Author Archives: janekdickinson

Nutrition Information

Do you read food labels? An interesting article reported that women check food labels more frequently than men. Even more important, they use the information on the food label more than men do. The authors also reported that Hispanic men … Continue reading

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Medical Appointments

Have you been to a group appointment for your health care? Have you heard of them? They are getting more and more popular for a few reasons. They are more cost-effective and they help people! Group visits allow health care … Continue reading

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Mari Ruddy is Missing

This morning I saw a post on Facebook saying that Mari Ruddy, founder of TeamWILD and doer of many great things, is missing. I thought it was a joke. I thought it was one of those internet games where people … Continue reading

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Oral Health and Diabetes

It would be nice if everyone would brush and floss, but here’s the deal: people with diabetes have a higher risk for periodontal disease (that’s all the nasty stuff that can happen in your mouth), so we need to be … Continue reading

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Breakfast foods

Breakfast foods, at least for me, tend to be all carbohydrate foods. Cereal, toast, oatmeal, and so on. I have been reading a book about low carb lifestyle and wanted to experiment with lowering my own carbs, but what about … Continue reading

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Asher Day

Today I attended a memorial service for a 9-year-old. Not something anyone should have to do. The message was “make it an Asher Day,” which means live life to the fullest. With a huge smile on your face. Do what … Continue reading

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Slow Down

A message for myself as much as anyone reading this. This is the end of a very hard month in our local community. I don’t need to list all the tragedies, because everyone has experienced something, whether close or far … Continue reading

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Quality of Life and Diabetes

Quality of life is pretty important to me, and hopefully that’s an obvious statement. I just read an article about severe hypoglycemia (low blood glucose) and it’s effect on quality of life in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. … Continue reading

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Diabetes and Health Care Professionals

I enjoyed participating in the inaugural Diabetes Hope Conference on Tuesday. I think it was a huge success, with one interesting twist. During the second panel, there was a health care professional who – on more than one occasion – … Continue reading

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Low Carb Lifestyle

Low carb living may be the way to go for many people. I am reading The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living by Volekand Phinney. This book is interesting and eye opening! I am discovering many things about my … Continue reading

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