Cereal: The Devil's Food

“Hi. My name is Cara and I’m a cereal addict.”



I feel like I should be in some sort of a recovery program.
Ever since I started monitoring my blood sugar super closely and got on an
insulin pump, it became apparent that cereal was a TERRIBLE thing for me.
Non-sugar cereals make my blood sugar crazy. The less sugar and more whole
grains, the less crazy. But still crazy.



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Strip Safely

Test strip accuracy is important to me because as a person with diabetes, I test my blood sugar. As a type 1 diabetic, I test my blood sugar sometimes as many as 12-15 times a day. True, with my constant glucose monitor (itself with accuracy issues) I sometimes test less. But no decision I make during the day (or night) is made without regards to what my blood sugar is.

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