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What About Thanksgiving Day Desserts?

Published on November 14, 2011 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

Many people with Type 2 diabetes are worried about the dessert table at holidays. Will they be tempted too much? Will they overeat and cause problems to themselves? Some diabetics are willing to take risks and think it’s important to act like everyone else. But I would ask you to consider the consequences. First of [...]

What’s The Best Exercise For Type 2 Diabetics?

Published on July 31, 2011 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

Exercise is just as important as diet, and in some cases as important as drugs in managing Type 2 diabetes. That’s because exercise: lowers blood sugar and improves insulin sensitivity, prevents or delays Type 2 diabetes, lets you store more blood sugar, burns more body fat, keeps the weight off, dramatically reduces the risk of [...]

How To Keep From Being Negative About Your Type 2 Diabetes

Published on July 31, 2011 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

When you have diabetes, you have most likely been told you will not get over it. That’s because over 90% of all doctors believe there’s nothing you can possibly do to reverse it. What a shame this is! The truth is most doctors are pretty comfortable with their lifestyle and rarely believe anything outside of [...]

Belly Fat Linked to Type 2 Diabetes!

Published on July 4, 2011 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

Let’s begin with an explanation of how belly fat works for you … and if you’re too fat, your belly fat is working too hard. 90% of Type 2 diabetes cases develop after significant fat is gained in the abdominal cavity. This fat is called retroperitoneal fat, and is generally counted as visceral fat. Believe [...]

More Still on Diabetics and Goal Setting, Part 3

Published on May 2, 2011 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

Yesterday I posed a question about the 8 goals that Mr. Joe Diabetic wanted to accomplish during the year. The question was which goals are the true goals that will cause a cascade of benefits that incorporate some of the other goals. I gave you a hint … there were two of them. Did you [...]

Setting Goals is Everything for Diabetics!

Published on April 22, 2011 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

We don’t have to wait until the end of the year to make resolutions of what we will accomplish in the future. We can create goals on a monthly basis. You can say to yourself, “On the first day of the month of January I will take action to solve xyz problem. I will proceed [...]

How Can A Diabetic Boost Metabolism? Part 2

Published on January 24, 2011 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

The second factor that influences metabolism is exercise. What is really interesting is that researchers have found that if “Man A” weighs 150 pounds (68 kg) and does 3 sets of 10 reps of 100 pounds (45 kg) on the bench press and “Man B” weighs 225 pounds (102 kg) and does the same workout [...]

How A Rock Star Manages His Life With Diabetes!

Published on December 21, 2010 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

Bret Michaels on diabetes and how he manages his rock star lifestyle. He has Type 1 diabetes where his blood sugar levels stay high because there is no insulin around to deliver the sugar to the cells. In other words, the “insulin bus” is on strike. Thank goodness we have insulin for this purpose. This [...]

Choosing Foods That Fight Type 2 Diabetes!

Published on December 7, 2010 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

What foods help fight Type 2 diabetes? I’ll bet you can guess on each one of the questions below and make the right decision on the answer to that question. Ready? Here we go…For each question, choose the best answer. Which of the following foods would fight diabetes? a. Milk b. Carbonated beverages c. Herbal [...]

The Most Important Part of a Food Label (especially if you want to lose weight!)

Published on October 25, 2010 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

Today’s article is a continuation of recent one dealing with Food Labels. Don’t you just love questions and answers? There are many parts of a food label: serving size servings per container calories or kilojoules calories or kilojoules from fat total fat saturated fat trans fat cholesterol sodium total carbohydrate dietary Fiber protein What are [...]