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ISSUE 160
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MARCH 2025
The small Print
With our website and monthly online
magazine we aim to bring diabetesrelated
information to anyone who
wishes to read it. Our editorial sections
presently include kit, news, food news
and features. As far as kit is concerned,
we produce listings so you can then
choose what's best for your own
diabetes care. We are not necessarily
recommending products but bringing
you information about them.
We include global news stories
with a local focus on the UK and Irish
markets. Sources are supplied as often
as possible so you can go back and
read the original or fuller reports.
Features are on any and all aspects of
living with diabetes. We tend to focus
on new products and technological
advancements. Sometimes features
are themed specifically for T1D or for
T2D; you can pick what you want to
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not necessarily of interest to readers
and impede the reading experience. If
we included them for every product
covered the pages would be a very
unappealing to read.
We aim to bring you information,
but it's your diabetes. Talk to your
medical team if you have further
questions or concerns. While
we report on products such as
supplements or glycaemic index and
carb-counting as part of diet, it is your
responsibility to find out more if you
need to.
We include coverage of all sorts of
foods - soft drinks, chocolate, booze -
as these are part of normal life. We are
not encouraging consumption of these
items, we are bringing you information
about them. You choose what you eat.
We'd include soft drinks as they can
come in handy for treating a hypo, not
necessarily as part of a diabetic diet.
Susannah Hickling is a health writer with a particular
interest in diabetes. She previously worked at Diabetes UK.
www.susannahhickling.com
Julia Britten is an experienced graphic designer.
www.jbsprint.co.uk
James Anstee is a marketing consultant specialising in
social media creation via his business Content 4 Social:
www.contact4social.com
Our cover feature this issue
takes a look at the various
little numbers that we
should all keep an eye on,
in terms of both our general health
and our diabetes self-care. I do
have to say that these are guideline
numbers used as targets. We'd have
to all be the same height, weight and
have the same DNA, be the same age
and gender for all of us to hit them!
On a diagnosis if diabetes, we
at least have to get to grips with
HbA1c, then maybe also time In
Range (TIR) and other measurements
as we go along (and as they change
and - hopefully - improve our care).
So those are in the article, but also
things like the much-disputed BMI as
well as cholesterol levels and blood
pressure stats.
In the news we have a round-up
on the T1D Challenge, an update on
research on engineered islets and
the production of insulin, as well as
a reason why you could be getting
increasingly irritable (I know I am!).
Plus, news from the US on Beta
Bionics, Dexcom and Medtronic. In
the UK we have an initiative called
SHIFT for our HGV drivers, and an
NHS Decision making tool for people
with T1D. Plus, a diabetes professor
was made a Dame in this year's New
Year Honours for her life's work
progressing diabetes research, care
and, in particular, education.
On our food section we have an
article on a new means to measure
how processed our food is and
another article on improving your
immunity better food choices.
In this month's Making Carbssue.marshall@desang.nete various forms of
the amazing 'desert fruit', the date.
From the Ajwa to the Sukkari varieties
,with the famous Mehjool in between.
One sweet(ish) and one savoury
recipe are included.
I hope you enjoy this issue!
sue.marshall@desang.net
Sue Marshall