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Diabetes Care

Diabetes Care Community is the author of articles on a wide range of diabetes topics. All of these articles are written to a high standard of quality. They are reviewed for accuracy with health care professionals and, wherever possible, will adhere to Diabetes Canada's 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines. It is our wish that you find our articles helpful. We welcome your feedback and comments.

Tasty and healthy brown bag lunch ideas for people with diabetes

Diabetes Care March 12, 2017 Diabetes Diet, Meal preparation, Others

Packing a healthy brown bag lunch for work or school is one of the best ways you can trim your budget – and your waistline!

Activity and non-activity guidelines for kids

Diabetes Care March 5, 2017 Physical Activity

Physical activity is important for everyone, and particularly for children with diabetes.

5 tips to help teens follow a healthy diabetes diet

Diabetes Care February 25, 2017 Diabetes Diet

Life is full of challenges for all teens, but having to follow a diabetes diet plan can sometimes seem like one stress too many

‘Diabetes dogs’ can help owners detect hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia

Diabetes Care February 18, 2017 Living Well With Diabetes -Articles, Management

For many years, dogs have been trained to help people with a disability or chronic illness, such as blindness or epilepsy. Recently, though, dogs have been trained to help people with diabetes .

Diabetes caregivers – giving support without taking control

Diabetes Care February 11, 2017 Providing support, Support

As people who support someone living with diabetes, we not only care for our loved ones, we also care about them.

A1C test – are you keeping track?

Diabetes Care February 5, 2017 Management

An A1C (short for ‘glycated hemoglobin’) test is a measure of your blood glucose levels over the past three months. To do an A1C test, your healthcare team takes a sample of your blood, which is then sent to a laboratory.

Medication side-effects? Know the secret signs.

Diabetes Care January 27, 2017 Oral medications

You care about a friend or family member with diabetes, and start noticing changes in their routine. Perhaps they keep forgetting to take their medications, for example. Or even worse, they stop taking them altogether. The secret culprit could be side-effects.