October News Roundup

Each month, we round up diabetes-related news and insights from trusted sources to provide you with ideas, tips, education and more to help you live your best life.   

Here’s the latest! 

Study Finds a Hidden Cost of Trying to Keep Blood Sugar Perfectly Steady

The finding does not mean blood-sugar swings are healthy. Instead, the researchers say it raises a different question: Can trying to eliminate every ordinary fluctuation make diabetes management so restrictive that well-being suffers? [Read more]

Halloween and Diabetes – Tips and Tricks for Kids

Children with Diabetes 
Kids with diabetes face a challenge on Halloween: what to do with all the candy. While their friends are busy gorging on their trick-or-treat haul, kids with diabetes are often asked to be more careful or more mindful. [Read more]

Federal Funds Help Researchers Find a New Way to Treat Type-1 Diabetes

Johns Hopkins University 
Long term support from the NIH might one day play a key role in reversing the progression of Type-1 diabetes shortly after diagnosis. [Read more]

Vanderbilt Football’s Austin Howard Isn’t Letting Type 1 Diabetes Limit Him. It’s His Superpower 

Sports Illustrated 
Vanderbilt football linebacker Austin Howard is using his type 1 diabetes diagnosis for good after looking to professional football players as an example around the time of his diagnosis. [Read more] 

What Happens to Your Blood Sugar When You Eat Pineapple

Eating Well 
It’s a common myth that if you’re managing your blood sugar, fruit is something you need to avoid. Fruit is packed with nutrition that can support blood sugar management, including fiber, vitamins, and antioxidants. [Read more]

Time-Restricted Eating May Help Patients With Type 1 Diabetes 

Drugs.com 
Time-restricted eating (TRE) may help adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and overweight control their blood sugar, according to a study published online. [Read more]