This policy is valid from October 28, 2008:

This blog is a personal blog written and edited by Martin Wood. This blog does not accept any form of paid topic insertions. However, we will and do accept and keep free products, services, travel, event tickets, and other forms of compensation from companies and organizations, in addition to cash compensation as a result of a consulting arrangement.

This blog abides by word of mouth marketing standards. We believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content.

The owner of this blog is not compensated to provide guided opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the blog owner’s. If we claim or appear to be experts on a certain topic or product or service area, we will only endorse products or services that we believe, based on our experience and expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider.

All relationships with companies, organizations or individuals that have had a financial contribution to Diabetically Speaking and/or Martin Wood do not dictate the content found on Diabetically Speaking. All posts on Diabetically Speaking are honest and credible, despite any existing professional relationships.

Relationships with and sponsorships of Diabetically Speaking and/ or Martin Wood will be clearly identified as part of this Disclosure Policy.

Diabetically Speaking is written from the perspective of living life with diabetes, and cannot be bought or sold. There isn’t anything posted or endorsed that the author doesn’t believe in or that doesn’t come from the perspective of personal experience. — The author believes in every stitch of this blog. That’s the bottom line.

This is not a blog for medical advice. If you have questions that are specific to your medical condition, you should consult your physician and/ or healthcare team.

Questions or concerns about this statement? Please contact Martin at martin.wood@gmail.com.