Type 1 Diabetes and COVID-19 Risk
This does not mean you are more likely to get COVID-19. However, if you do get it, the chance of facing serious illness is greater than in someone without diabetes.
Q: What can I drink with gestational diabetes?
In short, you can drink almost anything without added sugar, and sugar includes both added sucrose (table sugar) and more commonly refined fructose (fruit/corn sugar), both of which show up in many products we drink.
Q: What can I eat for breakfast if I have gestational diabetes?
This is one of the most common questions asked by patients with Gestational Diabetes. Pregnant women either wake up very hungry, or nauseous and uninterested in food
Q: What is a CDCES (Diabetes Educator) and what do they do?
They used to be called CDEs, Certified Diabetes Educators. But that name didn’t represent all that they do. When asked, a CDE made people think of someone teaching a class. Sure we do that, but oh so much more.
Q: Why does diabetes make me feel so tired?
Our body needs calories for energy. Insulin is what helps take the calories (glucose) from our bloodstream and gets it into our muscles and cells to burn as energy!
Q: What is the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes?
To survive, people with type 1 diabetes must have insulin delivered by injection or a pump.
Q: What am I NOT allowed to eat with diabetes?
Technically, nothing is off-limits, it is all about balance. Do your best to limit SIMPLE carbs, like sugar, white flour, white rice, etc.
Q: What you should know about COVID-19 to protect yourself and others.
We have put together a list of online resources you are able to visit over and over again.
Q: What is LADA?
LADA “ramps up” much more slowly. As a result, it often is mistakenly assumed that adult patients presenting with LADA have Type 2 diabetes.