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What Will You Ask For As A Gift For Christmas?

Published on December 12, 2011 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

As a diabetic, there are many things you could ask for this Christmas or holiday season – things you may not have considered before. Here’s a list. 1. A diabetic cruise for 3 days to one week. Why not learn the latest strategies to eliminate diabetes while living in luxury? 2. More diabetic supplies. It’s [...]

What Does a Diabetic Do When They Get Arthritis?

Published on July 25, 2011 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

It’s very rare one day you’ll wake up with arthritis, but it does happen in cases of those bitten by a tick with Lyme Disease. In other cases, it’s possible you can get a cold or the flu and then come down with arthritis as a consequence of that cold or the flu. The best [...]

How Can A Diabetic Boost Metabolism? Part 7 (and last in this series)

Published on April 3, 2011 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

We’re blessed to live in this age of information technology because there are so many answers to all types of problems literally right before us. The answers are in the studies. They’re also in the inventions. One of those answers to boosting metabolism is finding substances in nature that can turn off the genes that [...]

How Can A Diabetic Boost Metabolism? Part 6

Published on March 25, 2011 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

After all the articles you’ve read on metabolism, it should be evident by now that you really do have control over your metabolism. Whether you are a diabetic or not doesn’t matter. You can still control your metabolism. If you have Type 1 Diabetes, the insulin you take is partaking in the process of controlling [...]

How Can A Diabetic Boost Metabolism? Part 5

Published on March 20, 2011 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

The #4 factor that influences metabolism is Body Composition. What your body is composed of depends on what goes into your mouth. Here’s where the protein, fat and carbohydrate content of your diet really matters. There are two ways to fail at having the body composition that is associated with a thin, lean fighting machine [...]

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 [...]

What is the Most Important Part of a Food Label?

Published on October 7, 2010 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

There are many parts of a food label: Serving size Servings per container Calories Calories from fat Total fat Saturated fat Trans fat Cholesterol Sodium Total Carbohydrate Dietary Fiber Protein What’s the most important part of the food label? The answer is that it depends. For example, what are the most important parts of the [...]

How Much Carbohydrate In A Meal Is Too Much?

Published on May 22, 2010 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

This is a question that is asked frequently by diabetics. The answer is: It depends. If you’re a diabetic that is only 5’1” tall, then 30 grams carbohydrate a meal can help you gain a little better blood sugar control in many cases. But if you’re 6’1” tall, then 45-60 grams per meal may be [...]

Not So Sweet Sugar Substitute Additives Causes Political Battle!

Published on April 30, 2010 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

When you are a diabetic, you’re told to stay away from sugar. You’re also led to believe that sugar substitutes are better for you. Think again! Sucralose goes by the name Splenda. Splenda isn’t really as close to the sugar molecule as the manufacturers want you to think. They’ve added chlorine to sugar, not in [...]