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Tag Archives: holidays
Have a Happy Easter with these Joslin Tips
Easter Sunday is traditionally accompanied by a big, delicious honeyed ham dinner and a basket full of tasty treats. But when your child has diabetes it can be particularly difficult deciding what’s best for you and your family to eat. … Continue reading
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Tagged Diabetes Easter baskets, Easter, holidays, National Nutrition Month
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Prep for Passover: Managing Your Diabetes During a Seder
Pesach, or Passover, is almost upon us. This year it falls between March 26 and April 1. Passover is the Jewish holiday that celebrates the Jews’ freedom from bondage under Egyptian rule about 3000 years ago. For the seven days … 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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Holiday Gifts for PWD
Can’t think of anything to give the person with everything this year? Well how about a nutrition or exercise related gift to make things easier for the person with diabetes on your list? Of course it shouldn’t be the only … Continue reading
Making Thanksgiving Work for You and Your Diabetes
Thanksgiving is a carb fest. There is no way around it; traditional Thanksgiving meals are mostly carbohydrate. And they bend the needle quite far on the fat-o-meter too. Okay, there’s the turkey and a nod to the world of greens … Continue reading
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween from Joslin Diabetes Center! We know that Halloween can be difficult for people with diabetes (all that candy!), so here are some resources for putting the emphasis less on candy and more on spooky activities. Or, if … Continue reading
How to Fast Safely When You Have Diabetes
Fasting has a place in the pantheon of many religions as well as being a standard way of performing sacrifice in many cultures. Yom Kippur, one of the holiest days in the Jewish religious calendar includes fasting as part of … Continue reading
Toasting the Holidays: Can Alcohol and Diabetes mix?
By Amanda Kirpitch, MA, RD, CDE, LDN The holiday season is in full swing! And with all the delicious food choices comes plenty of tempting alcoholic treats, as well. While we certainly don’t need alcohol to socialize, many enjoy having … Continue reading