The conversation regarding what constitutes the ideal diet for optimal wellness and longevity is an ongoing and exhausting debate. Experts from each respective dietary camp have a plethora of data pointing to their case for why their particular system is the gold standard.

There are a few things we patients can do to increase our dosing accuracy: wash our hands, brush up on our carbohydrate counting, learn more about insulin dosing and choose our meters wisely.

In the development of Type 2 diabetes, there is an overproduction of insulin followed by a reduction in insulin production.

I happen to have a cap with a digital timer that shows how many hours it's been since I took my last shot. It stared back at me with a "32:08." I was stunned. I had never seen a number like that before.

Facts won't make you achieve the ideal figure, a healthy heart, or freedom from aging and disease.  Life isn't a puzzle with many pieces that need to fit where they belong. Life is an unfolding process, and it's your choice to make that process into one of continuous evolution.

If only the message from the media about Paula Deen had been "We're all eating too much sugar!" Instead, a perfectly good teaching moment was wasted in a sea of inanities about the "dangers" of eating fat.

See your blood sugar numbers as information not a judgment of your self-worth. Monitoring your blood sugar is the best tool to help you evaluate the effectiveness of your diabetes treatment plan.

Type 2 diabetes has become an increasing problem in modern America. Because it is chiefly linked to obesity, as more people become overweight and as the age of gaining weight reaches down into childhood, a largely preventable disease turns into an epidemic.

Note: This article does not refer to long-acting insulin types. For information on how to best use your insulin type, consult your doctor. Insulin ...