Eating healthy foods is important for your diabetes control and your health. But you might feel it costs too much to eat the right foods these days. The good news is you can eat smart without breaking your budget. BEFORE YOU SHOP Do your homework first. Decide how much money you have to spend and ?how you’ll plan your ?meals for the week. ?Here are some tips to ?get you started: Map out your meals for the week. ?What meals will you cook at home, and how many meals, if any, will you eat away from home? Think about quick and easy ways to save money, too. For example, if you tend to grab a muffin or bagel on ?the way to work, enjoy a ?bowl of high-fiber cereal ?at home, or bring a whole-?wheat English muffin with ?some peanut butter or a ?boiled egg to work with you. ?You’ll save money. Make your list ?and check it twice.?Once you’ve planned your menu for the week, make ?your shopping list. This list ?will save you time and help keep you from buying items that you may not really need. Read the full article “Eating Well and Spending Less” in [...]]]>
Many people do not fully understand what the instructions on their medicine bottles mean. They often take medicines more times per day than needed. Most people find that the more often they have to remember to take their medicines, the easier it is to forget. So what can you do? This article gives 5 tips that will help you manage your medicines better. It also presents you with some questions you should be asking your COSTCO pharmacist the next time you drop by to get your prescriptions filled. To read the full article of “Making Sense of Meds”, click here.]]>
Has this ever happened to you: You are using ?your meal plan and keeping your blood glucose levels in the target range. Just when you feel you have it all under control, something happens to stress you out. Almost without thinking, you ?reach for ?your favorite comfort food. You feel better for a while, but then your blood glucose levels go up. So now you feel tired, guilty and even more stressed. You can break this stress-eating cycle. Instead of getting down on yourself or thinking there is nothing you can do to change, you can learn to handle stress in a new way. Read up on the author’s advice for breaking the stress cycle?in?“Break the Stress-Eating Cycle”.]]>
Many people with diabetes look to natural products and vitamins for added help with their diabetes. And with good reason — some ?of these products can be very helpful. But some can make your diabetes medicines less effective or ?harm you. Janis Roszler MSFT, RD, CDE, LD/N, answers two of the more important questions you should be asking about the natural products and vitamins you buy or are planning to add to the supplements you take. She also leaves you with three tips for the safe use of natural products. Click here to read the full article entitled “Are Natural Products Right For You?”]]>
When you start to lose weight, you lose some of your stored fat. That may seem like a good thing to you, but your body doesn’t always agree. We used to think fat just sat in your body and did nothing. But we now know that is not true. The fat you store makes hormones that help control your weight and hunger. Find out about the role of the hormone called Leptin and what some experts believe to be a built-in control system that?decides how much you?should weigh?in your attempts to lose some of that excess weight. View the full article on “The Skinny on Weight Loss” here. ]]>
A spare tire comes in handy if you have a flat, but who wants one around their middle? Too much belly fat is linked with a number of health problems.?You can tell if?you need to trim your waistline by following the guides outlined in this article. Get the full article of “Belly Fat: When To Lose That Spare Tire” here.]]>
This?Q & A article answers some of the more-commonly asked questions on Diabetes today. Some of the questions answered are: Why is diabetes so ?common today? What is prediabetes? Is type 2 more serious ?than type 1 diabetes? If nobody in my family has diabetes, why did ?I get it? To get the answers to these diabetes-related questions, click here.]]>
Nuts, berries and oils seem to be in the news a lot lately, thanks to the health benefits that they provide.?Walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts and most other types of nuts are great for your heart.?Berries, such as straw-berries, blueberries, raspberries and cranberries, are rich in antioxidants, substances that fight damage caused by toxic byproducts (free radicals). ?Polyunsaturated and mono-unsaturated oils are the healthy oils found in nuts, fish and vegetable oils, such as olive, safflower, canola and sunflower oils. Click here for?a quick review of each of those foods, along with some new ways they can help your diabetes control.]]>
You may have heard about recent studies showing that people who drink diet soft drinks have a higher risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes than those who do not drink diet drinks. But in fact, researchers have not been able to say that the diet drinks are to blame. Most of those studies are observational, meaning they simply report what they observe. Observational studies are not designed to determine cause and effect. That requires a different kind of study. In addition, a recent study showed other differences between people who drank diet sodas and those who drank regular sodas. Overall diet, or food intake, is one important difference. Read the full article of “Diet Soda And Diabetes” to get the details of this study and what the results mean to you.]]>
Diabetes and food do a unique dance. You need to eat a variety of foods to stay healthy, but too much of some foods can lead to weight gain and can affect your diabetes control. Your diabetes food plan should fit your nutritional needs, daily routine, eating habits, food likes, and blood glucose and diabetes goals. You and your diabetes care team should find the method that best helps you plan meals, stay healthy, and maintain proper weight and blood fat (lipid) goals. And if one approach doesn’t work for you, try another. There are many diabetes meal planning methods to choose from. Which one is best for you? Read the full article of “Diabetes Meal Planning: Which Method Is Best For You?” to find out which of the three more popular methods seems right for you. SPECIAL OFFER! FREE OneTouch Ultra?2 or UltraMini? Meter]]>
Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in both men and women, and people with diabetes are at a higher risk for heart disease than those without diabetes. Even though women and men with diabetes have the same risk of getting heart disease, women and men are different when it comes to heart disease and diabetes in some ways. Get the full details by clicking on this link.]]>