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The FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system is designed to liberate patients from the hassles of glucose monitoring.

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Diabetes is a lifelong condition where the amount of glucose in your blood is too high due to your pancreas either not producing any insulin, or not enough insulin, to help glucose enter your body’s cells – or the insulin that is produced does not work properly (known as insulin resistance).

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Diabetes doesn't have to stop you from living the life you want. With help from your care team and careful management, you can be in control of your diabetes and ensure it doesn't control you - allowing you to stay healthy, active and live life to the fullest.

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What Makes Glucose Levels Rise and Fall?
What Should My Glucose Be?
Hypoglycaemia
Hyperglycaemia

Managing and Monitoring
Ketone Testing
Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Glucose Testing
Understanding Your Blood Glucose Results
Looking After Yourself
Looking After Your Eyes
Looking After Your Feet

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Healthy Eating
What's In Your Food?
Alcohol
The Glycaemic Index

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Sugars and sweeteners at a glance

06 January 2016

Which savoury foods contain the most sugar? Our new at-a-glance guide to sugar and sweeteners highlights the worst offenders…

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How you can be sure your test strips have passed the test?

02 December 2015

You check your glucose level multiple times a day, every day, but did you know your test strip has had to pass thousands of tests itself, before it’s allowed anywhere near your blood? We visited Abbott’s manufacturing site in Witney, Oxfordshire, to learn about the mini-marvel of technology in the FreeStyle Optium blood glucose test strip…

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Veggie, steady, go: are meat-free diets healthier?

26 November 2015

Are you a confirmed carnivore, or do you find you’re eating more vegetarian-style meals these days?

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Kris Wood on the DOC

19 November 2015

Blogger Kris Wood reveals how sharing his life with diabetes on social media has helped him find information, support – and new friends

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HbA1c: why it pays to be a smooth operator

15 November 2015

Do your glucose levels yo-yo? Smoothing out peaks in blood glucose levels and avoiding swings between highs and lows can be quite a challenge.

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