Diabetes Without Sugar
When I decided to live with diabetes but without sugar, I had no idea how hard reaching my goal would be. Three-fourths of all the foods for sale in America have added sweeteners, according to an analysis of 85,451 foods that Dr. Barry Popkin of the University of North Carolina and his team studied.As a careful shopper, I thought that I could kick added sugar right out of my life. After all, I buy all my groceries at Whole Foods and at an even... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - March 7, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
The Best Yogurt for People with Diabetes
Yogurt can be one of the best foods for people with diabetes to eat. Or one of the worst.It is the probiotic food that we eat the most. These foods have friendly bacteria that help us to drive out the bad ones. This can be good for our health, the U.S. Government’s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine says.But to get this benefit from yogurt or other probiotic foods, we have to avoid any of them that say on the label... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - February 27, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
Healthy Eggs for People with Diabetes
Eggs can be one of the healthiest foods for people with diabetes to eat. But some people still doubt that fact. And the way many of us prepare them aren’t healthy.One large fresh, whole, raw egg has just 72 calories. It has a bit more than 6 grams of protein, a bit less than 5 grams of fat, and less than one-third of a gram of carbohydrate, according to the USDA’s National Nutrient Database. No wonder that those of us who follow the... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - February 20, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
Get Fit Fast with Diabetes
Would you rather SIT or HIT?SIT sounds like it’s too passive and HIT sounds too aggressive. But they are actually acronyms for intense forms of activity that can help us to better health and fitness in a fraction of the time that current exercise programs recommend.SIT is Sprint Interval Training. HIT is High Intensity Interval Training (because HIIT is harder to say).
Sprint Interval Training means going all out in 30 second sprints on... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - February 12, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
When Should People with Diabetes Eat?
Experts on nutrition are slowly beginning to realize that not all calories are created equal.
Many people still believe the colloquial phrase, “a calories is a calorie,” meaning that two diets with the same number of calories can’t lead to losing a different amount of weight. “We conclude that a calorie is a calorie,” write Andrea Buchholz and Dale Schoeller of the Department of Nutritional Sciences, University... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - February 5, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
The Best Diabetes Charity
None of the charities that ask us to support them for anything related to diabetes have ever excited me. Until now.Charity Navigator, the independent and non-profit organization that evaluates America’s charities, includes 37 charities that claim to work for people with diabetes. When my wife Catherine died six years ago, I suggested that our friends could make a contribution in her name to one of these charities. But that was only because... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - January 30, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
Eating on Vacation for Diabetes
Everyone eats differently on vacation than at home. Those of us who have diabetes probably vary our diet less than others, but being away from our usual places always means eating different food. On vacation we eat out more and usually go to restaurants that we have never seen before. For me, that’s one of the joys and surprises of vacation.Since New Year’s Day I have been vacationing with a friend in a rented condo on Pine Island in... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - January 22, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
Pedometer Prodding for Diabetes Management
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we had some gentle encouragement to get the physical activity that those of us who have diabetes need. Even people who are already in the habit of moving a lot can use a non-judgemental poke once in a while to keep on track.We may prefer to saunter, stroll, or wander. Or perhaps our usual locomotion is to walk briskly, hike, or jog. Whatever way we like to get out, even those of us most dedicated to managing our... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - January 16, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
Living Low Carb
The high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet that the authorities recommend we follow has been the longest uncontrolled nutritional experiment in history. The results have not been good.This is essentially the way Jonny Bowden starts his powerful book on Living Low Carb just published on January 1 in a revised edition of his 2010 best-seller. Since I didn’t get a copy of the original edition until last year, too late to review here, I made sure to... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - January 9, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
Operator Error in Diabetes Testing
Saying that operator error is the biggest problem that people who have diabetes have when we check our blood sugar sounds like blaming the victim. But I’m convinced that some mistakes we make when using our meters and test strips and lancets is the reason why testing so often gives us wacky blood sugar numbers.People with diabetes know all about blaming the victim. For years I have argued against the common fallacy that diabetes is a... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - January 3, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
