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Divabetic Puzzle: Wheel Of Fortune #1
Can you solve the puzzle?
Divabetic is celebrating it’s 10 year anniversary of podcasting in July 2020 with a series of games, trivia questions and virtual outreach events to help you ‘GLAM MORE, FEAR LESS’ and prevent a diabetes health-related complication from occurring. Make sure to check out our full calendar at divabetic.org for updates.
Win the chance to appear in Divabetic’s Annual Mystery podcast on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, 6 PM, EST when you fill out our quick Podcast Listener Survey. Share your opinions on what topics, experts and music choices you’d like us to present over the next year.
Puzzle answer: Low Blood Sugar
What is Hypoglycemia or a low blood sugar? Hypoglycemia is a condition in which your blood sugar (glucose) level is lower than normal. Too much insulin or other diabetes medications may cause your blood sugar level to drop too low, causing hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia can also occur if you eat less than usual after taking diabetes medication, or if you exercise more than you normally do.
Typical symptoms of hypoglycemia may include: Increased thirst and/or hunger. Frequent urination. Sugar in your urine. Talk to your doctor about how to treat low blood sugars.
Listen to Divabetic’s Diabetes Late Nite podcasts for diabetes information, expert advice, real-life testimonials and music from your favorite artists. This month, we’re talking to The Lager Queen of Minnesota and Kitchens of the Great Midwest Author J. Ryan Stradal, Deborah Greenwood PhD, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, FAADE, Fonzi Thornton, Rachel Stahl MS, RD, CDN, CDE, and Lorraine Brooks and featuring music from Dionne Warwick.
Divabetic Smart Snacks #4
Choosing healthy snacks can be difficult when you have diabetes.
The key is to choose snacks that are high in fiber, protein and healthy fats. These nutrients will help keep your blood sugar levels under control.
It’s also important to snack on nutrient-dense foods that promote overall health.
Chickpeas, also known as garbanzo beans have close to 15 grams of protein and 13 grams of fiber in a 1-cup (164-gram) serving of chickpeas, making them an excellent snack for people with diabetes.
One of our new favorite snacks, Oasis Mediterranean Cuisine’s Hommus Crisps‘ contain: chickpeas, green lentils, corn, sesame seeds, vegetable oil, sea salt.
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Best Value Food Processor #2: The Cuisinart Elemental
When a trip to the local kitchen appliance store manages to spin Mr. Divabetic’s life out of control in this year’s Divabetic Mystery podcast, Kill Me Madam, he relies on a food processor for help.
This handy kitchen gadget is used to finely chop pecans needed for the pie crust in his new dairy and gluten free Key Lime Pie recipe but what can it do for you?
Why do you need a food processor?
Food processors are great for blending, but what many people with diabetes don’t realize is that they’re ideal for coarser jobs, too. You can certainly use your food processor to make smooth, well-mixed hummus or other bean dips, but you can also use them to for simple prep tasks. It’s an extremely powerful knife that quickly chops and grinds different ingredients, from onions to to nuts to hard cheeses, in a matter of seconds.
Here’s one of Divabetic’s favorite food processors:
The Cuisinart Elemental 11 Cup Food Processor lets you quickly and easily prepare large portions of ingredients for meals with minimum effort. The generous 11 cup work bowl, make this food processor the ultimate timesaver for your favorite dishes, making quick work of everything from chopping nuts and puréeing soup to slicing tomatoes and shredding cheese. Another time saver – the rubberized touchpad with Pulse control is wipe-clean and the removable parts are dishwasher safe!
The Cuisinart Elemental 11 cup food processor allows you to quickly and easily prep larger portions of ingredients for bigger meals with minimum effort. With an 11 cup work bowl, 1 stainless steel blade and 2 discs, it’s the ultimate timesaver, making quick work of everything from chopping nuts and pureeing soup to slicing tomatoes and shredding cheese. The rubberized touchpad with pulse control offers the ease of use and versatility that makes this classic the favorite of creative home cooks! The removable parts are dishwasher safe too.
Amazon Price: $149.00
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The power of pecans is true! When it comes to stabilizing blood sugar, polyunsaturated fats in tree nuts — such as pecans along with almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, walnuts, and pistachios — are especially beneficial. They’re also loaded with fiber and protein to help with heart health.
