So we’ve all seen those commercials where someone is panicking about death and dying because their loved one is trying to feed them a popsicle laced with… high fructose corn syrup *dun dun dun.* Their loved one then begins to tell them how corn sugar is the same as any other sugar blah, blah, blah. […]
Category: diet
“The Change,” Why Does It Sound So Pleasant When All I Want To Do Is Scream? Non-hormonal Treatment of Menopause Symptoms
We live in a wonderful time where hormones are readily available to women for the treatment of menopause symptoms. Hot flashes, fatigue, weight gain, hair loss, and low libido can all be treated with hormone replacement of estrogens (yes that’s plural), progesterone, and testosterone. It’s all about balance, but sometimes the hormones cause undesirable side […]
Ideas for Management, Questions to Ask Your Doctor & Pharmacist, and Diabetes Resources
Ideas For Management: Food Journals: Write down what you ate, when it was, when you took your insulin, how much you took and your blood sugars. If you do not use insulin a food journal will still be helpful for your doctor and diabetic educator. Use measuring devices: Humans are HORRIBLE at estimating quantity. Scales […]
Hypoglycemia: When Low Sugar isn’t Good Sugar
Last blog we talked about hyperglycemia (or high blood sugars) and the risks you take on when you allow your blood sugars to get too high. Hypoglycemia is low blood sugars. Patients with Type I diabetes and Type II patients on certain medications are at higher risk for hypoglycemia. So what’s the big deal? You […]
Diabetes: Hyperglycemia as the Elephant in the Room
Diabetes is not an easy disease to control. Your blood sugar will be up, it will be down. If you’re stressed or sick you could eat a salad for lunch your blood sugar may still be at 300. It’s annoying and frustrating. My dad says (and pardon the language, but the honesty is key) that […]
Diabetes: Complications, Risk Factors, and Prevention
So a couple weeks ago we talked about the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. We talked about what puts us a risk for getting the different types of diabetes. But what about your risk factors if you already have diabetes? What about ways to prevent or even cure your diabetes? Nothing like […]
Diabetes: First the Basics
It’s a new year with new resolutions and I’m sure none of us have been perfect, but trying is what matters. I’m a firm believer that knowledge is power and the best way to succeed is to know as much as you can. Diabetes is a very big issue. Projections have showed that 52% of […]
Out With the Old and In With the New: Detoxing the RIGHT Way
We’ve all heard how important a good detox can be for jump-starting a diet, cleaning the colon, as well as general body health. These things are all true, but the sort of detoxifying regimen and the length of the detoxifying regimen is what is most important. Remember, the way to lose weight and to keep […]
Salt, Water Retention, Weight Loss
So we’ve gone over all the macro-nutrients. Fats, proteins, carbohydrates, but there is one last nutrient that I don’t think we pay attention to enough. Sodium. It’s a mineral that we find in so much of our food. It effects those of us that are trying to lose weight, suffering from high blood pressure, or […]
Lean, Mean, Protein… Confusing?
So we’ve all heard about these crazy high protein diets. The Atkins diet seems like a good idea, but is it really? Let’s go over protein, our last macro-nutrient. Protein is a great nutrient, but, as with anything, everything in moderation. Your body uses up it’s own proteins every day and these proteins need to […]