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American College of Nutrition Certified Nutrition Specialist | Professor of Nutrition

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Added Sugars: 37% Come from Soda

February 21, 2018 by Denise Leave a Comment

glass of soda next to sugar cubes

Avoiding added sugars is the fastest way to reduce inflammation, pain, and keep our body the size we want it to be. Its simple, but its not always easy. Sugar tastes good! Because sugar is a flavor everyone likes, its added to most processed foods. The consequence is we now are used to eating really […]

Filed Under: Blood Sugar, Diabetes, Eating Unawares, Fun in the Kitchen, General, Healthy Weight, Relieving Chronic Pain, Research News Tagged With: added sugar, added sugars, blood glucose, blood sugar, calories, eating healthy, food labels, healthy, healthy eating, nutrition, nutrition research, pre-diabetes, sugar

Elevators and Insulin

February 8, 2016 by Denise Leave a Comment

I haven’t been able to write since my grandfather passed. I would sit at my computer, trying to find something to say, but nothing would come. Then last week a dear friend entered hospice after a long and valiant fight against ovarian cancer. She always encouraged me to write and tell the truth about food […]

Filed Under: Blood Sugar, Diabetes, General, Happiness Tagged With: blood sugar, diabetes, insulin, insulin resistance, pre-diabetes

The Truth About Getting Healthier

August 20, 2013 by Denise Leave a Comment

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Suzie* came to me as a last resort. Her triglycerides (the fat cells traveling in her blood stream) were really high, she was pre-diabetic, and her doctor told her she had to lose weight or she would have to take medication. She was only 51 years old, and did not want to be on medication […]

Filed Under: Blood Sugar, Diabetes, Fun in the Kitchen, General, Health, Healthy Weight Tagged With: blood sugar, cancer nutrition, diet, eating, healthy, healthy eating, healthy food, nutrition, pre-diabetes, vegetables, weight loss

Is Fruit Too High in Sugar?

August 12, 2013 by Denise Leave a Comment

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Fruit is getting a bad rap and its time for it to stop. This tale going around about fruit being really high in sugar is a lie. Fruit tastes sweet, I get it. But most fruits actually have little effect on our blood sugar when we eat normal amounts of them. This “war on fruit” […]

Filed Under: Blood Sugar, Diabetes, Fun in the Kitchen, General, Health, Nutrients Tagged With: blood glucose, blood sugar, cancer nutrition, diabetes, diet, eating, fruit, glucose, health, healthy, healthy eating, healthy food, nutrition, pre-diabetes, sugar, weight, weight loss

Walk Away Diabetes

July 2, 2012 by Denise Leave a Comment

Results of a new study were recently released (June 20 Diabetes Care), with really good news. And with half of our population expected to develop diabetes during their lifetime, good news is great. Really great. These researchers followed a group of ver 1,800 people at high risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes for five years, […]

Filed Under: Diabetes, General, Health, Research News Tagged With: diabetes, exercise, pre-diabetes, walking

Blood Sugar

March 12, 2012 by Denise Leave a Comment

Okay, so many of you are wondering how something that does not even taste sweet, like a piece of bread, can raise blood sugar more than something that tastes sweet, like a pear. And what the heck is blood sugar, anyway? Here’s the deal: sugar is a kind-of generic term, and there are several types […]

Filed Under: Blood Sugar, General, Health Tagged With: blood glucose, blood sugar, carbohydrates, diabetes, diet, glucose, health, healthy, Hemoglobin A1c, insulin, insulin resistance, nutrition, pre-diabetes, sugar

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