Diabetes Self Management and Diabetes Diet Recommendations. "Our Diet Plans can help you keep your blood sugar under control."

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Our Diabetes diet plans will help you:
1. Plan your meals and snacks.
2. Choose healthy foods in the right portions at each meal.
3. We will tailor your diet based on your health goals, food preferences and lifestyle.
4. We can work with your doctor recommendations.
5. Some tools we may use: food lists, exchanges, carbohydrate counting, portion control plates, glycemic index, food records and your blood glucose logs.
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What is diabetes? What should my blood sugar be?
Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life. The cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery, although both genetics and environmental factors such as obesity and lack of exercise appear to play roles.

There are 20.8 million children and adults in the United States, or 7% of the population, who have diabetes. While an estimated 14.6 million have been diagnosed with diabetes, unfortunately, 6.2 million people (or nearly one-third) are unaware that they have the disease.

In order to determine whether or not a patient has pre-diabetes or diabetes, health care providers conduct a Fasting Plasma Glucose Test (FPG) or an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT). Either test can be used to diagnose pre-diabetes or diabetes. The American Diabetes Association recommends the FPG because it is easier, faster, and less expensive to perform.

With the FPG test, a fasting blood glucose level between 100 and 125 mg/dl signals pre-diabetes. A person with a fasting blood glucose level of 126 mg/dl or higher has diabetes.

In the OGTT test, a person's blood glucose level is measured after a fast and two hours after drinking a glucose-rich beverage. If the two-hour blood glucose level is between 140 and 199 mg/dl, the person tested has pre-diabetes. If the two-hour blood glucose level is at 200 mg/dl or higher, the person tested has diabetes.

Develop 7 Self Care Habits
for Diabetes Self Management

• Eat Healthy
  
• Be Active: Exercise
  
• Monitor Your Blood Glucose
  
• Problem Solve for Blood Glucose Control
  
• Reduce Your Risks for Complications
  
• Take Your Medications as Prescribed
  
• How to Cope: Living with Diabetes

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Avoid Complications, work on your Diet.
Long term high blood glucose levels
have serious complications including:

• Heart Disease: 2 to 4 times increased risk
  
• Eye Disease: leading cause of blindness
  
• Kidney Disease: leading cause of dialysis
  
• Amputations: cause more than 40%
  
• Neuropathy: nerve damage

Studies show that achieving good blood glucose control
or the ABC’s can reduce the risk of these complications dramatically:
Heart Disease: 42% decrease
Eye Disease: 76% decrease
Kidney Disease: 56% decrease
Nerve Damage: 60% decrease
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Karen Duffy and Carol Francis-Jubert are registered dietitians, Florida licensed nutritionists and certified diabetes educators able to provide in home and office visits in Saint Augustine,Jacksonville,St. John's County and Duval County, Florida. We are also available online to our friends, family and clients from other states. Contact us if you need some menus and diabetes coaching and/or if you like some free resources. Just let us know how we can help you.

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