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Sara is from Sweden and has type 1 diabetes. She has lived with an eating disorder and shares her story to educate others and help remove the stigma she faced. It's easy to worry about food. Do I eat the wrong diet? Do I eat enough? Do I eat too little plant-based food? Too much meat, too much fast food, too little homemade food and so on. These are perhaps the questions that most people in general sometimes ask themselves. But with type 1 diabetes you also have questions about blood sugar and insulin. How much insulin do I need? Should I split my bolus? How much fat does it contain? Protein

Mary Van Doorn, a mother of two from Dacula, Georgia, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes—but her diagnosis didn’t hold her back. Mary founded Sugar Mama Strong, a diabetes support group and wellness program for women. This is her story: I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes when I was just 21 years old, the daughter of two type 2 parents. Our genetics run deep—almost every adult on my mother's side now lives with type 2. At first, I ignored it. I lived in denial for a long time—I call it my young and stupid phase. At 21, you think you're invincible. I didn't FEEL sick. I didn't LOOK sick. It

Type 1 diabetes approached my life at the age of 10 and it hasn't gotten easier. To take care of diabetes requires a lot of responsibility, anything can go wrong if you don't take care of yourself. I have been to the hospital a bunch of times, but that didn't stop me from taking care of myself and continuing to build myself up. Yes, the outcomes can be scary sometimes, but that doesn't mean you have to fear it. I didn't have time to sit and cry about it, I had to learn and adapt. And because of that, I became the man I am today. I use my diabetes as motivation because there was a time where I

Lynda Jimenez is the Associate Director of Online Strategy & Operations for the American Diabetes Association. This is her story: Most women begin their journey through pregnancy as soon as those little lines appear. As for me, I started my pregnancy journey eight months before those little lines would make their appearance, an entire year and a half before my son was born. Living with type 2 diabetes, I already tried to live a healthy lifestyle, but I was nowhere near being prepared for pregnancy. Managing with oral medications, an okay diet and the occasional exercise, my A1C was hovering

Type 1 diabetes? There are many ways to describe it, but at its core, it is a lifelong autoimmune disease that changes the way you live from the moment of diagnosis. However, what many people don’t know is that living with type 1 diabetes is often a test of strength and endurance, something no one understood better than Milford Driskill. Born February 19, 1940, Milford was an active kid growing up in Kansas. In 1952, at the age of 12, he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes which back then, was known as juvenile diabetes. Insulin had only been discovered 30 years prior and Milford was told if he

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Alexandra Park is an actress, writer, and producer best known for her role on The Royals and the Australian series Home and Away . She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and dog. My diabetes diagnosis could not have come at a worse time. It was two months before I was set to leave Australia to move to Los Angeles. My doctors advised me to cancel the move, but I was determined and moved to LA as planned. Shortly after, I accepted the role of Princess Eleanor for the TV series The Royals and I was off to London for filming.   On set, I was obsessed with keeping my blood sugars in range, and