Part one of this series was dedicated to general disturbances and symptoms in children with diabetes. Part two focuses on adolescents in whom depression, caused by transitional processes in the brain, occurs frequently. Psychotherapy or medication, among other things, can be of help. 

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Have you ever noticed how differently the same quantity of potatoes affects blood sugar depending on if your child eats them mashed or whole? How is this possible? The answer to this question lies in the glycaemic index. How does it work? 

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Valerie Eidam is 22 years old and is studying Applied Cultural Science in Lüneburg. A great opportunity to learn a new language presented itself with a year in Hungary straight after the completion of her matriculation. Professor Karin Lange, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Diabetes-Parents-Journal, met up with Valerie. 

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One hears so many ‘truths’ about fat. The headlines range from “Fat is bad for you!” to “Fat turns to fat!” to things about “good” fats or even fats that “make you fit”... all of which just serve to confuse. What should one believe? 

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To have diabetes means the need to administer insulin per injection several times a day or to change a pump catheter every second day. This can leave marks. Read here how damage to the subcutaneous fatty tissue can occur and how it can be avoided. 

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