My Journey as a Canadian Certified Diabetes Educator
Michelle Archer, RD, CDE shares her journey of becoming a Canadian Certified Diabetes Educator including the exam and the portfolio methods.
The Realities of Type 2 Diabetes Remission, Part 3: Diabetes Remission
In this blog series on the realities of Type 2 diabetes remission, I have discussed the basics on how the body processes food, the realities around why people develop diabetes, and why diabetes treatments have not been able to help most individuals achieve diabetes remission. Here I want to wrap up the discussion with reviewing […]
The Realities of Type 2 Diabetes Remission – Part 2: Problem Areas in Type 2 Diabetes
In our previous blog post: The Realities of Type 2 Diabetes Remission, Part 1 Physiology, I outlined some of the human physiology (body) processes that keep blood sugar at usual levels. When food is eaten, digestive systems start the process to breakdown, absorb, and metabolize those nutrients into energy and into components of the body […]
The Realities of Type 2 Diabetes Remission: Part 1 Physiology
Remission in type 2 diabetes has been regarded as elusive and impractical by clinicians for as long as we’ve been identifying and treating diabetes. Unlike other conditions where treatment can result in a reversal or return to normal levels within the body, type 2 diabetes treatments have not progressed to offer remission as an achievable […]
Why isn’t there a Glucagon Response to Hypoglycemia in Type 1 Diabetes?
While preparing for a recent Diabetes Manager University (DMU) training program in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan my colleague was reflecting on insulin options and hypoglycemia management. She asked me if I could remind her why people living with Type 1 Diabetes did not have a glucagon response to low blood sugars aka hypoglycemia. While insulin’s main job […]
Updates to the Diabetes Canada CPG Hypoglycemia Chapter – Part 2 of 2
Written by Michelle Archer, RD, CDE of Diabetes Training 101 Inc. Fear of Hypoglycemia and Hypoglycemia Treatment Options in Canada In Part 1 of my Update to the Diabetes Canada CPG Hypoglycemia Chapter blog post, we reviewed the new classification system for hypoglycemia created by the International Hypoglycemia Study Group and discussed the importance of […]
Updates to the Diabetes Canada CPG Hypoglycemia Chapter – Part 1 of 2
Written by Michelle Archer, RD, CDE of Diabetes Training 101 Inc. New Classification of Hypoglycemia in Canada I attended the Vascular 2023 conference in Montreal, PQ and wanted to share and highlight that there was a significant update to the 2023 Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG)-Hypoglycemia Chapter. Hypoglycemia, often also referred to as low […]
Non-Compliance In Diabetes
This article challenges the label of “non-compliance” in diabetes care, emphasizing that living with diabetes is complex, burdensome, and emotionally demanding, not a simple matter of motivation or effort. It urges health care professionals to shift from judging or “wrestling” with patients toward “dancing” with them—partnering in empathy, shared decision-making, and patient-defined goals to provide meaningful support rather than pressure or blame.
What you should know about triglycerides and cardiovascular risk as a hidden marker in diabetes
This blog post is a summary of a lecture recently held at the 2022 Diabetes Canada Conference in Calgary, Alberta. The Hidden Risk Marker in Diabetes – Triglycerides and Cardiovascular Risk Speaker: Dr. Akshay Jain, MD, FRCPC, FACE, CCD, ECNU, DABIM, DABOM Endocrinologist Vancouver BC (Dr. Akshay Jain’s website) Triglycerides are a type of […]
NIHB Coverage for the Freestyle Libre
NIHB Coverage for the Freestyle Libre As a Canadian Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) I have had the opportunity to assist many individuals to access and use the Freestyle Libre flash glucose monitor to assist with their diabetes management. A colleague recently asked me about non-insured health benefits coverage for the Freestyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring […]