Despite our best intention to live a healthy life with diabetes, bad habits can sometimes creep in. While a treat or indulgence is okay every once in a while, a steady stream of unhealthy behaviours can disrupt your diabetes management.
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Keeping a food journal can help you lose weight in the new year
A new year often brings new resolutions. For many, a New Year resolution is to lose weight. For some, this resolution is made annually, with little success.
4 tips from seniors on living with diabetes
The good news is, more and more of us are reaching our senior years. But that also means more of us are living with diabetes. In fact, the research shows that nearly half of people in Canada with type 2 diabetes are over the age of 65.
Eating healthy to prevent diabetes complications
Having diabetes can mean having a greater risk for heart disease and high blood pressure, kidney disease, eye problems and nerve damage than people without diabetes.
Introduction to healthy eating
If you have just been diagnosed with diabetes, you’re probably thinking, “Okay, now what do I eat?” Or, if you have had diabetes for a while and have decided that you want to make healthy eating a part of your management plan, you may be thinking, “Where do I start?”
Navigating the grocery store for meats and poultry
If you consider that the healthiest way to shop for groceries is to start by cruising the perimeter of the store, then you will no doubt notice that meats and poultry fall into this category.
