Comprehensive Diabetes Information and Lifestyle Guide
This is a great new article that discusses the frustrations many people have when working with a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE). While the article starts off with frustration, it ends with hope. Very Nice. The key takeaway is that often the person with diabetes is feeling like a victim and the CDE inadvertently plays against … Read more
Diagnosed less than a year ago with type 1 diabetes, middle school student Megan Strehl recently won a trip to the White House. She was the Kentucky winner of the Epicurus Healthy Lunchtime Challenge. This award is given to one child in each state who submits a recipe that promotes healthy eating. Megan’s submission was … Read more
Got Dementia? New Test Helps People With Diabetes Asses Risks Unfortunately, if you are over 60 and have type 2 diabetes, you have about a 17 percent risk of developing dementia over the next 10 years. Ouch! Recently, the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research developed a test to help assess your risk of developing dementia … Read more
I love going to a doctor’s office and having them tell me that there is no real “risk” associated with certain medications. You want to believe them, but sometimes it’s hard. Well, this time, some “risk-less” medications not only adversely affects adults but children, as well. A recent Vanderbilt University study completed from 1996 to … Read more
The TRUE Read Glucose Meter is another “ham and egger” monitor by Home Diagnostics. The meter is nothing fancy, but gets the job done. Not surprisingly, the TRUEread is covered by multiple Medicare and Medicaid insurance programs. Key Advantages Economical. If you can’t get it for free, the meter sells for less than $20 dollars. … Read more
A whole food plant based diet is receiving growing attention as one of the healthiest diets you can follow. This is particularly true if you have diabetes or cardiovascular disease. There are two very common questions people have when getting started with this type of diet. They are: What can I eat? How do I … Read more
Admit it, you are a little apprehensive about pre-diabetes, aren’t you? All the questions: what is the pre diabetes diet? What signs and symptoms did I miss? What is the treatment? Incredibly, in 2010 79 million Americans had pre-diabetes. This represents and increase of almost 39% since 2007. WOW! Yet, most of them are surprised … Read more
Okay, so you have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes or maybe you have that sneaking suspicion that you may have it. Several questions that come up include what pre diabetes glucose readings are and what should pre-diabetic A1c numbers be. Both questions require a different answer and a bit of clarification. Pre Diabetes Glucose Readings For … Read more
Bummer! So, you have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes. Now, you need to get going on the right pre-diabetes diet or risk joining the infamous diabetes fraternity. Trust me, put in your work now and you have an excellent chance of avoiding this non-exclusive club. In fact, if you eat the proper diet, lose weight and … Read more
Juvenile diabetes is actually now referred to as Type 1 Diabetes. Because of the diseases traditional prevalence in children, it was traditionally referred to with the “Juvenile” moniker. Type 1 diabetes is the leading type of diabetes in children of every age and accounts for almost all cases in children less than 10 years old. … Read more