Being told by your doctor that you have borderline diabetes can be a scary thing. It’s a life changing situation. But, every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans are being told just that as the number of diabetes cases continually rises. Currently, there are over 18 million known case of diabetes in the U.S. that have diabetes. It’s estimated that there’s approximately 6 million more people that have diabetes and don’t (more…)

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Calorie Count, a free service from About.com, can help you stay focused on your diet plans as you start the New Year. Type 2 diabetes is best managed with a healthy diet and by maintaining a healthy weight. Calorie Count is a great online diet tool and can make your life a little easier. You can keep track of what you eat, find out the nutritional facts on thousands of foods, find out how many calories you’re burning with exercise, (more…)

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I just read the book “Your First Year With Diabetes – What to do Month by Month” which was written and illustrated by Theresa Garnero, APRN, BC-ADM, MSN, CDE. It is phenomenal.

Your First Year With Diabetes is essentially a month by month guide letting you know exactly what you should be doing and how.

Diabetes can be overwhelming and the first 12 months can be particularly rough to go through. (more…)

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