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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

I knew that eating Vietnamese pho would go badly, but …

  • February 19, 2023
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

Japchae (Korean glass noodles) revisited: Still delicious! And still SO bad on the glucose

  • November 17, 2022
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Going to the Doctor

This is how I keep my A1C low!

  • October 22, 2022
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

Hail, Caesar! The salad, not the Greek dictator

  • August 17, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

Dear Watermelon, I LOVE YOU

  • August 14, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

Oh, you have diabetes? Here, have some ICE CREAM :D

  • August 7, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

Bell peppers revisited – turns out they won’t kill you after all!

  • August 6, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

This iced latte did NOT do “a latte” to move my blood sugar

  • June 23, 2021
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Rum is made from sugarcane, so it kills diabetics … right? Wrong!

  • May 28, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

I knew this sub sandwich wasn’t gonna do me any favors!

  • April 24, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

Are strawberries safe for diabetics? Well … yeah! Turns out they are

  • April 21, 2021
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Diabetes and Alcohol Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

Yes, soju is “good” for diabetics!*

  • April 16, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

Why I test glucose ONE hour after eating

  • April 12, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

Aww! Just look at this cute widdle egg tart

  • April 3, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

Half a Korean pear is better than no Korean pear

  • March 27, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

I has diabetes. I can has cheezburger?

  • March 23, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

KFC Double Down reloaded: No hash brown, no problem!

  • March 20, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating Recipes for Diabetics

That lil’ quesadilla probably won’t hurt you! But lose the tomato, por favor

  • March 6, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

I eat munchkins like you for breakfast!

  • February 28, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating Recipes for Diabetics

I’m bringin’ pizza back … diabetics don’t know how to act …

  • February 27, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

An apple a day keeps the doctor away — unless you have goddam diabetes

  • February 24, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

How to eat Taco Bell without dying instantly

  • February 15, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

Rice noodles suck, and so do Vietnamese spring rolls

  • February 14, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

Hey diabetics: THIS is how you eat a Burger King Whopper!

  • February 3, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating Recipes for Diabetics

Here’s a weird snack idea: edamame!

  • January 26, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

If you’re gonna drink coffee, make it an Americano

  • January 3, 2021
Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

More holiday treat tests! Christmas cookies, Nanaimo bars, and more

  • January 3, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating Recipes for Diabetics

Salad sucks, so make coleslaw instead!

  • January 1, 2021
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

Go ahead and eat those McDonald’s chicken nuggets … but say NO to the sauce!

  • December 30, 2020
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating Recipes for Diabetics

Excuse me while I toss my Korean salad

  • December 16, 2020
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

One little snickerdoodle won’t kill your diabetic ass, but two might

  • December 12, 2020
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

Why diabetics should never, ever eat RAMEN NOODLES!

  • December 12, 2020
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

Taco Bell burritos and soft tacos are not bueno for diabetes

  • December 6, 2020
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

My super-messy, super-delicious homemade Egg McMuffin … on an actual English muffin!

  • December 6, 2020
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Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

A quick little diabetes pizza test

  • November 24, 2020
Diabetes Blood Sugar Test: Before and After Eating

Let’s eat chocolate, Part 2: Korean Moon Pie, a.k.a. Choco Pie, plus a bonus Workout Test (which failed!)

  • November 17, 2020
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  • I knew that eating Vietnamese pho would go badly, but …
  • Japchae (Korean glass noodles) revisited: Still delicious! And still SO bad on the glucose
  • This is how I keep my A1C low!
  • Hail, Caesar! The salad, not the Greek dictator
  • Dear Watermelon, I LOVE YOU
  • Oh, you have diabetes? Here, have some ICE CREAM :D
  • Bell peppers revisited – turns out they won’t kill you after all!
  • This iced latte did NOT do “a latte” to move my blood sugar
  • Rum is made from sugarcane, so it kills diabetics … right? Wrong!
  • I knew this sub sandwich wasn’t gonna do me any favors!

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