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Chances are that when you were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes you were advised to make some permanent changes to your lifestyle in order to manage your condition. Adopting this...

Everybody knows exercise is important, and it’s important for both blood glucose control and for independently reducing our risk for heart disease (where diabetes doubles our risk from the start)...

Many people gauge how much to eat by how much food is placed in front of them. For example, when participants in a research study were served soup in a...

Even when you are not feeling a strong emotion, you may resort to eating without the presence of physical hunger cues. This may happen if you are bored or if...

When we pick up our prescriptions from the pharmacy, most of us do not think about where these drugs come from. Yet every pill or medical intervention – from cold...

When you first find out you have been diagnosed with Type II Diabetes, you may feel overwhelmed and overloaded with information. There is so much to understand about your body...

One big concern for many persons with diabetes is finding the means for managing their condition on limited resources and limited income. It can be a scary thing when one...

If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, you know that your body has trouble regulating blood sugar levels. This is because the cells of your body no longer respond properly...

Condiments are powerful! Powerful flavors in small amounts. Powerful doses of calories, carbohydrates, fat and sodium in some cases. And, even powerful emotions – Americans scoff at the European idea...

Added sugar from drinks, snack foods, desserts and food processing is a prime suspect in America’s obesity and type 2 diabetes epidemics. And with diabetes, added sugar (not natural sugars...

Some creative ways to cut carbs while still enjoying great flavor. You can incorporate these healthy options into your next grocery shopping list! Instead of tortillas for tacos, or a...

A study just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that only 6.8% of privately insured adults attended a reimbursable diabetes self-management training/education (DSMT) session within...

We’ve come a long way in discussing the various treatments for type 2 diabetes, and their effectiveness. When many other avenues are exhausted, and a person’s type 2 diabetes has...

There are several terms that are commonly used when discussing clinical trials. Here are some that come up often:Adverse event: an undesirable experience associated with the use of a medical...

Every clinical trial is designed to look at a specific population, so each participant is required to have certain traits (eligibility criteria) in order to take part in the study...

Many of us have heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day; however, many of us do not take the time to eat a good, healthy breakfast...

and Don't Even Know It. When I was around 6 or 7 years old, I started changing. I gradually went from a happy, slim and active child, to a cranky...

Sometimes snacks are needed to keep you energized throughout the day! Some people even eat 4-5 snack-meals instead of 3 larger meals. When you do snack, it’s important to eat...