim for more bala

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Technological advances in diabetes are coming thick and fast and sometimes it’s easy to be misled as to where they may take you Since my diagnosis more than 35 years ago, purely through her great love and care for her grandson, my grandma, Gwen Taylo