Magic mushrooms have gained notoriety in Hollywood for their capacity to enhance mental health, reduce anxiety and depression, and improve cognitive function.
What Are Magic Mushrooms?
Magic mushrooms are a type of mushroom that contains the chemicals psilocybin or psilocin. These chemicals cause you to see, hear, and feel things that are not real (hallucinations). They come in fresh, dried, or powder form. Powdered psilocybin can be inhaled (snorted) or injected (with a needle). Magic mushrooms are also taken as tea, cooked with food, or added to fruit juice.
But before adding magic mushrooms to your self-care for managing diabetes, you should talk to your healthcare collaborators.
Although the Food and Drug Administration is still conducting trials to study the effects of psilocybin on people with severe depression, most users agree that the results of micro-dosing with mushrooms are helpful.
Don’t Listen To A Trend, Listen To Your Healthcare Collaborators
Many celebrities like Kristen Bell and other over-stressed mothers are singing their praises.”I really wanted to try some psilocybin [the technical term for hallucinogenic mushrooms] and feel what kind of doors open, have a trip that was my own,” she explained.
It’s easy to be swayed by celebrities and media stories. A quick Google search found that the beta-glucans in magic mushrooms may improve insulin sensitivity and how glucose is used in the body. These mushrooms also have enzymes, vitamins, and potassium, which can help control blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease.
If you’re concerned about your use of substances or a loved one’s, don’t hesitate to contact the SAMSHA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) National Helpline: 1-800-662-4357. It’s a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish.
Diabetes and menopause can team up to have various effects on your body. Knowing what to expect and how to manage it is what we will be discussing in Divabetic’s Menopause & Diabetes Panel Discussion & Sugar-Free Baking Demonstration on Zoom in honor of World Menopause Day on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, from 7 – 8:30 PM.
Catherine Schuller moderates a panel featuring Dr. Julianne Arena, MD, FACOG, ABAARM, Sweet Romance: A Woman’s Guide to Love And Intimacy With Diabetesco-author, COO for Diabetes Sisters Donna Rice MBA, BSN, RN, CDCES, FADCES, and photographer, Amparo. Amparo discovered, quite unexpectedly, in the ER, that she has diabetes after doctors told her her glucose level was over 800! Over the past six months, she’s been taking charge of managing her diabetes while facing hormonal changes during menopause – it’s a true Divabetic Victory story.
After our panel, Stacey Harris, The Diabetic Pastry Chef, demonstrates how to make her popular Sugar-Free Rum Cake Recipe.
One lucky winner will win a Divabetic Prize at the end of the program.
The purpose of World Menopause Day is to raise awareness of menopause and the support options = for improving health and wellness.
Nick Jonas fans are in a uproar after the star tweeted about his latest cover for Cigar Aficionado magazine. He bragged, ”First person under 30 to hold a cigar on the cover of one of my favorite magazines. So pumped about this one! Thank you @CigarAficMag! Issue on newsstands September 24th.”
Fans took to Twitter, asking him to consider quitting his cigar habit. “Please stop smoking Nick😔!!! “Since when is it an achievement to smoke under 30? Sad,” wrote another. Another fan suggested Nick could hold a Grammy Award instead of a cigar.
What’s the big deal?
Nick Jonas has been idolized by people living with type 1 diabetes since the singer went public with his own diagnosis in 2007. He was hospitalized with blood sugars over 700 when he was initially diagnosed. Since then, he has been very open about sharing his self-care struggles as well as successes with his fans.
He also co-founded Beyond Type 1, a Type 1 diabetes nonprofit, that aims to educate, and advocate around the disease as well as support the path to a cure. In just under four years, the organization has become the largest diabetes network on social media in the world.
Smoking and Type 1 Diabetes
According to Insulin Nation a new study, published in Diabetes Care, smoking may influence metabolic control and increase the risk of vascular complications in people with type 1 diabetes. It also ups your A1C score. These risks come in addition to the health hazards of cancer and emphysema.
According to the Mayo Clinic, cigar smoking is similar to cigarette smoking in that both can increase your risk of getting cancer, lung, or heart disease, and oral diseases; even inhaling secondhand smoke can pose a risk.
If you want to quit smoking (and we really want you to quit), here’s a link to help get you started: Help Guide
Gingerbread Men Prefer Blondes
Enjoy Divabetic’s 6th Annual Mystery podcast, Gingerbread Men Prefer Blondes features Mama Rose Marie, Best-Selling Author Tonya Kappes, Patricia Addie-Gentle RN, CDE, MaryAnn Nicolay BA, DTR, The Happy Diabetic Chef Robert Lewis, Seveda Williams, Coach The Cure’s Trisha Artman, Jillian Walsh, Wendy Radford, Dave Jones, Lorraine Brooks and Max Szadek.
Throughout this podcast we will be featuring music from the original Broadway cast recording of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes courtesy of SONY MUSIC.
