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Diabetes at home
How a daughter and her husband designed an app to
help her mum after she was diagnosed as pre-diabetic.
Arison is a UK-developed
digital health app created
by husband-and-wife
team Nolan and Laura
Lamont, the latter being a qualified
Nutritional Therapist with 15 years'
experience in metabolic health and
weight management. Her husband is
a healthcare system developer with
more than 20 years' experience, and
who built Arison to help people with
diabetes, pre-diabetes, or insulin
resistance take a proactive approach
to blood glucose management.
The inspiration to develop Arison
came when founder Lamont watched
her mother struggle to understand
what to eat after being diagnosed as
having pre-diabetes.
"When my mum was diagnosed, I
realised how difficult it was to know
what to eat without fear of worsening
the condition," she says. "I wanted
to give her a tool that showed which
foods were okay, which needed
support from other foods, and which
were best avoided - that's how Arison
began."
In the home
Understanding how to manage
diabetes at home is one of the most
important yet challenging parts of
long-term health. People frequently
rely on inconsistent online advice,
trial-and-error eating, or generalised
guidance that doesn't reflect personal
metabolism or eating style. The
impact of poor glucose control
extends far beyond daily symptoms,
as sub-optimal control can lead to
unwanted complications in the longLaura
Lamont and her mother.