by Christopher Flaherty | Mar 21, 2023 | Health, Newly Diagnosed, Nutrition
Restricting carbohydrates can help patients with diabetes manage glycemic control. As a chronic and progressive disease that can lead to adverse health outcomes, patients with diabetes must monitor biological markers such as blood glucose levels as well food intake....
by Christopher Flaherty | Mar 7, 2023 | Food, Health, Nutrition
Western diets are inextricably linked to obesity, which continues to rise and is expected to affect a staggering 50 percent of Americans by 2025. There’s nothing like mom’s Sunday dinner to fill a heart and belly. But whether it’s a favorite family recipes or pizza...
by Christopher Flaherty | Feb 27, 2023 | Weight Management
— Dawn M. Sweet, Ph.D. Diet may be a contributing factor to reducing the risk of developing diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy, a microvascular complication that affects retinal capillaries, affects one third of patients with diabetes, and if left untreated,...
by Christopher Flaherty | Feb 1, 2023 | Blogs, Weight Management
What Challenges do People with Disabilities & Obesity Face? Twenty-six percent the adult population has a disability, and among them, nearly 40 percent have obesity. Twenty-six percent the adult population has a disability, and among them, nearly 40 percent have...
by optimizenetz | Jan 27, 2016 | Weight Management
When weight loss is recommended for a person with pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes, it may be confusing. What should you do to start losing weight and what are the options? In 2013, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) published an algorithm...
by optimizenetz | Jan 20, 2016 | Weight Management
If you took a poll asking people with type 2 diabetes what goal(s) they would like to achieve, many would respond that they would like to lose weight. Sadly, countless people struggle with weight loss. And in many parts of the world, it doesn’t help that there...
