Toby Smithson, MSNW, RDN, LDN, CDE

Have you noticed the price of food going up? The latest Consumer Price Index reveals that it is true–our food prices have risen nearly 7 percent over the past year...

If you have high blood pressure, are retaining fluid, or have been diagnosed with kidney disease, your doctor may have told you to reduce your sodium intake. According to the...

One of the best blood sugar management strategies for pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes is a tricky thing: losing weight. Losing weight generally includes cutting back on food intake, and...

We are in the world of technology. For some of us, getting on board with tech gadgets is exciting, while others may resist taking on the newest item on the...

What particular fruit is a good source of fiber, low in carbohydrates, and contains healthy monounsaturated fats? Before the reveal about this mysterious fruit, I have another fun fact. From...

As people with diabetes, we hear a lot about sugar. You may have had someone say to you that you must "watch your sugar" or that "the sugar in your...

When we look at the research on great diets, leaning toward a plant-based diet continues to show positive health results. Some of the popular plant-based diet plans are known as...

Raise your hand if you join me as a popcorn lover! Yes, I know, popcorn is a source of carbohydrates, but this unique treat also gets extra nutrition quality points...

The continuous glucose monitoring system, which is referred to as CGM for short, is a diabetes management tool that measures your blood glucose on a continuous basis. With a CGM...

You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know that aging happens. In fact, we age every minute of each day. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a pessimist...

The progressive nature of diabetes is a tough topic for diabetes-related medical professionals to discuss on two counts. First, we do not want to paint a picture of doom and...

You may have run across this term “insulin to carb ratio” and have wondered, what can that possibly mean for me? Is this some type of mathematics that my body...

Even though we talk a lot about diabetes being a self-managed condition, it is helpful if you have a support system in place. I often refer to managing diabetes as...

Checking your blood sugar is part of diabetes management. We know when your individual blood sugar readings are in range, they will result in a hemoglobin A1C that will be...

A friend of mine who happens to have type 2 diabetes was telling me the other day that she is planning on calling her endocrinologist to schedule an appointment with...

Some of you may have been referred to a diabetes educator at the time of your diabetes diagnosis or may have seen a diabetes educator along your journey with managing...

I can’t really call myself a vegetarian, even though there are lots of prefixes to “vegetarian” that add in dairy (lacto-vegetarian) or eggs (ovo-vegetarian) and even fish (pesco-vegetarian). “Flexitarian” is...

I write and speak to patients often about how illness complicates the management of diabetes. In fact, I wrote a post earlier this year I called “Sick Day” Diabetes Self...

Managing diabetes can seem overwhelming and being overwhelmed is the first step toward discouragement and surrender. Don’t surrender. It would be just great if you didn’t have to change anything...

If you’ve taken even a passing interest in how you approach carbohydrates since you’ve had diabetes, or understood you are at risk for developing diabetes, then you already know potatoes...