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Bright White Tape Screams – I Have Diabetes!
I’ve been thinking recently about all of the gear I wear and tote around for my type 1 diabetes (and carry for my daughter as well). I am overly accustomed to all of these goodies – being that I’ve...
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Roasted Beets Recipe
Roasting beets highlights their sweet earthy flavor. Making them can be a messy venture, but this recipe is less fuss and muss. After roasting you will see the fibrous exterior slips off the beet...
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Type 1 Diabetes – Living Between the Lines
Living with type 1 diabetes is an adventure in its own right. Some days are downright wild while others are more sedate and somewhat boring – in the blood sugar department that is. There is no better...
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Edamole – A Twist on Guacamole
Edamole is a tasty twist on traditional guacamole and may just ring your bell. A new breed of guac is born with the addition of edamame and a partial deletion of avocado. What’s not to love about...
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Sweet Potato Veggie Burger
This sweet potato veggie burger at lunchboxbunch.com looked fabulous – with a few essential replacements I made a delicious gluten free version. Why bother with the store bought veggie burgers when...
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Are Fitness Apps for People With Diabetes?
A recent article in U.S. News My Favorite Fitness App highlighted new apps, gadgets and gizmos to track and promote exercise habits. I began to wonder what percent of people actually use these fancy...
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Sorghum Bowl with Black Beans, Amaranth and Avocado
Sorghum, once a controversial grain for those living with celiac disease is now embraced by many. Sorghum is an acceptable and tolerable gluten free grain for many living with celiac disease; it’s...
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Screen Short Kids For Disease?
According to a recent article in the Chicago Tribune “Not all very short kids need screening tests” points out their height may be a normal variant in their development. The research study followed 235...
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Sanofi’s Top Seller Lantus Set to Lose Patent Protection
According to the Chicago Tribune, French drug maker Sanofi holds the #2 spot in the worldwide market of diabetes medications – a $43 billion-a-year pharmaceutical marketplace. There are four elite...
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You Can Do Anything for Two Weeks
In the spirit of being capable of doing anything for a measured amount of time our family embraced a unique idea of our own – an unprocessed food diet. On our journey home yesterday from a camping...
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Bread – Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
As the end of our first week on an unprocessed food diet approaches many things come to mind, but they are all overshadowed by one thing – BREAD. If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard – “I just...
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Health Benefits Found in Tea
Is tea a part of your every day rituals? The health benefits found in quality teas are varied and substantial qualifying it as a super food. The unique health benefits of tea have helped to boost its...
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Dr. Phil’s Bars – Wholesome Deliciousness
After my family’s two week stint on a processed free diet most things have stuck with us. Dr. Phil Maffetone and his podcast “Eat to Run” inspired us to embrace this diet in the first place – so I...
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Eating Whole Grains to Reduce Inflammation
A recent article in runner’s world called “Eat Whole Grains to Fight Inflammation” caught my eye. As of late, most articles I come across on inflammation focus on cutting grains from the diet rather...
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It’s Zucchini Season – Cook It Up!
Zucchini blossoms signal a welcome summer wink in the garden. Incredibly proliferative and easy to grow, many gardeners find themselves overwhelmed by the mass of what they’ve produced. The beautiful...
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Smoky Eggplant Soup Recipe
Alongside all the squash and zucchini in your garden if you are lucky enough you will also be harvesting a purple beauty – eggplant. Not as proliferative as squash in my high altitude garden, but I...
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Kitchen Table Bakers – Cheese Crisps
We’re always on the lookout for low carbohydrate/ gluten free snacks living with both celiac disease and type 1 diabetes. We were so happy about these tasty crisps by Kitchen Table Bakers that I...
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Probiotics – A Must With Celiac Disease
Got probiotics? If most gastroenterologists had their way – you would. With the simple addition of probiotics into your daily regime, you may begin to have noticeable improvements in your GI health....
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Type 1 Diabetes – Life’s a Picnic
You can always count on diabetes camp for a wet and wild experience. After my last volunteer nursing stint, I’m reminded once again that my job is never done – even when its lights out. Life’s a...
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Gluten Free Berkeley Veggie Burger
When my tired airplane eyes focused on the foundation of this recipe it got an immediate dog ear. Quality homemade veggie burger recipes are hard to come and this one looked worth my time to amend....
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