Sugar doesn't cause diabetes
I was at a birthday celebration recently where a dad told his kids they couldn't have any more cake. He proudly declared that he is "on a...
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Erin Phillips
- Jun 20, 2021
- 1 min
I've been diagnosed with diabetes... Can I still work on healing my relationship with food?
Treatment for diabetes can feel like it's at complete odds with treatment for an eating disorder. Traditional treatment for diabetes is...
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Erin Phillips
- Jun 11, 2021
- 1 min
Friendly Reminder: Your A1c is not a measure of your worth.
Just like our weight doesn’t indicate how worthy we are of love, belonging, or joy, neither does our A1c. Usually, all it means is...
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Erin Phillips
- Apr 12, 2021
- 1 min
Diabetes: It's not just math.
You gear up to do everything right. You've planned for your exercise. You've planned for your food. You have your carb counting app*,...
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Erin Phillips
- Apr 2, 2021
- 1 min
Shame Resilience and Diabetes
Shame seems to be an almost universal feeling after a diabetes diagnosis. Shame also keeps us incredibly stuck. It can feel like a...
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Erin Phillips
- Mar 15, 2021
- 4 min
How to: Pre-Bolus with Intuitive Eating
Kelly Six was an intern with me back in December on 2020. She has also lived with type 1 diabetes since she was a child. When we started...
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Erin Phillips
- Mar 5, 2021
- 3 min
Three lesser-known ways to lower blood sugar
Thanks to Kelly Six, dietetic intern, for writing this post! With a light google search, you can find the classic list of ways to lower...
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Erin Phillips
- Feb 26, 2021
- 3 min
What is Normal Eating with Diabetes?
Ellyn Satter, one of my original dietitian heroes, wrote this in 1983 and it has never been truer than today. I updated her original with...
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Erin Phillips
- Feb 26, 2021
- 2 min
Is carb counting required for well-managed diabetes?
No! First of all, any clinician that says everyone with "X" needs to do "Y" 100% of the time, with 100% accuracy... That's not...
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Erin Phillips
- Jan 15, 2021
- 2 min
Can you reverse or cure diabetes?
Ok, tell me if you’ve heard any of these: The keto diet REVERSES diabetes Going vegan REVERSES diabetes Weight loss REVERSES diabetes...
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Erin Phillips
- Aug 13, 2020
- 5 min
Everything you always wanted to know about metformin
Metformin tips and tricks from a HAES, eating disorder-informed diabetes educator.
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Erin Phillips
- Apr 28, 2020
- 2 min
A love letter to my fellow clinicians
That’s kinda all we were taught in school, huh? Decrease carbs. Adjust eating. Plate method. Even in HAES, non-diet, and eating disorder...
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Erin Phillips
- Mar 1, 2020
- 3 min
How you FEEL about your blood sugar AFFECTS your blood sugar
As a diabetes dietitian, people think that mostly what I talk about is food. But actually, what I talk about a LOT is feelings. I want to...
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Erin Phillips
- Nov 21, 2019
- 3 min
How do I stop feeling out of control around food? (especially at night?!)
This is a question I get all. the. time. Here are my top five tips: 1. First and foremost, make sure you're getting enough to eat during...
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Erin Phillips
- Nov 14, 2019
- 3 min
What Venn diagrams can teach us about diabetes
Most people don't realize that there are more similarities than differences between the two main types of diabetes (type 1 and type 2)....
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