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What is Diabetes

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Diabetes is a lifelong condition where the amount of glucose in your blood is too high due to your pancreas either not producing any insulin, or not enough insulin, to help glucose enter your body’s cells – or the insulin that is produced does not work properly (known as insulin resistance).

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Diabetes doesn't have to stop you from living the life you want. With help from your care team and careful management, you can be in control of your diabetes and ensure it doesn't control you - allowing you to stay healthy, active and live life to the fullest.

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Managing diabetes doesn’t have to be an inconvenience. Taking responsibility for your condition will enable you to take control more effectively and is an opportunity to take those healthy steps that you may have been putting off.

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Every day, we are constantly striving to innovate and improve our blood glucose meters to make sure we provide you with products you can rely on to effectively manage your diabetes.

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What Makes Glucose Levels Rise and Fall?
What Should My Glucose Be?
Hypoglycaemia
Hyperglycaemia
HbA1c Conversion Chart

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What's In Your Food?
Alcohol
The Glycaemic Index

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Your Health After Giving Birth
Diabetes and Breastfeeding

Children and Diabetes
What Can I Do To Help My Child?
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Child Diabetes Treatment
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Exercise and Your Child
When Your Child Is Ill

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Data literacy: an opportunity towards better self-care in diabetes management?

01 March 2016

How do you deal with life’s ups and downs? The first step is to be aware of them.

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Be a Pro-Blogger: 10 tips for diabetes bloggers

15 February 2016

Read our 10 top tips of how to become a top blogger...

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Sugars and sweeteners at a glance

06 January 2016

Which savoury foods contain the most sugar? Our new at-a-glance guide to sugar and sweeteners highlights the worst offenders…

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How you can be sure your test strips have passed the test?

02 December 2015

You check your glucose level multiple times a day, every day, but did you know your test strip has had to pass thousands of tests itself, before it’s allowed anywhere near your blood? We visited Abbott’s manufacturing site in Witney, Oxfordshire, to learn about the mini-marvel of technology in the FreeStyle Optium blood glucose test strip…

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Veggie, steady, go: are meat-free diets healthier?

26 November 2015

Are you a confirmed carnivore, or do you find you’re eating more vegetarian-style meals these days?

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