Everyone has an Individualized Carb Number for Weight Loss

Diabetes, Health Care

There is no “magic bullet” for successful weight loss, but finding out and keeping to your daily individualized carbohydrate number for weight loss works pretty well!  Your individualized carbohydrate number for weight loss is based on a percentage of your assessed...

Tools for Better Diabetes Self-Management

Diabetes

As a Registered Dietitian, I met the requirements to become a certified diabetes educator (CDE) in 2005 and then, because I had a Master’s degree, I was able to meet the requirements and sit for the exam to be Board Certified in advanced diabetes management (BC-ADM)....

A Carb is a Carb is a Carb!

Health Care

Everything breaks down to carbohydrates except meat and fat! As I have been checking on other health care providers Facebook pages to see how they are fairing in this time of Coronavirus, I have noticed that some of them are now promoting a plant based diet only. They...

Carbohydrate Reduction for Weight Loss

Diabetes, Lifestyle Changes, Weight Loss

What level of carbohydrate reduction is right for you? What type of diet should you be on for desired weight loss? Current research indicates that reducing the total amount of carbohydrates that you take in daily can help not only with weight loss, but also help...

Diet & Exercise are Most Effective for Treating Pre-Diabetes!

Diabetes, General Health, Health Care, Lifestyle Changes, Weight Loss

By Marie Veselsky, RD, LD, CDE, BC-ADM Diet and exercise are most effective for preventing pre-diabetes from becoming type 2 diabetes. A major study in 2002 found that the combination of diet and exercise reduced the odds of pre-diabetes becoming diabetes by 58%,...