fructosamine test

(frook-TOH-sah-meen): measures the number of blood glucose molecules (MAH-leh-kyools) linked to protein molecules in the blood. The test provides information on the average blood glucose level for the past 3 weeks.  
Rhubarb Chili with Ground Beef

Rhubarb Chili with Ground Beef

About Recipe By: Clara Schneider, MS, RD, RN, CDE, LDN Make this for: Dinner Category: Soups & Stews This Recipe Makes: 10 Serving(s) Summary According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, the leaves of the plant are poisonous, do not eat them. This rhubarb recipe from...
Back to School, Back on Track

Back to School, Back on Track

Usually we wait for January to make or renew our commitments to improve ourselves in some way, but why wait another four months? Kids are readying themselves now for the upcoming school year, why not join them in the excitement of this new year? We all have childhood...
Back to School, Back on Track

Is Stress a Critical Factor in Diabetes?

I’m so stressed!”  “That situation was so stressful for me!”  We hear exclamations like these on almost a daily basis. It’s hard to understand how a word can be used so frequently, yet not be clearly defined. Is it because stress is not something that we can actually...