Peer Health can connect you with a personalized peer community to share provider recommendations, treatment options, and define your best life. Sign up for our beta and newsletter today. April signifies the start of many things. Spring break comes to a close and classes begin once more, flowers start to bloom as the weather warms…
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Manage Your Gout With These Simple Cherry Recipies
Peer Health can connect you with a personalized peer community to share provider recommendations, treatment options, and define your best life. Sign up for our beta and newsletter today. Many people enjoy cherries during the summer months as a refreshing snack, but for those with gout these little red treats can also help alleviate some…
Summer Heat and Chronic Illnesses
Peer Health can connect you with a personalized peer community to share provider recommendations, treatment options, and define your best life. Sign up for our beta and newsletter today. The summer is really ramping up, and that means it’s time to take these climbing temperatures seriously. While the heat can certainly be uncomfortable, it’s also…
Summer Salads for those with Type 2 Diabetes
Peer Health can connect you with a personalized peer community to share provider recommendations, treatment options, and define your best life. Sign up for our beta and newsletter today. With Summer often comes higher temperatures and less time indoors. Who wants to turn on the oven when your home is starting to feel like the…
General Nutrition for those with Chronic Illnesses
Peer Health can connect you with a personalized peer community to share provider recommendations, treatment options, and define your best life. Sign up for our beta and newsletter today. Now, there are no such things as the perfect diet for every person with a chronic illness. Anyone suffering from multiple conditions that affect how, when…
Why Anger is Okay for People with Chronic Illnesses
Peer Health can connect you with a personalized peer community to share provider recommendations, treatment options, and define your best life. Sign up for our beta and newsletter today. Oftentimes, people who suffer from a chronic illness are encouraged to accept their limitations. They’re expected to lower their expectations for life, learn to juggle their…
How to Talk to Coworkers about your Chronic Illness
Peer Health can connect you with a personalized peer community to share provider recommendations, treatment options, and define your best life. Sign up for our beta and newsletter today. People who live with a chronic illness often fear discovery where they work. Though disability is, in general, a protected status at your place of employment, it can…
Non-Alcoholic New Years’ Eve Drink Recipes for Those with Type 2 Diabetes
If you or someone you love struggles with type 2 diabetes, the holidays can be a bit of a struggle. Between mulled wine and spiked eggnog, alcohol often makes a big appearance at family get-togethers. Alcoholic beverages can cause a drop in blood glucose levels, which may pose a problem for those with this chronic…
Halloween Snacks for Those with High Triglycerides
If your doctor has been warning you about your high triglyceride levels, the impending holiday season might start to seem like a minefield of candy bowls and potluck mystery dishes. According to the Mayo Clinic, triglyceride levels are a good indicator of overall heart health. This type of fat can be found in your blood (which…
October Halloween Treats (for those with Type 2 Diabetes)
If you’ve been living with type 2 diabetes for any length of time, you’ve likely been told to watch your sugar intake. Even outside of any research into the relationship between added sugars and long-term health conditions, Americans regularly go over the recommended 36 grams for men and 25 grams for women according to World…
