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While most people already know it’s best to steer clear of high-salt foods like movie-theater popcorn and French fries, you also need to be on the lookout for less obvious foods that are loaded with sodium.

Which one of these foods contains the most amount of sodium:

A.) Hot Dogs

B.) Corn flakes (one cup)

C. Soy Sauce (one tablespoon)

Answer: SOY SAUCE. One cup of cornflakes can have more than 200 mg of sodium per serving, which can add up quickly if you aren’t measuring portion sizes. A. hot dog can contain up to 700 mg of sodium. However, soy sauce can pack a whopping 1,000 mg of sodium per tablespoon!!

According to the Harvard School of Public Health excess sodium increases your blood volume and with it, the strain on your heart and blood vessels so how much sodium can you safely eat each day?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that people with diabetes consume less than 1,500 milligrams of sodium a day. That’s because a high salt intake can contribute to high blood pressure and heart disease, which both worsen diabetes symptoms.

Although many people avoid using the saltshaker, they don’t realize that the main sources of sodium are actually packaged foods with added salt. An easy way to cut back on sodium is to rinse off canned veggies before cooking to wash away any residual sodium that may be used as a preservative.

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Can you guess the correct answer?

Diabetes tends to lower “good” cholesterol levels and raise triglyceride and “bad” cholesterol levels, which increases the risk for heart disease and stroke. This common condition is called diabetic dyslipidemia. Diabetic dyslipidemia means your lipid profile is going in the wrong direction.

Your total cholesterol score is calculated using the following equation: HDL + LDL + 20 percent of your triglyceride level. With HDL (good) cholesterol, higher levels are better. A low LDL (bad) cholesterol level is considered good for your heart health. Triglyceride is a form of fat.

High cholesterol levels put you at risk for atherosclerosis (fatty buildups of plaque in artery walls). These deposits can contribute to blocking the blood flow to a part of the heart muscle and cause a heart attack. A high LDL level indicates an increased risk of heart disease. Atherosclerosis in arteries in or leading to the brain can result in stroke.

 

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I like to test my guests’ knowledge of diabetes and diabetes self-care management by playing games on our monthly podcast, Diabetes Late Nite . This is our game question from August’s podcast. Tune in to find out if my special guest, Jill Woolsey-Knapp, who lost 100 pounds after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes was able to answer the question correctly.

WEEKLY WOW QUESTION:Most of us know that our pancreas sits across the back of the abdomen, just behind the stomach, right?!!!! But we don’t seem to know the size of our pancreas. How big is your pancreas?

1. 4 inches long
2. 6 inches long
3. 8 inches long

The pancreas is a long flattened gland located deep in the belly (abdomen). Because the pancreas isn’t seen or felt in our day to day lives, most people don’t know as much about the pancreas as they do about other parts of their bodies. The pancreas is, however, a vital part of the digestive system and a critical controller of blood sugar levels.

It’s interesting to note, because of the deep location of the pancreas, tumors of the pancreas are rarely able to be felt by pressing on the abdomen). This explains why most symptoms of pancreatic cancer do not appear until the tumor has grown large enough to interfere with the function of the pancreas or other nearby organs such as the stomach, duodenum, liver, or gallbladder.

ANSWER: 6 inches long

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Correctly answer our diabetes wellness question and you could be an INSTANT WINNER on August’s Diabetes Late Nite show on ‘ANGER & DIABETES’ on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, 6- 7:30 PM, EST.

Our INSTANT WINNER will receive a complimentary Divabetic prize giveaway including a Nu Naturals gift, Dr. Greenfield’s Diabetes Lotions and a Cabot Cheese prize package for helping us raise awareness for diabetes self-care management in a fun, new way! E-mail your answers to: mrdivabetic@gmail.com

Did you know that people with type 2 diabetes have a considerably higher risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and are disproportionately affected by cardiovascular disease?

Most of this excess risk is associated with high prevalence of well-established risk factors such as hypertension, dyslipidaemia and obesity in these patients. Hypertension plays a major role in the development and progression of microvascular and macrovascular disease in people with diabetes.

Early intervention and targeting multiple risk factors with both lifestyle and pharmacological strategies give the best chance of reducing macrovascular complications in the long term

If your blood pressure is out of control, it can damage your eye blood vessels, which are already at risk for damage from too much glucose. So, it is to your advantage to work with your healthcare team to keep your blood pressure in check.

TUNE IN: August’s Diabetes Late Nite show on ‘ANGER & DIABETES’ on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, 6- 7:30 PM, EST. Hosted by Mr. Divabetic. His guests include Author of “Overcoming Destructive Anger” Dr. Bernard Golden PhD, Dr. Lori Shemek PhD, Susan Weiner MS, RD, CDE, CDN, Laura Laria, Jill Knapp- Woolsey, Poet Lorraine Brooks, Mama Rose Marie, and the Charlie’s Angels Outreach.

Throughout the podcast we will be playing selected songs from Essential Evelyn “Champagne” King courtesy of SONY Music.

Diabetes Late Nite is a fast-paced, full-filled hour of diabetes education and wellness advice that encourages listeners to “laugh a little, learn a lot.”

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