Can Two Everyday Activities Really Help People with Diabetes?
How making an effort to improve upon sleeping and include walking as a regular activity can keep you healthier.
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How Economic Pressures Affect Physical Health
Having health insurance doesn’t guarantee good health, especially for those affected by chronic diseases. Economic instability, racial inequalities in health care treatment, and cost shifting by insurance companies, conspire to affect chronic disease outcomes negatively for many.
Why Carb Counting is Important
Certified diabetes educator Catherine Harrison explains how having candid discussions with people with diabetes on their carb intake can give them a different perspective and help them modify their diets to choose this food group moderately.
De-Liver Us From Evil: Help Your Liver To Help You
The liver plays a vital role in numerous functions. Douglas Garner explains the role of the organ in diabetes and offers some ways to protect it.
Getting Started with Medicines
In the last in a short series for people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, certified diabetes educator Amy Hess-Fischl discusses how two commonly prescribed medications can help with control.
How a Balloon Can Aid Weight Loss
The FDA recently approved the ReShape Integrated Dual Balloon System, which is a medical device used to aid in weight loss. Certified diabetes educator Viola Holmes talks about how the device works and who are candidates for it.
Join the “Choose a New Whole Grain” Challenge
Registered dietitian Yvonne Greer talks about trying alternative whole grains which can offer health benefits and new flavors.
Getting Started with Exercise
As part of our ongoing series for people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, certified diabetes educator Amy Hess-Fischl talks about exercise including guidelines, the various types, and strategies for getting active again.
Reinvent Your Diabetes Life
Certified diabetes educator Jane Dickinson challenges you to take a look at your life and make a positive change that can start you down a different, more satisfied path.
Back to School, Back on Track
With school starting again, kids need to adjust their routines accordingly, and certified diabetes educator Debbie Berg says this is a good time for people with diabetes who have relaxed this summer to get back on track with their self-management.
Has a Big Part of the Puzzle Been Solved for a Type 1 Diabetes Cure?
Mary Rechtoris talks about an important discovery in stem cell research and provides some personal thoughts on what this breakthrough means to her.
Gut Feeling: Should Probiotics be a Regular Part of our Diets?
Probiotics have become a popular health food trend. Douglas Garner defines this “good” bacteria, what science says about it, and what types of foods it can be found in.
Getting Started with Meal Planning
In the second installment of our “Newly Diagnosed” series aimed at helping people with type 2 diabetes, registered dietitian and CDE Amy Hess-Fischl talks about identifying carbs, ways to decrease their intake, and how to read food labels.
Getting Started with Glucose Monitoring
We are beginning a short “Newly Diagnosed” series that is aimed at helping people just diagnosed with type 2 diabetes to gain some valuable information to help them with their management. In this first article, Amy Hess-Fischl discusses glucose monitoring.
Gluten: To Eat or Not to Eat?
Amy Hess-Fischl discusses if this type of diet is beneficial for those who do not have celiac disease.