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Do I Have Prediabetes? What You Need to Know

Prediabetes is a condition where blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. It is estimated that 81% of people with prediabetes are unawar...

Easy Diabetic Diet for Beginners: 4 Tips &Tricks

Most forms of diabetes are manageable with proper medical care and maintainable lifestyle changes. If you have been newly diagnosed with diabetes, it may be hard to know where to start. Our dietitians...

Type 2 Diabetes Diet: Essential Insights and Tips for a Healthy Life

An estimated 37.3 million people in the United States have diabetes, which is over 10% of the population. With rates of diabetes increasing, it is crucial to raise awareness and combat the abundance o...

Easy Steps to Reversing Prediabetes

According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), the month of November has been designated for Diabetes Awareness since 1975. But it wasn’t until President Ronald Regan officially recognized it i...

Blood Sugar Highs and Lows

Oftentimes when people have high blood sugar they blame whatever they last ate, but there are many reasons that could lead to high blood sugar. Yes, diet is one of the most important factors in cont...

Living Healthy with Diabetes and Prediabetes

November marks American Diabetes Awareness Month, a time for us to bring awareness to the prevention, treatment, and risks associated with diabetes. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention rel...

Blood Sugar and Spice: Cinnamon for Diabetes

Cinnamon is a hot topic in many discussions regarding diabetes. There have been studies that show how cinnamon can lower blood sugars, HbA1c (an average of blood sugar over the previous 2-3 months),...

Prediabetes in Children: A Growing Problem

Prediabetes is a condition common in adults, but now we are seeing the problem of prediabetes in children more and more often as well. A recent study featured in JAMA Pediatrics revealed that close t...

Alcohol and Diabetes

As we are in full swing of the holiday season, holiday parties and get-togethers may be crowding up your calendar. Festive holiday drinks and socializing with alcohol may be the norm at many of thes...

Best Beverage Choices For Diabetes

Even if you eat a perfect type 2 diabetes diet, what you drink can wreak havoc on your diabetes management. Beverages can be a hidden source of calories, carbohydrates, and added sugars. Oftent...

What Sweetener Should I Use If I Have Diabetes

Foods can be sweetened in a number of ways. This includes adding real sweeteners like sugar or honey, adding artificial sweeteners, adding sugar alcohols, or by adding fruit and fruit juice. So what...

Diabetes May Up Cancer Risk in Women

Diabetes is a global health crisis – reaching far and wide, and impacting nearly every country around the world. In fact, in 2015 more than 400 million people had diabetes. That does not take into th...

More than 100 Million with Diabetes

There are more than 100 million American adults now living with diabetes or with pre-diabetes according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In the new report issued last week...

Eating Right with Diabetes

Diabetes is a disorder where the body has difficulty controlling the amount of sugar in the bloodstream. Type 2 diabetes, which accounts for 90 to 95 percent of all cases, typically develops later in...

National Diabetes Awareness Month

Every 23 seconds another American is diagnosed with diabetes.Every 23 seconds – that’s more than 2 people every minute. That’s a whopping 120 people every hour, 2,880-per day, 20,160-per week, 86,400-...