Food and Health, Prevention



While high blood sugar is an outward sign of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, it is not the only problem to treat with lifestyle changes and medications With higher-than-average risks for developing other health problems, careful attention must be paid to preventing heart disease, stroke and some cancers.
 
Cooking

If it’s one thing we as Americans are good at, it’s yo-yo dieting. Wouldn’t it be nice to lose it and keep it off? Last week we discussed how a high fiber diet can aid in weight reduction and weight maintenance. After all, it’s one thing to lose weight,...
 

Putting together a comprehensive and engaging cooking demonstration is hard work -- but that's about to change.
 

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Walking, biking, lifting, and other movement can help you stop prediabetes. And the exercise benefit is separate from weight loss, which also helps prevent type 2 diabetes. If your goal is to halt or even reverse prediabetes, give your exercise routine a 3-prong approach.
Prevention

Prioritizing sleep is an important tool to prevent prediabetes from progressing to type 2 diabetes...
Cooking

Your client has been waking up to urinate in the middle of the night and has been feeling sluggish after meals. What gives? If they've got a family history of diabetes or a history of gestational diabetes, take note. Their risk for developing diabetes is higher than someone without...
Prevention

Recently, the American Diabetes Association issued a new position statement addressing exercise guidelines for people with diabetes and prediabetes...