Articles Posted in the Blog Category

  • radio

    Toby’s “Get More Whole Grain” Public Service Announcement

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    Are You Wearing the “Healthy Halo”?

    There’s an interesting tendency among people who are not nutrition professionals to make certain assumptions based upon the general quality of a particular food, like salads, for instance – salads are healthy. Taking that a step further, one can declare to oneself that if I eat salads often, I am eating a healthy diet. Nutrition [...]

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    DiabetesEveryDay “Radio”- Diabetes Types

    Join hosts Joan Hammel and Tony Skerbec as they quiz Toby and her guest Adam Bednarik about the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Both Toby and Adam are type 1, but both work with diabetes patients professionally. Just click on the player, and enjoy the discussion. [Audio clip: view full post to [...]

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    Thoughts About Blood Sugar Monitoring

    I read a great article on the Atlantic website that included blood glucose testing, but parts of the article really bother me.  While the article was essentially about whether health tracking is useful with all of the new apps available for users, one angle of the article was about how unsuccessful home blood sugar monitoring [...]

  • April changes

    April Member’s Challenge

    We challenge our member’s every month to concentrate on one positive behavior change. Slowly, but surely, building new habits will make managing diabetes easier and more effective. Join DiabetesEveryDay and be certain you’re doing everything you can to protect your health.

  • Valentine

    Happy Valentine’s Day- Two Reasons for Diabetes Awareness

    Happy Valentine’s Day. It’s a day we think about our “significant other”, so here are a couple of gift ideas. For you, Valentine’s Day could represent how important a focus on heart health has to be when diabetes is in our life. We say it again and again- diabetes raises our risk for heart attack [...]

  • awareness month

    Diabetes Awareness Month- Are You Aware of This?

    Would you take this deal? For the next two days take your medication as prescribed, eat healthy and manage your carbs, exercise one of these days for 30 minutes, and for good measure make that appointment with your dietitian or educator. In return, add 1 day to your life…one extra day you can enjoy in [...]

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    Watch “The Weight of the Nation” HBO Documentary- Part 4; Challenges

    This 4 part HBO series is a “must see” for all Americans, and you can watch it online here. The obesity epidemic is literally becoming an issue of national security, with the health of our workforce compromised and the cost of obesity related illness racing toward overwhelming. Worse, our children are almost certainly going to [...]

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    Watch “The Weight of the Nation” HBO Documentary; Part 3, Children in Crisis

    This 4 part HBO series is a “must see” for all Americans, and you can watch it online here. The obesity epidemic is literally becoming an issue of national security, with the health of our workforce compromised and the cost of obesity related illness racing toward overwhelming. Worse, our children are almost certainly going to [...]

  • weight of nation 2

    Watch “The Weight of the Nation” HBO Documentary, Part 2; Choices

    This 4 part HBO series is a “must see” for all Americans, and you can watch it online here. The obesity epidemic is literally becoming an issue of national security, with the health of our workforce compromised and the cost of obesity related illness racing toward overwhelming. Worse, our children are almost certainly going to [...]