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Category Archives: Healthy Eating
The Mediterranean Diet and Diabetes
Diet is a crucial tool for managing your diabetes. The right meal plan can help improve your blood glucose, blood pressure, cholesterol, and even possibly your weight. Picking a new meal plan can be overwhelming with the media throwing a … Continue reading
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Tagged healthy diets, Mediterranean Diet, National Nutrition Month
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What Does a Dietitian Do?
Learn more about Joslin’s Nutrition Programs from a few of our registered dietitians! Featuring Paula Diaque of the Latino Diabetes Initiative, Amanda Kirpitch of the Adult Clinic, and Karen Lau of the Asian American Diabetes Initiative.
National Nutrition Month 2013-Eat Right Your Way Every Day!
Time to spring clean those cabinets stocked with the junk accumulated throughout the winter! It’s the 40th anniversary of National Nutrition Month (NNM) and we have a whole 31 days to make sure we are keeping our bodies and healthy … Continue reading
Have a Diabetes-Friendly Valentine’s Day!
Valentine’s Day…the “Hallmark holiday” of romantic love. People everywhere use this holiday as a day to express their love to others by sending greeting cards, flowers, valentines, and lots and lots of chocolate. Also, people feel obligated to dine out … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes and Valentine's Day, diabetes candy, holidays, Valentine's Day
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To Supplement or Not to Supplement–Are Fish Oil Capsules Effective?
A September article in the Boston Globe reviewed the case for taking fish oil supplements as a prophylaxis against heart disease and found the evidence lacking. The Globe story was based on the results of a review paper by Dr. Moses … Continue reading
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Tagged fish oil, fish oil supplements, omega-3, omega-3 fatty acid
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How Low (Carb) Should You Go?
Is a low-carbohydrate diet really the best way to go? Maybe for a small percentage of people. Researchers have been debating the benefits of using low-carbohydrate diets to control blood glucose levels in people with diabetes for decades. Starvation-level minimal … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes diet, eat healthy, healthy diets, low carb diet
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Nutrition Tips from Nora Saul, Certified Diabetes Educator
As the year comes to a close it is nice to finish old projects so you can have a clean slate for the New Year. In that spirit, here are answers to a few questions that my patients have asked … Continue reading
Protein Recommendations for People with Kidney Disease and Diabetes
Kidney disease is one of the complications of diabetes. In 2008, 44 percent of the new cases of kidney failure were attributable to diabetes. Like diabetes alone, diabetic kidney disease requires dietary modifications. As kidney disease progresses patients usually need … Continue reading
A Recipe for Winter Squash: Not Just for Thanksgiving
A third of a cup isn’t much, no matter how you serve it. Fifteen grams for a bare mouthful, that’s all you get from rice or pasta. If you are a sedentary woman, eating a cupful can use up almost … Continue reading
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Tagged Diabetes cooking, low carb recipe, recipe, squash recipe
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