March 27 is American Diabetes Association Diabetes Alert Day, the day set aside to focus on the importance of diabetes, especially when left undiagnosed or untreated. Here's why you should get checked for diabetes: Over 30 million Americans have diabetes. Another 84 million have pre-diabetes and are at risk for developing it. 1 in 4 people with diabetes, and 9 in 10 with pre-diabetes, don't know they have it. Diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death in the US. Healthcare costs for people with diabetes is 2.3 times that of people without diabetes. Notice I said, … [Read more...]
HALT for the Holidays
With the holiday season approaching, I want to inspire you to HALT before you dig into the holiday goodies! Read more to learn what HALT means and how it can help you maintain a healthy weight while still enjoying your favorite foods. HALT is an acronym that can help you discover WHY you are about to eat. It stands for: H - Hungry A - Angry or Anxious L - Lonely T - Tired HALT is a tool to help enhance your ability to check in with your emotional and physical state and help prevent mindless eating. Before digging into that plate of cookies, snacking on more candied pecans, … [Read more...]
My Kidney Donor Story: Will I Give One Away? (Part Four)
Finally, I have an answer to my kidney donor question, will I give one away? I've been involved in the evaluation process since January and finally got The Decision from Mayo Clinic's transplant committee on September 5. For the back story, here is part one, two and three. Here's what's happened since: I had to go back to the Mayo Clinic to have a kidney biopsy to make sure I didn't have any disease that was causing the small amount of red blood cells in my urine. I was ready to get on with it, and frustrated to hear the next available appointment was another three weeks away. Even … [Read more...]
My Kidney Donor Story: Will I give one away? (Part Three)
This is part three of my journey as I go through the evaluation process toward becoming a Paired Donation Kidney Donor at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Here is part one, and two of my journey. I thought I would be writing about "The Decision" by now, but I was wrong. Here is what's been happening since my evaluation in May. Waiting for this decision helps prepare you for surgery like being pregnant for nine months gets you ready for your little bundle of joy...you get plenty of time to digest what was learned from the last visit to the Mayo Clinic. I was sure I would be … [Read more...]
Healthy Snack Ideas When You Have Diabetes (and when you don’t)
People often ask me for healthy snack ideas when you have diabetes. I'll share a list of snack ideas and also how to decide if you need a snack. But first, what IS a snack? That may sound crazy but regular folk often think that a snack is something different than what a dietitian thinks. When I say snack, I simply mean anything that you eat that is not part of a meal. Healthy snacks are the well, the healthiest. Not everyone needs a snack. For some people with diabetes, getting everything in 3 balanced meals works well, especially if the meals are about 4-5 hours apart. Many people … [Read more...]
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