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Focus on: Caring for your feet
Prescription for Success: 'Medical Home' diabetes care
Preventive Care: Lowering your cholesterol |
Quick Tip: Menu planning
Diabetes in the News
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The right shoes will help keep your feet healthy
Finding shoes that are good for your feet if you have diabetes can sometimes be tricky. Twenty years ago, there were not many options, but today there are many different types available that can help keep your feet healthy. Orthotist Jeff Peterson explains how to find the right shoes...
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Manage diabetes with your 'Medical Home' team
Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, diabetes can get out of control. And you may need a little extra help to manage it. This is when it's good to have a medical home care team...
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Diet changes may help lower cholesterol level
Cholesterol is a fat-like substance in your blood. Your body makes some cholesterol to help it function properly. You may also get cholesterol from some of the foods you eat.
Too much LDL or "bad" cholesterol can cause heart disease, peripheral vascular disease and strokes. You can lower your LDL cholesterol by making changes to your diet...
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Make good food choices
When planning your menu, keep the following in mind:
- Meats: Eat no more than four to seven ounces of fish, poultry or lean meat every day. Try to include some meat-free meals in your weekly diet.
- Soy: Using 26 to 50 grams of soy in place of animal protein each day can help lower your cholesterol.
- Dairy products: Eat two to three servings of nonfat or low-fat dairy products every day.
- Fats and oils: Eat no more than three to six teaspoons of fats and oils each day (one serving is equal to five grams of fat). Saturated fats and trans fats promote plaque formation.
- Eggs: An occasional egg (one egg yolk) for breakfast may not be of concern. Take out all but one yolk per serving from the scrambled eggs or omelet dish you are making. Use cholesterol-free egg products when making egg meals more often.
- Fruits and vegetables: Eat at least 1 cup each of fruits and vegetables every day.
- Starches, grains (breads) and legumes: Eat four to 10 ounces every day. Choose whole grain products. One ounce is generally one-half cup cooked product. Try to eat 25 grams or more of fiber each day.
Read more about diet and cholesterol... |
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Family tips for getting fit
Families hoping to improve their fitness and overall health in 2012 should spend less time in front of a TV or computer screen and more time being active together, according to the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. The group offers tips to help your family get moving and stay fit throughout the year...
Poor sleep may complicate young diabetics' blood sugar control
Poor sleep may be undermining the efforts of children with type 1 diabetes when it comes to controlling their blood sugar, new research indicates.
Sleep deficit also was linked to poorer performance in school as well as higher blood sugar levels, according to the report in the journal Sleep...
Insulin-linked hormone may also raise Alzheimer's risk
Rising levels of a hormone associated with sensitizing the body to insulin appears to raise the risk for developing dementia and Alzheimer's among women, new research reveals. The finding is somewhat unexpected, given that insulin resistance and inflammation are considered to be hallmarks of both type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, reported researchers in the Archives of Neurology...
Extra calories, low protein are culprits in weight gain
It's too many calories, not too much protein, that leads to unhealthy weight gain associated with overeating, new research suggests. The findings appear in the Journal of the American Medical Association...
Mom's poverty, diabetes might raise ADHD risk in kids
The combination of poverty and having diabetes during pregnancy may raise the risk of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a woman's offspring, according to new research in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine…
Americans aren't getting any skinnier
One in three American adults and one in six American children are obese. That's the bad news. The good news is that over the past 12 years, those rates have remained roughly the same, new government reports show...
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Black bean chili with winter squash
This recipe blends hearty flavors to warm you up and fill you up. It earned top honors in the Healthy Recipe Contest at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.
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Ingredients
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large onion, chopped (1 ½ cups)
1 medium yellow bell pepper, diced (1 cup)
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 15-ounce cans of black beans, rinsed and drained
2 cups vegetable broth
1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes
1 4-ounce can diced mild green chilies
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon chipotle chili powder
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1 medium winter squash (2 pounds)
1/4 teaspoon salt* |
Directions
- Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat.
- Add onion and bell pepper. Cook about 5 minutes, stirring frequently until soft.
- Add garlic and cook, stirring for one more minute.
- Stir in beans, broth, tomatoes, green chilies, chili powders and oregano.
- Simmer for 10 minutes, covered.
- Uncover and cook 10 more minutes.
- Stir in prepared squash. (See squash preparation directions below.)
- Cook 5 minutes.
- Stir in salt.*
- Serve immediately.
Squash preparation directions
- Cut squash in half, lengthwise.
- Scoop out and discard seeds.
- Pierce with fork a few times.
- Put in microwave-safe dish with 1/4 inch water.
- Cover dish with a microwave-safe glass cover or plastic wrap. (Do not let plastic wrap touch food.)
- Microwave on high for 8 minutes or until tender.
- Let cool and peel.
- Cut into 1/2-inch chunks.
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Nutritional Information
Serving: 1 3/4 cup (502 grams)
Servings per recipe: 6
Calories: 181 (27 from fat)
Fat: 3 grams (0 saturated fat, 0 trans fats)
Cholesterol: 0 milligram
Sodium: 907 milligrams*
Total carbohydrate: 36 grams (9 fiber, 9 sugar)
Protein: 7 grams
* To make recipe lower sodium, cut out the added salt. Without the additional 1/4 teaspoon, the total sodium will be 810 milligrams per serving.
Source: Health is Wealth Cookbook
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