10 Diabetes Diet Myth
"Diabetes diet." Simply hearing these words may be enough to make you feel overwhelmed or frustrated. Perhaps you have said, or heard someone else express, one of these thoughts: - Eating too much sugar causes Diabetes. - There are too many rules about choosing foods that are OK in a Diabetes diet. - You have to give up all your favorite foods when you're on a Diabetes diet. These three statements are all myths about Diabetes diets. Take a closer look at these and other myths to find out the facts about Diabetes and diet.
The American Diabetes Association and Eli Lilly and Company Encourage African-Americans to Face the Music about Diabetes Management
ATLANTA, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The 12th annual Victory Over Diabetes event, hosted by the American Diabetes Association (the Association), will take place in Atlanta on August 7, featuring Eli Lilly and Company's Fearless African-Americans Connected and Empowered (F.A.C.E.) Diabetes initiative and campaign spokesperson, R&B sensation Angie Stone.
Anthony Anderson Joins the 'Cast' of Lilly's F.A.C.E. Diabetes Initiative
NEW YORK, June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Teaming up with Eli Lilly and Company, actor and comedian Anthony Anderson is stepping into the spotlight as the newest face of F.A.C.E. Diabetes – the national Fearless African-Americans Connected and Empowered initiative – to help motivate African-Americans with diabetes to take control of their disease.
American Diabetes Wholesale Recognizes National Diabetes Month with the Launch of DIY Diabetes and Free Subscriptions to Diabetes Self-Management Maga
In honor of November being National Diabetes Awareness Month, American Diabetes Wholesale, the leading discount retailer of diabetic supplies, will be launching DIY Diabetes, a new component to the company's education portal DestinationDiabetes.com.
What Is Diabetes?
Your doctor may have recently advised you have diabetes. Or you are overweight and you have discovered you may be at risk of diabetes.
When Diabetes Is Not Diabetes
Mention the word diabetes and the vast majority of people will assume that you are talking about either type 1 diabetes, which affects about 10% of diabetes sufferers, or type 2 diabetes, which is the most commonly seen form of the disease and is currently growing alarmingly. But did you know that there is a third type of diabetes which has no connection whatsoever with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes, apart from sharing the name diabetes.
Diabetes by Numbers
Three: there are in fact three types of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes, sometimes called juvenile diabetes because this is usually when the symptoms are first seen, is the body?'s inability to produce insulin. Type 2 diabetes is when the body produces insulin but cannot make proper use of it. Gestational diabetes is a temporary illness developed during pregnancy, with type 2 diabetes symptoms.
Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Analysis Advances Understanding of Barriers to Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose
ORLANDO, Fla., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- An estimated 75 percent of adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes say they believe they know what their blood sugar levels are without testing, according to data presented at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 70th Scientific Sessions.