Enjoy Divabetic’s 6th Annual Diabetes Mystery Podcast, Gingerbread Men Prefer Blondes. The mystery is set in the fictitiously decadent world-renowned Gingerbread Men Cookie Baking Competition in New York’s Central Park Zoo. Mr. Divabetic’s healthy culinary misadventures continue in this year’s escapade as he enters the competition with headless cookies and pureed kale hot cocoa for the judges to sample. As if this dreadful combination wasn’t bad enough to land him at the bottom of the throwdown, his mother, Mama Rose Marie, is accused of poisoning one of the celebrity judges! Things go from bad to worse when the snake phobic Mr. Divabetic hears about the giant python’s escape. Now, the happy healthcare host must decide to face his fear of snakes and recipe rejection or throw in his apron and risk getting caught up in another murder investigation.
Can Mr. Divabetic and his team of amateur sleuths hunt down the real killer and get Mama Rose Marie out of jail?
Will he be the next murder victim? Can he ever create an edible recipe?
The cast of Gingerbread Men Prefer Blondes features Mama Rose Marie, Best-Selling Author Tonya Kappes, the Charlie’s Angels of Outreach (Patricia Addie-Gentle RN, CDE and MaryAnn Nicolay BA, DTR), The Happy Diabetic Chef Robert Lewis, Seveda Williams, Coach The Cure’s Trisha Artman, Jillian Walsh, Wendy Radford, Dave Jones, Lorraine Brooks and Max Szadek. Throughout this podcast we will be featuring music from the original Broadway cast recording of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes courtesy of SONY MUSIC.
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Slightly Sinful Shortbread Recipe from SPLENDA®
A lot of us living with diabetes who are cutting back on high-carb foods like starches, desserts and processed snacks still have a sweet tooth.
Keep in mind, SPLENDA® contains maltodextrin and dextrose, two carbs that supply about 3 calories and 1 gram of carbs in each packet ( 6 ) even though it’s calorie-free. SPLENDA® can be substituted for sugar in a 1:1 ratio for most recipes.Happy baking!
Combine flour, SPLENDA® Granulated and rice flour. Beat butter until smooth and creamy. Gradually add flour mixture, beating until smooth. Press evenly into a greased 8’ square baking pan.
Bake at 325°F (160°C) for about 35 minutes or until lightly browned at the edges and firm to touch. Cool on rack. Cut into small squares. Store in the refrigerator.
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“A light, cozy mystery read with a cat-loving and cafe-owning amateur female sleuth, in a small English village setting with quirky characters. Written in British English. No cliffhanger, swearing, gore or graphic scenes! Contains mild peril.“
Plot Summary: When Julia’s gran, Dot, wins an all-inclusive spa trip to Scotland, Julia finds it difficult to refuse the offer of a relaxing week away from her café. Along with her sister, Sue, they pack up her tiny vintage car and drive all the way from Peridale to Seirbigh Castle, ready to be pampered. The last thing Julia expected was to be caught up in another murder investigation, but when the cruel owner of the family-run spa, Henry McLaughlin, is shot dead, she can’t resist ditching the facemasks and massages in favour of cracking the case.
Julia quickly befriends the young cook and talented-baker, Blair, and acquires a job in the kitchen so she can observe the strange family in the wake of the murder. Henry’s wife and children are acting suspicious, and with an incompetent young Detective Inspector on the case, Julia makes it her mission to discover the secrets held within the ancient walls before Seirbigh Castle claims another victim.
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Nails Salons Opening After the Virus: What You Should Know
We get it—you want to put your best foot forward with Summer approaching. But pampering and pretty polish might not be worth the price for someone living with diabetes.
Too often poor sanitation practices, shared tools, and the work of overzealous nail technicians can result in skin injuries or infections even prior to the panepidemic.
For someone living with diabetes, an infection can raise blood sugar levels, which, in turn, can increase the risk of serious complications like ulcers or even amputation.
If you choose to go to a nail salon, you should invest in your own nail kit and bring it with you. Let your nail technician know you’re living with diabetes before your mani or pedi begins.
After your mani or pedi is finished, keep an eye on your hands, feet and legs for any signs of redness or infection. If you notice anything unusual, call your doctor right away.
New York State Equipment Requirements for Nail Salons Reopening In June 2020
As of June 15, 2015, nail salons must maintain the following equipment at each workstation and provide it to workers, upon request, and at no cost:
- A properly fitted N-95 or N-100 respirator, approved by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, for each individual who uses the workstation. All workers must have access to and be allowed to use these respirators when buffing or filing nails or when using acrylic powder.
- Protective gloves made of nitrile, or another similar non-permeable material for workers with a sensitivity to nitrile gloves. You must have a sufficient number of gloves available so that each nail technician has access to and is allowed to use a new pair of gloves for each customer. All workers must wear gloves when handling potentially hazardous chemicals or waste and during cleanup, or when performing any nail service that has a risk of breaking the customer’s skin.
- Protective eye equipment. All workers must have access to and be allowed to wear eye protection when preparing, transferring or pouring potentially hazardous chemicals.
