Guides to help you understand
Structured explanations about insulin, hypos, food, and real situations from daily life.
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Type 1 diabetes, explained for real life
Hypos, insulin pumps, a night out with friends: start with your question and move forward with guides and activities at your own pace.
Try it for freeLearning paths to manage type 1 diabetes better today and do more tomorrow
Tell Alfred what is getting in your way or what you want to achieve. He helps you build a learning path and connect what you learn with daily life. As you go, you understand more about what affects your glucose levels, anticipate more, manage type 1 diabetes better, and approach your plans with greater peace of mind.
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“My hypos seem to happen without warning.”
AlfredGot it. I’ll put together a plan for you.
It brings together useful guides and tools to understand the mechanism and check what you have understood. Then come back with your observations to connect them with what you have learned.
1 of 3 steps
Understand what happens during a hypoGuide
Check what I would know how to recogniseSelf-check
Note a situation to observe in daily lifeNote
Type 1 diabetes already takes up enough space
61%
of adults living with type 1 diabetes reported moderate or high diabetes distress in a nationwide Norwegian study of 10,186 people.
Information should not take up even more. Happy Diabetes organises guides and activities around your question. In the same app, you can resume a guide, find a note, or prepare the questions you want to ask your care team.
Read the study published in Diabetes CareLearn, practise, and review your data
Quizzes and flashcards to check
Check what you have understood, revisit what still feels difficult, and remember the essentials.
Reports to review your trends
Import a glycaemic report to review its metrics and trends, then prepare more precise questions.
Education, not medical decisions
Sources you can access
References are listed in the guides.
No diagnosis
The app does not recommend doses or treatments.
Your care team decides with you
Happy Diabetes helps you learn and prepare your questions.
Prepare for your next appointment
Evening hypos come back when I get home late.
I want to discuss alarms again.
Prepare my appointment
Thursday 22 May · Dr Martin
Show the May report
Explain what happens in the evening
Ask what to note before the next appointment
Bring back the useful notes and organise the questions and points you do not want to forget in one place.
Try it for freeStart from where you are
Whether you are new to T1D, supporting someone close to you, or digging deeper into a specific question.
First, I shared what I was learning, then I turned it into an app
When a question came up, I would research, test, write, and share what I was learning. The first Happy Diabetes grew out of those articles, the podcast, and coaching. The app continues that work: making information easier to find, understand, and use in real life.
Claire Marchyllie
Founder of Happy Diabetes · Living with type 1 diabetes since 2001
Detailed recipes and articles to answer your questions
Each recipe details carbohydrates per serving, protein, fat, and fibre. Filters help you find low-carb recipes or options suited to the meal and your dietary preferences. The blog answers specific questions, from the basics to more technical topics.
Your first question is enough to get started
Create a free path around the topic you want to understand better.