Can toxic mold cause type 1 diabetes? While potential triggers vary, research suggests that environment plays a critical role in the onset of autoimmune disease. (See Environment, Not Genes, Dictates Human Immune Variation, Study Finds.) As a mom of a son with type 1 diabetes, I am convinced our encounter with toxic mold contributed to…
Why My Son Got Type 1 Diabetes
Colin was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on June 27, 2007, at the age of 7. With no family history, we were shocked by the diagnosis. Colin was the eighth of our nine children. Why did Colin get type 1 diabetes and not our other kids? A Stroke of Bad Luck? When the doctors diagnosed…
My Real Food Story – By Kids For Kids
Colin is 14 years old and an avid consumer of real food. He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 7 and is the 8th of our 9 children. My first impressions of this world must have been a sight for sore eyes when I breathed my first breath. It was late…
A Teen Perspective on Type 1 Diabetes
It has been almost seven years since Colin’s diagnosis with type 1 diabetes. Now 14 years of age, Colin offers this perspective on life with this disease. One day is all it takes to change your life. June 26th happened to be that day. The day I was diagnosed. The day that told me that…
