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Spotlight on: The most important meal of the day
Prescription for success: Managing your diabetes
Preventive care: Your eyes |
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Diabetes in the News
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Eating breakfast can help control blood glucose
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day – especially when you have diabetes. Eating breakfast not only provides your body with energy, it can help you control your blood glucose during the day.
"Your body needs food to make glucose, which will be used for energy," says Virginia Bennett, dietitian and diabetes educator with Allina Medical Clinic. "When you eat breakfast, your body uses this energy to help you do your daily activities." Read more... |
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Five tools of good diabetes management
Food, physical activity, stress management, medicine, and monitoring blood glucose are tools that can help manage your diabetes.
- Eating the right foods during the day will help you keep your blood sugar in control.
- Physical activity helps your body use up blood glucose and makes your insulin work better.
- Unmanaged stress increases blood glucose.
- Many medicines help control blood glucose.
- Testing your blood glucose levels will tell you how your food, physical activity and medicine are working together.
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Save your sight. Get regular eye exams.
 Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness in the United States. Diabetic retinopathy alone causes 12,000 to 24,000 new cases of blindness each year. But there are things you can do to help prevent blindness.
Eye problems caused by diabetes can become severe before you notice any changes in your vision. Yearly visits to an ophthalmologist, a doctor specializing in eye diseases and eye surgery, can help save your sight. Read more... |
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Eat your meals and snacks every 4 to 6 hours to help even out your blood glucose level.
Use the "talk test" to tell how hard you are exercising.
- If you can easily have a normal conversation or sing, you need to work a little harder.
- If you have trouble talking, you need to slow down.
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Research yields clues to diabetic eye disease
Scientists have identified a protein that causes blood vessel leakage and swelling in the eyes of people with diabetic retinopathy. The finding could help in the development of new treatments for this and other eye diseases. Read the full story…
Study confirms link between hormone, insulin-producing cells
A neuropeptide called melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) plays a role in the growth of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas and the secretion of insulin, a new study finds. This may help in the development of novel diabetes treatments designed to stimulate production of beta cells in the pancreas. Read the full story…
Better control of diabetes could reduce stroke
When researchers analyzed data on nearly 50,000 stroke patients with diabetes, they found that these patients had high rates of obesity, high blood pressure, cholesterol disorders, and poor control of blood sugar at the time of the stroke. Read the full story…
'Couch potato' lifestyle helps drive diabetes
A new study offers another compelling reason to get up off the sofa and exercise. The research shows that people with type 2 diabetes, or those at risk for the disease, are less likely to be physically active than those who are not at risk. Read the full story…
No proof zinc helps prevent diabetes
Despite claims by supplement manufacturers that zinc pills can help prevent type 2 diabetes, there is no proof for that notion in randomized clinical trials. But that doesn't mean zinc has no role in diabetes prevention. Read the full story…
Obesity boosts kidney risk in type 1 diabetes
For people with type 1 diabetes, obesity is also associated with an increased risk of kidney disease, a U.S. study finds. Researchers looked at what effect obesity -- specifically waist circumference -- had on kidney disease risk. Read the full story…
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Egg white scrambler
This egg white scrambler makes for a quick and easy breakfast. Makes 1 serving.
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Ingredients
- Olive oil or canola oil non-stick cooking spray
- 3 egg whites
- 2 tablespoons cold water
- ¼ cup any combinations of your favorite low carbohydrate vegetables chopped (such as sweet onions, green onions, mushrooms, cilantro, broccoli, or cherry tomatoes)
- ¼ cup cooked lean ham or cooked bison sausage, chopped
- 1 slice of 50 percent reduced fat cheddar or Swiss cheese
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Directions
- Spray a non-stick skillet with cooking spray and heat to medium-high.
- Spread chopped vegetables and ham (or bison) in pan and cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Wisk together egg whites and water; then pour over vegetables and ham (or bison).
- Cook until egg whites are set.
- Place cheese on top of mixture, cover pan, and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, or until cheese is melted.
- Serve by flipping half of the mixture over top of the other half.
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Nutritional Information
Serving: 1
Calories: 179
Fat: 5 grams
Saturated Fat: 2 grams
Cholesterol: 39 milligrams
Sodium: 597 milligrams
Carbohydrates: 3 grams
Protein: 28 grams
Source: Virginia Bennett, registered dietitian, diabetes educator, Allina Medical Clinic
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