Episodes

  • Five ways to track your food using the MySugr app

    Five ways to track your food using the MySugr app
    Aug 30 2024
    Do you want to know how to make the most out of food tracking using the mySugr app? We have got you sorted. Visit Diabetes SA · Diabetes SA Facebook
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    5 mins
  • Putting health in your smoothie

    Putting health in your smoothie
    Aug 30 2024
    Dietitian Estée van Lingen highlights what you need to be aware of when preparing a health smoothie.

    This episode is brought to you by Replace® Diabetic in the interest of education, awareness, and support. For those keeping an eye on blood sugar levels, Replace® Diabetic is your tasty, low Gl meal replacement endorsed by Diabetes South Africa and the GI Foundation. Visit replace.co.za for more information. Visit Diabetes SA · Diabetes SA Facebook
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    5 mins
  • Lurina Fourie – the game changer

    Lurina Fourie – the game changer
    Aug 30 2024
    Lurina Fourie lives with Type 1 diabetes and in her quest of advocating diabetes awareness, she has created a fun educational game. She tells us more.

    This episode is brought to you by Replace Diabetic in the interest of education, awareness, and support. For those keeping an eye on blood sugar levels, Replace® Diabetic is your tasty, low Gl meal replacement endorsed by Diabetes South Africa and the GI Foundation. Visit replace.co.za for more information.

    Laurelle Williams is the Editor at Word for Word Media. She graduated from AFDA with a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Live Performance. She has a love for storytelling and sharing emotions through the power of words. Her aim is to educate, encourage and most of all show there is always hope. Feel free to email Laurelle on editor@diabetesfocus.co.za Visit Diabetes SA · Diabetes SA Facebook
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    7 mins
  • Aldrin Munnick – still going strong

    Aldrin Munnick – still going strong
    Aug 30 2024
    Aldrin Munnick shares his Type 2 diabetes journey and how, after having COVID, he endured a stroke. Despite this, he is still going strong.

    This episode is brought to you by Replace Diabetic in the interest of education, awareness, and support. For those keeping an eye on blood sugar levels, Replace® Diabetic is your tasty, low Gl meal replacement endorsed by Diabetes South Africa and the GI Foundation. Visit replace.co.za for more information.

    Laurelle Williams is the Editor at Word for Word Media. She graduated from AFDA with a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Live Performance. She has a love for storytelling and sharing emotions through the power of words. Her aim is to educate, encourage and most of all show there is always hope. Feel free to email Laurelle on editor@diabetesfocus.co.za Visit Diabetes SA · Diabetes SA Facebook
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    3 mins
  • How sleep and the metabolic system work together

    How sleep and the metabolic system work together
    Aug 30 2024
    Sheradin Williamson, a diabetes specialist nurse, explains the science of how sleep and the metabolic system work together.

    This episode is brought to you by Replace Diabetic in the interest of education, awareness, and support. For those keeping an eye on blood sugar levels, Replace® Diabetic is your tasty, low Gl meal replacement endorsed by Diabetes South Africa and the GI Foundation. Visit replace.co.za for more information.

    Sheradin Williamson is a diabetes specialist nurse in private practice in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. She has been working in the field of diabetes for 29 years and has had the privilege of working with, and learning so much from, people who are living with diabetes. Visit Diabetes SA · Diabetes SA Facebook
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    6 mins
  • Ultra-rapid insulin

    Ultra-rapid insulin
    Aug 30 2024
    Dr Paula Diab lists the wonders of the new advancement of ultra-rapid insulin and who would benefit from using it.

    This episode is brought to you by Replace Diabetic in the interest of education, awareness, and support. For those keeping an eye on blood sugar levels, Replace® Diabetic is your tasty, low Gl meal replacement endorsed by Diabetes South Africa and the GI Foundation. Visit replace.co.za for more information.

    Dr Paula Diab is a diabetologist at Atrium Lifestyle Centre and is an extra-ordinary lecturer, Dept of Family Medicine, University of Pretoria. Visit Diabetes SA · Diabetes SA Facebook
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    12 mins
  • Trauma therapy and diabetes

    Trauma therapy and diabetes
    Aug 30 2024
    Daniel Sher addresses the overlooked connection of trauma therapy and diabetes, and how trauma therapy should be integrated into diabetes care with a holistic and patient-centred approach.

    This episode is brought to you by Replace Diabetic in the interest of education, awareness, and support. For those keeping an eye on blood sugar levels, Replace® Diabetic is your tasty, low Gl meal replacement endorsed by Diabetes South Africa and the GI Foundation. Visit replace.co.za for more information.

    Daniel Sher is a registered clinical psychologist who has lived with Type 1 diabetes for over 28 years. He practices from Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital in Cape Town where he works with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes to help them thrive. Visit www.danielshertherapy.com Visit Diabetes SA · Diabetes SA Facebook
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    8 mins
  • Diabetic macular oedema explained

    Diabetic macular oedema explained
    Aug 30 2024
    Dr Enslin Uys, an ophthalmologist, unpacks the symptoms, causes, and treatment for diabetic macular oedema.

    This episode is brought to you by Replace Diabetic in the interest of education, awareness, and support. For those keeping an eye on blood sugar levels, Replace® Diabetic is your tasty, low Gl meal replacement endorsed by Diabetes South Africa and the GI Foundation. Visit replace.co.za for more information.

    Dr Enslin Uys (MBChB; DA, Dip Ophth, FCOphth) is a general ophthalmologist with a strong interest in disease affecting the retina. He is the co-founder of the Pietermaritzburg Eye Hospital, where he is currently in full time private practice, and is the current president of the South African Vitreoretinal Society (SAVRS) that represents ophthalmologists in SA involved in treating and managing retinal diseases. Visit Diabetes SA · Diabetes SA Facebook
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    7 mins