by Christine McKinney, RD LDN CDCES
It’s estimated that 2 of 3 people with diabetes have high blood pressure. When blood pressure is elevated, your heart works harder to pump blood throughout your body. High blood pressure increases your risk of a heart attack, stroke, kidney disease, and eye...
by Christine McKinney, RD LDN CDCES
Are you trying to up your vegetable game? Summer is the best time to do this because a lot of vegetables are in season. With the heat, salads are the top vegetable pick. Salads are often lower in carbohydrates and loaded with nutrients. We all know there are times...
by Christine McKinney, RD LDN CDCES
What You Should Know about ADA’s New Nutrition Report The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recently published an updated nutrition consensus report in the May issue of Diabetes Care. The report includes recommendations for managing and preventing diabetes,...
by Christine McKinney, RD LDN CDCES
While having a drink with dinner may not be a problem, going to happy hour for a person with diabetes can be challenging. This is because alcohol can lower blood glucose, especially for people taking insulin or a medication that increases insulin secretion....
by Christine McKinney, RD LDN CDCES
About 5% of people with diabetes have type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease where the pancreas makes not enough or no insulin. Nutrition recommendations are different for people with type 1 diabetes because insulin is required for every meal in...
