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  • Living Well with Diabetes March 2019

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  • Living Well with Diabetes: Fall 2018

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  • Living Well with Diabetes

    Get Moving Not Only for Weight Loss! By: Jessica Cook, Director of Education MS, RD, LD, CDE Spring is in the air and the weather is perfect to get moving outside! Many people dread the word “Exercise” and usually people associate this word with spending hours torturing yourself in a gym with a bunch of strangers feeling uncomfortable. Well physicial activity doesn’t have to include a gym or ...
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  • Living Well with Diabetes February Newsletter

    National Heart Health Month February is heart health month due to the fact that about 2,300 Americans die each day from cardiovascular disease. Many patients do not realize that one of the leading complications of diabetes is cardiovascular disease, but you can work with your physician as well as your diabetes care team to prevent heart disease. Here are a few tips to prevent the devastation that ...
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  • Living Well with Diabetes Newsletter

    Happy 2018! Something about the new year really inspires people to turn a new leaf, improve their life and change old bad habits. Many people turn to New Year’s Resolutions as their defining moment of change and while that can be quite inspiring, it also may not be realistic, leaving many people falling short on their goals. It is incredibly hard when you are changing habits, especially diet and ...
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  • Living Well with Diabetes Newsletter

    Get Creative with Squash! By: Jessica Cook, Director of Education MS, RD, LD, CDE Fall is the season for apples, spooky costumes, leaves changing colors (not in South Florida of course) and squash! Butternut, spaghetti, acorn, kabocha, pumpkin, delicata, sugar pie pumpkins are just a few variety of winter squashes you may see at your local grocery store this season. Squash is a rich, nutrient ...
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  • Living Well with Diabetes Newsletter: Stay Safe During Hurricane Season

    Hurricane season has hit South Florida horribly with Hurricane Irma and pending Hurricane Jose. Many Floridians were evacuated, without power and some without water or shutters for their home. In a time when natural disasters are imminent there a few things to keep in mind about your diabetes: Have enough medication to last for several weeks after the storm. If you are traveling or even staying ...
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  • August 2017 - Newsletter

    Living Well with Diabetes: Diabetes and Your Sleep By: Jessica Cook, Director of Education MS, RD, LD, CDE Many people think about food, medicine, exercise and weight when it comes to controlling their diabetes, but did you know poor sleep can also affect blood sugars? And poorly controlled diabetes can also lead to poor sleep! Not only do people with diabetes have a higher risk of obstructive ...
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  • January 2013 - Newsletter

    New Year Brings New Beginnings! By: Jessica Cook MS, RD, LD/N (Director of Education) Welcome to the new Monthly Healthy Living with Diabetes Newsletter. We hope you find new ways to help manage your health and diabetes with our useful information and tips to living a healthy lifestyle. With monthly information from our physicians, certified diabetes educators registered dietitians and even some ...
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  • January 2014 - Newsletter

    Welcome to the first Healthy Living with Diabetes Newsletter of 2014. We hope you find new ways to help manage your health and diabetes with our useful information and tips to living a healthy lifestyle. With monthly information from our physicians, certified diabetes educators, registered dietitians and even some great feedback from our patients right here at Palm Beach Diabetes and Endocrine ...
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  • Living Well With Diabetes Newsletter - May 2017

    GROW YOUR DIABETES KNOWLEDGE! By: Director of Education – Jessica Cook MS, RD, LD, CDE This newsletter focuses on new and upcoming technology as well as diabetes treatments. When is the last time you increased your own diabetes knowledge? With changing treatments, medications, foods, and recommendations it can become a challenge to keep up! Currently, at Palm Beach Diabetes and Endocrine ...
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  • Living Well with Diabetes Newsletter - April 2017

    Spring Is Here! By: Director of education – Jessica Cook MS, RD, LD, CDE For many people Spring feels like a sense of rebirth, which could involve spring break traveling, spring cleaning or getting ready for new blossoms in your garden. For people with diabetes you still need to pay attention to blood sugars, activity, food intake and paying attention to these aspects of diabetes never changes. ...
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  • Living Well with Diabetes Newsletter - March 2017

    NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH! By: Director of education – Jessica Cook MS, RD, LD, CDE March is national nutrition month, so you may have seen many registered dietitians promoting their services to help you get your nutrition in check. Registered dietitians may help you with weight loss goals, meal planning, carbohydrate counting, learning ways to manage your blood sugar through food or helping ...
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  • Living Well with Diabetes Newsletter - February 2017

    NATIONAL HEART HEALTH MONTH By: Director of Education – Jessica Cook MS, RD, LD, CDE February is national heart health month, so you may have been seeing women going red for heart disease awareness. That is because heart disease is not only the number one killer of women in the United States, but heart disease is also the number one chronic complication of diabetes. Diabetes increases your risk of ...
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  • Living Well with Diabetes Newsletter - January 2017

    LOSING HOLIDAY WEIGHT GAIN! By: Jessica Cook MS, RD, LD, CDE It’s a new year and time for new growth! But if the holidays caused you to grow into another dress size with wonderful desserts, cocktails, breads, and chocolates, you may be wishing you had been more careful. Don’t let holiday weight gain bum you out and use these simple tips to get you back on track in 2017: Move. Being active is the ...
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  • Living Well with Diabetes Newsletter - September 2016

    FALL IN LOVE WITH FALL PRODUCE! By: Director of education – Jessica Cook MS, RD, LD, CDE Fall is officially here and you can see it everywhere even in South Florida. With the movement of eating seasonal foods, you should be aware of the sensational produce Fall brings to our local markets and their benefits! Fall Produce: Pumpkins – Contain high amounts of fiber, potassium, vitamin C and are ...
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  • Living Well with Diabetes Newsletter - August 2016

    THE SWEET TASTE OF SUMMER FRUIT! By: Director of education – Jessica Cook MS, RD, LD, CDE With Summer in full effect, many of us are enjoying the delicious taste of Summer Fruit. Berries, melon, mangoes, cherries, apricots, plums, peaches, nectarines, figs, grapefruit are all in season and there are certainly many to choose from. However, if you are managing your blood sugar, it may be a challenge ...
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  • Living Well with Diabetes Newsletter - July 2016

    KEEP BLOOD SUGARS UNDER CONTROL DURING A COOKOUT! By: Director of education – Jessica Cook MS, RD, LD, CDE Summer time calls for grilling outdoors, cook outs, and BBQ’s, but whatever you choose to call your get together, it screams lots of outdoor fun. Unfortunately, this could also mean high carbohydrate foods such as potato salad, macaroni salad, lemonade, hot dog or hamburger buns, baked beans ...
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  • Living Well with Diabetes Newsletter - Fall 2016

    THE HOLIDAY SEASON BEGINS! By: Gail Starr LCSW, CDE It’s the holidays again! Whew! Where did the year go? Time appears to be like a roll of paper towel. The nearer you get to the end, the faster it goes. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could make it slow down a bit? There may be some ways you can try to do just that. You can try focusing on the present and not dwelling on the past. It’s over and done. ...
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  • Living Well with Diabetes Newsletter - June 2016

    DIABETES SUPERFOODS! By: Director of Education – Jessica Cook MS, RD, LD, CDE Super foods are functional foods that are used to prevent chronic disease or reduce complications of diseases. Super foods provide high levels of vitamins and minerals to help fight free radicals in the body (anti-carcinogenic foods,) reduce the risk of heart disease, improve circulation and improve endothelial function. ...
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  • Living Well with Diabetes Newsletter - May 2016

    ADVANCES IN INSULIN THERAPY: USE OF CONCENTRATED INSULINS By: Jaime Steinsapir, M.D. Insulin is indicated for patients with type 1 diabetes, patients with secondary diabetes due to pancreatic insufficiency, and in many patients with type 2 diabetes. A concentrated insulin molecule can be altered to achieve slower absortion and longer duration of action making them a useful option for patients who ...
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