Blog Posts in 2021

Living Well with Diabetes Newsletter | December 2021

Managing diabetes can be a stressful task, but when you add traveling, holidays meals, extra desserts plus a change in time and weather it can be quite challenging! Luckily here at Palm Beach Diabetes and Endocrine Specialists we have a whole team of certified diabetes care education specialists and registered dietitians to help give you tips & tricks to keep you on track! Not only are we offering ...

November is Diabetes Awareness month

Did you know November is Diabetes Awareness Month? November 14 th is ‘World Diabetes Day' celebrated in honor of Dr. Frederick Banting, credited to have discovered insulin. The American Diabetic Association has been celebrating Diabetes Awareness month since 1975 in the United States. Millions of Americans are suffering from type 1 or type 2 diabetes. A lot of them are dealing with insulin ...

Living Well With Diabetes Newsletter | September 2021

Balance your Meals and Have Better Blood Sugar with the PFF Method! By: Jessica Cook MS, RD, LD/N, CDCES There is a new method in town to help you balance blood sugars, limit snacking, decrease cravings, help with weight loss and improve your mood… its called the PFF Method or simply the Protein, Fiber, Fat Method. This is a method used by our registered dietitians and certified diabetes educators ...

Understanding Fatigue

Fatigue is one of the most common reasons for patients to seek evaluation by an endocrinologist. Appropriate evaluation for endocrine and metabolic causes could include tests for hypothyroidism or adrenal insufficiency or low testosterone or vitamin B12 deficiency or iron deficiency. But frequently these tests are negative and that we need to consider other possible causes. I Infectious diseases ...