Diabetes:M for Type 2 Diabetes

You’ve been living with type 2 diabetes for a few years now but have some trouble managing your weight. One of the main reasons for this is your love for snacks, either store-bought or homemade, you eat them a lot throughout the day. However, sometimes you forget to include all these carbs in your calculations for insulin intake. Overall, your dietary habits can be improved and the Diabetes:M application offers features that can help with this issue. The Food section of the app allows you to keep a diary of the foods you’ve consumed as well as their nutritional value. Moreover, you can create shortcuts like Dishes and Meals, saving you a ton of time when adding a new entry. The Bolus Advisor alongside the Food feature calculates the correct insulin needs throughout the day.

Improve Your Understanding of Your Dietary Needs

It’s your first day using the Diabetes:M mobile application, you’ve just had breakfast and need to log the food you’ve consumed.
You open the Food tab through the Main Menu. When you type “Omelet” in the search bar, a bunch of options for omelets emerge. You find the correct one and choose the serving portion.
The diabetes app shows you the amount of insulin required according to the carbs in the meal, this calculation is done by the Bolus Advisor.
After saving this log, your first food entry is complete, it remains stored in the Logbook section of the application.
You continue using the app throughout the day, and whenever the specific type of food you’re having isn’t showing in the search bar, you switch to another food database. Diabetes:M offers 4 food databases which are great help for picking the correct type of food.
Now you have a detailed diary of the meals you’ve consumed. This motivates you to keep up with healthy eating habits and avoid over-processed foods.
When you need inspiration for what to eat next, you check your Logbook entries to see which foods you haven’t had in a while. This helps you have a more balanced and nutritious diet.

Add a Food Entry Within Seconds, No Matter if It’s Store-Bought or Homemade

You are new to using the Diabetes:M application and aren’t yet familiar with all its features.
You love snacking throughout the day but often forget to include these foods in the calculations of your insulin, resulting in blood sugar levels spikes and crashes.
You discover that you can scan the barcode of any packaged food with Diabetes:M. It only takes a second, and automatically all the essential information about the snack is logged into the app.
Based on this information, the Bolus Advisor adjusts the required insulin intake.
Some of your snacks are homemade, like carrots and hummus. Instead of adding the ingredients manually every single time, you categorize them as a ‘Dish’. This means that this specific type of food and serving is saved in the app for easier access.
Now, it only takes one click to add the snack to your food entry. You do this for all your favorite snacks and dishes, saving your everyday entries a lot of time.