Diabetes can have some serious complications. For example, few people would guess that diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, amputation, and blindness in the United States. Knowing how to treat the complications of diabetes is essential to maintaining overall health. Let’s take a closer look at some of the common complications of diabetes.
Football fans nationwide live for Super Bowl Sunday, but for the 26 million Americans with type 2 diabetes, it can be a challenging day. Navigating healthier food options when you have type 2 diabetes is difficult enough, and can be overwhelming during snack-heavy celebrations like tailgating.
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Proper mouth care is essential for people with diabetes to maintain good health. Gum disease, tooth decay and dry mouth cause other health problems. Increased blood sugar, cardiac risk and other serious health conditions are associated with poor oral care. Regular oral care reduces the risk of other health problems and may decrease insulin needs.
American Diabetes Wholesale recently had the chance to interview fitness expert and wellness coach Shea Vaughn. Vaughn’s new book titled ‘Breakthrough – The 5 Living Principles to Defeat Stress, Look Great and Find Total Well-Being’ was written to inspire women to transform their lives into healthier ones. Vaughn has taken her 25 years of experience as […]
American Diabetes Wholesale is donating $5,000.00 in diabetes testing supplies in support of the ‘National Diabetes Mall Testing Tour’ which starts next month.
The tour is designed to take diabetes testing to the public in a manner that has never been done before and will feature free diabetes screening, free blood pressure monitoring, and cooking demonstrations. Developed […]
Reading food labels before eating is essential for people with diabetes. Food labels are a resource for better health. Impulse buying leads to poor eating habits and irregular blood sugar levels. Take a few moments to read food labels to choose the right products and still enjoy eating.
ADW Diabetes recently had the chance to speak with the winner of TLC’s “The Next Great Baker”, Dana Herbert, about how people with diabetes can enjoy sweets during the holiday season. Herbert offers several tips that can benefit a person with diabetes, and focuses on his #1 rule – everything in moderation.
American Diabetes Wholesale recently had the chance to speak with Janis Roszler MSFT, RD, CDE, LD/N about the direct link between good oral healthcare and diabetes. Roszler offers several tips that can benefit a person with diabetes, many of them being simple changes in oral healthcare routines that can make dramatic changes in how your body […]
Figuring out how to eat can be confusing for people with diabetes – especially those who have been newly diagnosed; planning meals doesn’t have to be difficult. Three effective methods that are recommended by the American Diabetes Association for meal planning include the “Plate Method,” Carbohydrate Counting, and Exchange Lists.