Posts Tagged ‘prediabetes’
What to Eat if You Have Prediabetes
You get a call from your doctor telling you your sugar is a little high on your blood test. You don’t have diabetes but will need to watch it. You’re told to cut out sugar, bread and pasta. But now you are in a panic because you don’t know what to eat. Carbs are everywhere!…
Read MoreBest Low Carb Pasta and Pasta Alternatives
Pasta is the ultimate comfort food! But it’s gotten a bad rap in the past few years due to the low carb craze. In addition, regular “white” pasta is refined and stripped of many nutrients. As a nutritionist, I believe that “all foods can fit” and have no problem recommending pasta to my clients. But…
Read More25 Ways to Decrease Insulin Resistance Naturally
You’ve been told you have insulin resistance. Insulin resistance affects at least 60% of the adult population (and almost all women with PCOS) and is associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease. So what can YOU do about it? You’ve probably read on the internet that you need to cut out…
Read MoreThe Best Foods for PCOS
When you think of diet and PCOS, I bet you think of what you should NOT eat instead of all the healthy foods you CAN eat. The good news is that certain foods can help heal your PCOS by several mechanisms, including lowering insulin and androgen levels, decreasing inflammation, and decreasing risk of diabetes and…
Read MoreEating Protein BEFORE Carbs Lowers Blood Sugar
If you have diabetes, prediabetes or insulin resistance, you’ve probably been told to limit your carb intake. Carbs raise blood sugar as well as insulin levels in those people that are insulin resistant. Excessive amounts of insulin and elevated blood sugar lead to health problems. But limiting carbs isn’t so easy to do, as they…
Read MoreMost Popular Blog Posts of 2014
Wishing everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year! To ring in the New Year, I thought I’d re-post some of my most popular blog posts in the past 2 years. I look forward to sharing more nutrition info with you in 2015! Most popular blog posts of 2014 7 Sneaky Reasons Why You’re Gaining…
Read MoreYou May Have Prediabetes and Not Even Know it!
Prediabetes could be called a silent epidemic. You won’t have any symptoms, yet your risk for heart disease and stoke increases by 50%. The American Diabetes Association reports that 79 million Americans have prediabetes. And it is estimated that just 7 percent of people with prediabetes have been told they have it. Prediabetes is likely to turn into…
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