Diabetes and Your Heart
Category: prevention
February is American Heart Month, a time when all people can focus on their cardiovascular health. If you have diabetes, you’re twice as likely to have heart disease or a stroke than someone […]
November Focus ~ Facing the Challenges of Diabetes
Category: Healthy Nutrition
Most of us connect November to Thanksgiving, family, football, and, of course, the turkey with all of the trimmings. I just realized that it is also the month recognizing diabetes, […]
Are You Ready For A Challenge?
Category: prevention
That question came up for my husband and me more than 25 years ago and we both agreed that we were ready for the challenge of adopting a daily nutrition […]
Pancreatic Cancer on the Rise….Why?
Category: Healthy Nutrition
In browsing through the health section of the News & Observer recently, (July 30, 2018) I came across a very informative article by Jane E. Brody about pancreatic cancer. Long […]
Is Your Lifespan Outliving Your Healthspan?
Category: Healthy Aging
I just received a very positive phone call from my eldest son about his recent physical. Because he has taken the time to get sugar pretty much out of his […]
Are You Giving Your Kidneys a Second Thought?
Category: Healthy Nutrition
I ask that question because frankly I never did until the day I was suddenly experiencing severe high blood pressure and the doctors immediately began to check my kidneys. According […]
Mediterranean Diet for Your Health
Category: Healthy Heart
So what is the Mediterranean Diet and why do we care? Since February is Heart Month, I thought this was an important subject, since so many of the discussions around […]