By JAN JARVIS Four years ago, Annabelle Salomon was blaring down an Oklahoma road when she suddenly lost control of her truck. “My blood sugar dropped extremely fast, I hit a guardrail, and I totaled a 1-ton Ford pickup,” she said. No one was hurt, and after a few Skittles, Salomon, who has Type 1 diabetes, came back around. The accident was costly, but it turned out to be fortunate, too. The …
The tastiest way to drop blood sugar (The Post and Courier)
It’s great on french toast. It’s lovely in apple pies, oatmeal and eggnog. And now, cinnamon may be good for your blood sugar, too. One study found that people with diabetes who ate three-eighths of a teaspoon of the spice a day had better blood sugar levels after a little more than a month.
Teens’ faculties not harmed by low blood sugar (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Teenagers with type 1 diabetes who aim to keep their glucose levels under tight control may have frequent episodes of too-low blood sugar, but this apparently has no lasting effect on their cognitive function.
Kids join in Health-A-Rama (The Victoria Advocate)
One boy asked if he could have the Butterfinger candy bar from the table. We re not giving them away, 9-year-old Addie Koliba said, pointing to the plastic bag of sugar beside the candy. That s how much sugar is in one Butterfinger.
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