Celebrity support for 8-year-old's 5k challenge

Low carb on a budget · [View online]( · [Send to a friend]( [Diabetes.co.uk]( [icon-facebook]( [icon-twitter]( [icon-googleplus]( [icon-youtube]( [icon-pinterest](# [icon-itunes]( [icon-android]( [icon-diabetes-pa]( [icon-home]( [icon-home]( [Mental health & diabetes]( [Mental health & diabetes]( This month the spotlight will be put on diabetes and mental health. An event in parliament is being held to encourage MPs to recognise that people living with both conditions need more support than is currently available. [Pledge more support]( [Celebrity support]( A young girl adjusting to her T1D diagnosis has written a cookbook to raise money for the hospital where she was treated – part of 'Soph's 5k Challenge'. [Aiming for £5,000]( [European approval]( A new drug Zynquista has been approved to treat people with T1D who have a high BMI or those who struggle to control their blood sugar levels. [Learn more about Zynquista]( [European approval]( [Bucking the trend]( Leeds has made great progress in reducing childhood obesity, a task that has been difficult to achieve across the rest of the UK. Have family health programmes helped? [The secret to success]( [Dr David Unwin]( [Positive outcomes]( A short online course is helping healthcare professionals improve their understanding of T2D significantly - a 36% increase in knowledge has been reported. [Healthcare & online learning]( [Forum App]( [Remission success]( Ralph Taylor only began his low carb journey in 2018, but he has already lost 37kg and put his T2D into remission. He found small changes could make a significant impact to his health - "it wasn't difficult, I used to drink a lot of fizzy drinks, but I cut those out." ["Try it for 4 weeks"]( Take a look at some of today's top threads: 1 [Medical records at last]( 2 [Chances of stopping insulin??]( 3 [Eh Up, Lasses.]( 4 [Diabetics R Us]( 5 [Prediabetes]( 6 [Honeymoon question]( 7 [Type 1'stars R Us]( 8 [Interesting...]( 9 [Lack of low Carb meals in NHS mental health unit]( 10 [What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)]( There are 1,918,247 posts from 301,758 members in the forum right now. Did you know: that 96% of questions get their first response in 4 minutes! [Login]( to join the conversation or [sign-up and start a thread here](. What we're eating [Sausage with Celeriac]( [Chickpea and Red Cabbage Salad]( [Chicken Kebabs]( [Thai Style Tuna and Fennel]( [Forum App]( [Low carb on a budget]( [Low carb on a budget]( There is a common misconception that eating a healthy diet is expensive, but low carb meals can easily be simple and affordable. [See our low cost tips]( [Medication and type 2 diabetes in children]( [T2D medication for children]( Recent findings from a US drug trial has shown Liraglutide could be an effective treatment option for children with type 2 diabetes. [Calls for drug approval]( [Low Carb Program]( Have a great day, [Charlotte] Check out the Diabetes Forum App! © Diabetes.co.uk, part of Diabetes Digital Media Ltd (company number 07975193). All rights reserved. The red and white circle (logo), its shadow, Diabetes.co.uk and its reflection are trademarks of Diabetes Digital Media Ltd. Registered in England. Address: Diabetes Technology House, Sir William Lyons Road, University of Warwick Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7EZ. Replies to this message cannot be monitored, so, for help, [contact us here](. Google Play and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google Inc. Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. We hope you found this message useful. This email was sent to you by Diabetes.co.uk because you are a valued Diabetes.co.uk community member who opted to receive the newsletter. If you don't wish to receive these emails in the future that is not a problem, you can unsubscribe from the newsletter by clicking [here](, or head to the [preference centre]( to update your communication preferences.