Eating Tip #3 for People With Diabetes: Prep, Portion and Freeze!

Figuring out what to eat with diabetes can be daunting – so our friend and colleague, Hope Warshaw, RD, CDCES has written a series on healthy eating tips featuring leading dietitians, who work with people with diabetes, to share proven strategies to help improve your diabetes wellness.

“A tried-and-true strategy for healthy, appropriately portioned meals is batch cooking,” says Janice MacLeod, MA, RDN, CDCES, FADCES, the head of Clinical Advocacy in Global Professional Affairs & Clinical Education for Medtronic’s Diabetes Group. “This creates meals to have on hand when you don’t have time to cook. When it comes to a ratio for portions of each food group, think of the plate as a pie chart to achieve the “ideal plate ratio;” half of it should be vegetables, cooked or raw, one-quarter should be protein (about three to four ounces of protein). The other quarter can be healthy grains or more vegetables.”

Read more of Hope Warshaw’s interviews with Susan Weiner MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, and Janice MacLeod MA, RDN, CDCES, FADCES for advice on increasing your fiber intake, food prep, and how best to use the services of certified diabetes care and education specialist in her article, Healthy Eating Tips for People with Diabetes: Part 2 for diatribe.

Join us for Divabetic’s upcoming free Baking Party with The Diabetic Pastry Chef on Thursday, April 28, 2022, 7 – 8:30 PM, EST on Zoom and you’ll be automatically entered into our random drawing for Divabetic’s prize giveaway.

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Over 150 people registered for our last Divabetic Baking Party on Zoom, so don’t miss out!  Register now for Divabetic’s Baking Party on Thursday, April 28, 2022, 7 – 8:30 PM, EST on Zoom.

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The happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic raises awareness for living a full, fabulous diabetes life at the Easter Parade on Fifth Avenue in New York City, NY. Special guests Carla Cravens, Catherine Schuller, Amy Goldin, and Jean & Valerie from Life Dressing: The Idiosyncratic Fashionistas. The New York City Easter Parade has been an annual tradition since Civil War days and features marchers in elaborate Easter finery, including some of the fanciest Easter bonnets imaginable.

 

Could You Have Been Misdiagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes?

A recent study in Diabetologia found that 21% of people initially diagnosed with type 2 diabetes after the age of 30 and treated with insulin actually had type 1 diabetes as reported in diaTribe. A striking 38% of those with late-onset type 1 did not immediately receive insulin – putting them at high risk of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Of those with late-onset type 1 diabetes, 85% required insulin within one year of diagnosis. Indeed, if insulin treatment is required within three years of diagnosis with type 2 diabetes, there is a high likelihood that a type 1 diagnosis was missed.

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What’s it like to live with type 1 diabetes for 50 years?

Catherine Lawrence shares her experience living with type 1 diabetes for 50 years on Divabetic’s 9th Year Anniversary Diabetes Late Nite podcast with musical inspiration from P!nk.

P!nk’s new album, Hurts 2B Human features the singer teaming up with Chris Stapleton, Khalid and more on her passionately confessional eighth LP. 

Pink sings “I abhor reality” on the sugary dance song “Can We Pretend” featuring Cash Cash. But when she digs into what’s getting her down, it’s the most brazen and heartbroken she’s ever sounded. On the Sia-cowritten “Courage,” Pink’s voice swings up the scale on its own chandelier. “I don’t have to do this perfectly,” she sings. “Happy” (co-written by Teddy Geiger and Sasha Sloan) reminds us she is also the patron saint of the Missundaztood: “Can somebody find me a pill to make me unafraid of me/ Maybe I’m just scared to be happy,” she sings.

Guests include Beyond Type 2’s T’ara Smith, Catherine Lawrence , Dr. Sara (Mandy) Reece PHARMD, CDE, BC-ADM, BCACP, FAADE, Poet Lorraine Brooks, Glamazon Beauty owner Kim Baker, and the Charlie’s Angels of Outreach. Hosted by the happiest health care “MC,” Max “Mr. Divabetic” Szadek. 

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