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any tips on taking better control of type 1 diabetes???

ASKED by Anonymous on October 31, 2009 - 11:57am

I have been a diabetic since I was 4 and am now 32 and have just gotten on an insulin pump within the last year and a half!

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Understanding Diabetes

Written by Dr. Daemon Jones on September 29, 2009 - 12:51pm

Food is fuel for our every cell of our body. When we eat food our digestive system breaks down our food into one of three chemical groups, glucose, amino acids or fats.

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Kendsie Hunter: How Doctors Diagnose Diabetes

Written by knzhunter on June 19, 2009 - 4:51pm

I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was six years old. I remember that I was sick with flu-like symptoms, thirsty all the time, and always having to go to the bathroom. After rapid weight loss and being sick for over two weeks, my mom took me to the doctor’s office.

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Kendsie Hunter: The Importance of Feet

Written by knzhunter on June 19, 2009 - 5:05pm

One of the many complications that can arise from uncontrolled diabetes concerns your feet.

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Kendsie Hunter: Can Diabetics Donate Blood, Organs or Plasma?

Written by knzhunter on June 19, 2009 - 5:03pm

Being the people person that I am, I am always looking for a way to help others.

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Kendsie Hunter: What is Insulin Made Out Of?

Written by knzhunter on June 19, 2009 - 5:02pm

When juvenile diabetes was first being treated, doctors used pig and cow insulin to treat their patients. Things have come a long way since the 1920’s and insulin is now made in a lab.

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Kendsie Hunter: Proteins and Juvenile Diabetes

Written by knzhunter on June 19, 2009 - 5:00pm

Food is broken up into three different areas: carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Each area plays an important role in any diet, and no diet should be devoid of one group.

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Diabetes Type 1

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Kendsie Hunter: Fats and Juvenile Diabetes

Written by knzhunter on June 19, 2009 - 4:58pm

Food is broken up into three different areas: carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Each area plays an important role in any diet, and no diet should be devoid of one group.

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Diabetes Type 1

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Kendsie Hunter: Carbohydrates and Juvenile Diabetes

Written by knzhunter on June 19, 2009 - 4:57pm

Food is broken up into three different areas: carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Each area plays an important role in any diet, and no diet should be devoid of one group.

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Diabetes Type 1

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Kendsie Hunter: Gestational Diabetes vs. Type One Diabetes and Pregnant

Written by knzhunter on June 19, 2009 - 4:54pm

Gestational diabetes is common among pregnant women in the United States.

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