Living Well With Diabetes -Articles

For smokers who want to stop, quitting permanently is the desired outcome. But is quitting smoking cold turkey the right way to go about it? Some people believe that going cold turkey is the best route, because it allows nicotine to leave your system quickly. Others believe that going cold turkey makes withdrawal symptoms so difficult to cope with that ...

Julia Pesek is an accomplished equestrian who is living with type 1 diabetes, and she uses both of these life experiences to contribute to her community.

Did you know that you have 10 times as many bacterial cells in and on your body than you do human cells? That is five pounds of bacteria!

Alicia McGriskin has lived – and lived well! – with diabetes since her diagnosis at 12 years old.

You don’t have to do it alone! Wherever you live in Canada, there are resources available to help you quit smoking.

Congratulations! You are part of a big club … the diabetes club. It’s probably one that you wish you hadn’t joined, but like it or not, it’s a club that you are a member of.

Jordan DePape is a brilliant hockey player, an avid volunteer for diabetes and other worthy causes, a full-time university student, and he has type 1 diabetes! How’s that for a full, rich life?