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Primary focus is to educate and empower African Americans to live well with diabetes - providing recipes, meal plans, resources and timely diabetes information. Secondary focus is to shorten the cultural distance between health care providers and African Americans with diabetes. Professionals will find a glossary of Caribbean and soul foods and a list of resources.

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Diabetes · 1M ago

Are You at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

In America, almost 26 million people are quietly living with diabetes and almost five million are African American. Researchers tell us it’s reached epidemic proportions. Compounding the problem, approximately 57 million people have pre-diabetes—a condition that puts them at great risk of developing

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Diabetes · 4M ago

5 Easy Ways to Keep Your New Years Resolutions by Lauren Maksym Dietetic Intern

If you’re feeling discouraged about not being able to keep your new year’s resolutions, here are some strategies that can help. If you associate a diet with “all or nothing” and deprive yourself of the foods you love, it may be harder to follow a diet. You have to encourage yourself and make realis

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Diabetes · 5M ago

A Time for Enjoyment Not Guilt Guest Post by Christina Sabatino

The holiday season should be a positive experience. It’s a time to spend with loved ones, to reflect spiritually, and to embrace family traditions. However, the holidays can bring about numerous tempting foods, many of which remind you of your childhood and the traditional celebrations you’ve shared

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Diabetes · 6M ago

National Diabetes Month

November has been set aside as National Diabetes Month - a time to bring awareness to the seriousness of diabetes. Of course as a reader of this blog you’re well aware of diabetes, what it is, how to manage it and even how to prevent it. If you’re not a regular reader please feel free [...]

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Diabetes · 8M ago

6 Simple Ways to Create Good for You Pizza

When you got your diabetes diagnosis, what was the first thing you thought? If you’re like many of my patients, the first thing that came to mind was: Will I be able to eat pizza? That’s because most people equate pizza with food that is off limits, especially if you’re trying to eat healthy and ma

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Diabetes · 10M ago

Test! Don’t Guess

Test! Don’t Guess – that was the rallying call at Walmart’s new Health and Wellness Stage at the Essence Music Festival July 1 – 3. Recognizing that one in two African Americans born in 2000 will develop diabetes, Walmart partnered with dLife and Johnson and Johnson to bring the fight against diabet

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Diabetes · 11M ago

Diabetes Ed at Essence Music Festival

The Essence Music Festival welcomes the biggest names in R & B to the New Orleans Superdome during the July 4th Holiday weekend. Hailed as one of the largest and most influential African-American entertainment festivals, over 400,000 people flock to center stage to hear performances by Usher, Jenni

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Diabetes · 11M ago

Be Careful What You Ask For

Sound familiar? Or perhaps “be careful what you pray for because you just might get it” rings a more familiar tone. That’s what church folk often say. And believe me it’s really something to think about. I know. I prayed for a successful career and my prayer was answered – big time! That’s one of t

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Diabetes · 1Y ago

April – National Minority Health Month

April is National Minority Health Month - a time set aside to bring attention to health disparities that exist in the minority population. I started Minority Health Month with an on camera interview by Brand New You host Karen Taylor-Bass. You can view the interview Living (and Eating) Well With Dia

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Diabetes · 1Y ago

Eat Right with Color for Breakfast

Breakfast in Dublin This breakfast truly exemplifies the National Nutrition Month theme, Eat Right With Color. Thanks to my friend and fellow registered dietitian, Bonnie Taub-Dix, I can share this colorful breakfast with you. The picture was taken during our recent trip to Dublin. Creamy scrambled

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