About
Us
This is not just your usual diabetes website as I am the
parent of a diabetic child, so all the information is written
from my own experiences from supporting her and making her life
as normal as possible.
Alissa has had diabetes for over ten years now and we're
still working out ways to improve our diet to help our
health.
We're finding that with the trend in our nation, and
globally, to eat healthy foods, that it's getting easier to
find the right ingredients for a healthy diet.
We enjoy the trend towards more organic, locally produced
food and are happy to embrace that in our home town of
Salisbury.
We're always on the lookout for the latest tasty recipes
that are suitable for diabetics - so welcome your
submissions!
Eating healthy food is key to being able to control your
blood sugar levels. Get creative in adapting your favorite
recipes, following our easy tips.
Our recipes are to enable you to enjoy delicious food with
family and friends, for family meals, parties and holiday
occasions.
Coping with Diabetes
My daughter, Alissa, was diagnosed with diabetes when she
was just 11.
Alissa is now 21 and running her own business. You will find
articles and recipe ideas, shared and written honestly by both
of us based on our own experiences, both good and bad.
Initially Alissa was placed on daily injections,
but we soon started reading up about diabetes.
Before long we realised that she would find her life far
more flexible if she could have an insulin
pump and should also experience better control of her
blood glucose levels.
Breakthrough Funding for Diabetic Pumps in UK
At that time, in the UK, it was hard to receive funding
for pumps, and we had to involve our MP to be able to
obtain the funding required.
Alissa was the first diabetic child in Wiltshire to have an
insulin pump funded by the NHS (thanks to Input for their
support!)
We've been through the disorienting and worrying time of
first diagnosis after missing spotting some of
the obvious symptoms of diabetes.
We've had to learn about the treatment and
symptoms of Alissa's diabetes and how to best
care for her, whilst still allowing her to be independent.
Diabetic Support Groups - You'll never walk alone
It's not always an easy walk, but sometimes just by
realising that others have trodden the same path as yourself,
it can be help to know that you are not alone. For us, speaking
with John from Input and other parents helped us feel supported
and "normal" again.
Whilst it may seem that others manage their
health far better, the reality is often far from different, and
they probably dread that hospital visit just as much as you
do.
Healthy Diet & Diabetic
Recipes
You'll also find that we've been doing a great deal of
experimenting with healthier recipes for diabetics.
Alissa loves to do most of the cooking now she's living at
home.
We've been creating our own healthy recipes for cakes,
cookies, main meals and salads that don't play havoc with your
sugar levels. Sometimes we've adapted what we've found in
cookbooks, other times we've dreamed them up in our own
kitchen.
After finding such difficulty ourselves in finding some
healthy and enjoyable foods to eat - we started to put together
our own ideas from browsing cooking magazines and sharing
recipe and healthy diet tips with friends.
As we discover more tasty recipes that are suitable for
including in a healthy diet for children or adults with
diabetes type 1, we'll be adding them to the site.
We enjoy scouring through magazines and cookbooks for ideas
for baking and cooking meals. Alissa loves organic food, so we
try to include that in our low gi diet, when we can!
Health Tips & Information
Please feel free to contact us with your suggestions of what
you'd like to see included on this site.
However, remember that we are only offering information
& suggestions based on our own experiences and does not
constitute or take the place of medical advice.
Latest Articles on Diabetes
Read my latest health-related ezine articles, you're free to
reproduce them on your own website or blog:-
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Contact Us
You can get in touch with us easily, here's my contact
details.
You can reach me by phone, by e-mail or by conventional post
- whatever is easiest for you.
Phone: 44-1980-610047
E-Mail: jen@diabetia.com
Postal Address:
Just4Today Ltd, St Mary's House, Netherhampton, Salisbury
SP2 8PU, Wiltshire, U.K.
I'll look forward to hearing from you.
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