A list of potentially hazardous chemicals commonly found in nail salons can be accessed here.
Dr. Michele Summers Colon known as ‘The Holistic Podiatrist’ shares the healthiest height and style for stilettos, a common dilemma women with diabetes, on April’s Diabetes Late Nite podcast.
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Divabetic Podcast Listener Survey
Please take a minute to fill our quick survey to help us serve our community in a more meaningful way.
Enter your name at the end of the survey to register for our random drawing to a featured guest on Divabetic’s Annual Diabetes Mystery Podcast, ‘Kill Me Madam: Pecans, Pirates & Pistols’ on Tuesday, September 9, 2020, 6 PM, EST
Thank you for your loyal listenership for the past 10 years. We’re looking forward to informing and inspiring you in the years to come!
Divabetic Remembers Betty Wright
R&B singer, songwriter Betty Wright known for her hits “Clean Up Woman” and “Tonight is the Night,” died at the age of 66.
Steve Greenberg, president of S-Curve Records, confirmed the singer’s death came after a battle with cancer.
Betty Wright is best known for her 1971 hit song “Clean Up Woman,” a sassy tune about a woman who “cleans up” the men of women who neglect them.
The song’s rise to No. 6 on the Billboard singles charts sparked years of success for the singer that included winning a Grammy for Best R&B Song for “Where is the Love” in 1976, a song she had co-written.
Just over a decade after her Grammy win, Wright would net another achievement — becoming the first woman to have a record on her own label achieve gold status.
In recent years, she mentored younger artists including Joss Stone. Her influence can be heard on Joss Stone’s The Soul Sessions especially in the stand out track, “Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin’ on Me?), Part 1.
“I believe in legacy,” Wright told NPR in 2011 about her work as a mentor. “And I believe in making the radio sound better. If I gotta listen to it, I want it to sound good. So I’m tired of people disturbing the peace, getting on the radio and sounding a hot mess. If I can tell what the note really is, why let them go to the note they think it is? I’ve got that mama vibe. I don’t look at it with an ego.”
Blueberry Baked Oatmeal Recipe by Jill Weisenberger
What’s better than a delicious and healthy breakfast to please you and your family?
Diabetes Late Nite podcast guest, Jill Weisenberger MS, RDN, CDE, CHWC, FAND shares her simple but delicious Blueberry Baked Oatmeal Recipe!
Healthy Blueberry Baked Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 12 fluid ounces orange juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 6 tablespoon brown sugar, packed
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
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Are you thinking of adding oatmeal to your diet? We asked registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator, Jill Weisenberg for her advice about oatmeal
Q: Why is oatmeal a good food choice for people with diabetes?
Jill Weisenberger (JW): Oats have the viscous fiber called beta-glucan, which helps to sweep away cholesterol and lower blood sugar levels.
Q: Why or why not should someone with diabetes eat breakfast?
JW: In general, people who eat breakfast have greater insulin sensitivity, and it sometimes actually lowers high morning blood sugars in people with type 2 diabetes. That being said, if someone is in good control throughout the day and meeting health goals, and they don’t like eating breakfast, I certainly wouldn’t push it on them.
The latest numbers from the CDC suggest that nearly 1 in 3 adults have either prediabetes or diabetes. These are alarming numbers, and finding out that you are the one out of three can be even more alarming. Shock, denial, and confusion are not uncommon reactions. But there is a flipside to learning you have prediabetes. It can be scary, but it’s also an opportunity—an opportunity to “reset,” to improve your health, and to get yourself in better shape than ever. Let Prediabetes: A Complete Guide show you how!
This comprehensive guide will lead you through dozens of concrete steps you can take to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and other lifestyle-related chronic diseases. Taking an individualized approach to your lifestyle reset, Prediabetes: A Complete Guide will allow you to choose your own path to wellness and help you gain a greater sense of wellbeing, boost confidence in your abilities to maintain a healthful lifestyle, and potentially even help you reverse prediabetes, avoid type 2 diabetes and other chronic illnesses, and have you feeling better than you have in years!
We’re celebrating Divabetic’s 8 Year Anniversary of Diabetes podcasting with musical inspiration from Patti Austin.
“I had type 2 diabetes,” says the former 285- pound singing sensation. “I had obesity-driven diabetes,” continued the now 140-pound Austin. To reach her new weight, Patti Austin had gastric bypass surgery and the result has been remarkable.
Podcast guests include Poet Lorraine Brooks, Jill Weisenberger MS, RDN, CDE, CHWC, FAND, Chris Pickering co-founder of ‘The Betes Bros, Patricia Addie-Gentle RN, CDE, and Mama Rose Marie.