5 reasons T1 is on the rise…

31 August 2010
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This article came via email in my inbox a couple of weeks ago and I thought it was pretty interesting. Not sure all of the reasons are viable nor proven, but interesting for discussion.

This is what it said:

A 2009 study in The Lancet found that new cases of type 1 diabetes in kids could double in the next 10 years. Possible reasons for this dramatic rise include:

1. Too big too fast. The “accelerator hypothesis” theorizes that children who are bigger and grow more quickly are more likely to develop type 1 diabetes.
2. Too little sun. The “sunshine hypothesis” comes from data showing that countries situated closer to the equator have lower rates of type 1…

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By Nic on 31 August 2010 at 9.29 am
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Not the Spring break I had in mind.

30 August 2010
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A picture tells a thousand words, and one-handed typing takes a thousand years, so I’ll summarise.

1. Awesome! Husband takes me with him on work trip to Queenstown.

2. Haven’t been on a snowboard for 15 years plus recently had baby so very respectful of zero skill base and altered balance overall.

3. Cousin lives in Queenstown and lends me his wrist guards.

4. Do things right by kicking off with a lesson. It goes really well. However it emerges that cousin has given me two left wrist guards. Wear one and put other in pocket.

5. BG too high to have lunch after lesson (17.1 – had turned pump off in anticipation of hypos but with exercise as you…

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By Nic on 30 August 2010 at 8.04 am
Posted in Exercise, Hypos & Hypers, Insulin Pumps
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Aaron: Travel Insurance Policy Comparison

27 August 2010
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During the preparation phase for our move to Montreal, one of the most important things we needed to investigate and organise was a fully comprehensive travel insurance policy, no small feat given that I am, obviously, a diabetic.

Fortunately for me, I used to work as a travel agent for STA who primarily focus on the student and youth travel market and I often got stuck in arguments with ‘budget conscious travelers’ (to put it politely) who were never too keen on spending what amounts to a decent chunk of money on something so ethereal as travel insurance.

To these people I always had four stock standard responses:

If you can’t afford travel insurance, you can’t afford to travel
You

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By Aaron on 27 August 2010 at 9.00 am
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Thursday poll: do you record your blood sugars?

26 August 2010
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Do you have a question you’d like me to pose in a poll? If so, please send your question to me and I’ll put it on the list.

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By Nic on 26 August 2010 at 9.44 am
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Aaron: America has some benefits

25 August 2010
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I don’t know if it was because I was staying the San Francisco area (hippie, organic food and greenie central of the US) but contrary to what I had expected in my head, I totally LOVED San Francisco and the wider bay area in general. Not to say that I thought I would hate it, I just didn’t expect to love it as much as I did. Good weather, fantastic food from jalapeno poppers at a diner style restaurant/cafe place to mexican, ethiopian, burmese and white miso ice cream, good people no disasters all made it a fantastic 7 days in the states.

There are many people and experiences I will remember from our week there which I could list…

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By Aaron on 25 August 2010 at 9.00 am
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