Dietitian and personal chef Diane Henderiks offered some great tips to help keep your holiday feasting under control and keep you from going overboard on Turkey Day. The full article is included below, but we wanted to give you the “CliffsNotes” version. Six Tips to Curb Thanksgiving Calorie Intake: Be in the right“frame of mind”: You […]
Have you ever had a friend that successfully lost weight, and asked them “so, how did you do it?” Many Skinny Gene members who have been successful in weight loss for better health and diabetes prevention have been presented with the same question from their family and friends. How did you lose it and keep
By Nancy Juarez, bilingual Skinny Gene Nutritionist (San Antonio,TX) Have you ever met someone who seemed a little close-minded? Or perhaps a picky eater? Well, this month I came across something very interesting that I thought I’d share with you. Early in October, I started to prepare for our Skinny Gene Project Halloween Party (otherwise
It’s not too sweet the way we are sabotaged at the stores, bombarded with new foods with labels claiming “low sugar”, “reduced calorie”, “no added sugar”, and the best of all “healthy”. The label claims have become so out of hand that the USDA actually had to designate what each of these claims mean. Let’s
By: M.Bollinger Yesterday was World Diabetes Day!!! It was EXACTLY what I needed. After being disappointed about the lack of support for National Diabetes Awareness Month in my hometown, I was thrilled to see how other people around the world chose to bring diabetes to light. Seeing the beautiful display of BLUE monuments and buildings throughout
By M. Bollinger I didn’t know when I lived there, but November in Chicago is unique. I’m not just talking about frigid temperatures, the “lake effect” at 7 a.m., or even the mad rush for holiday shopping on the Magnificent Mile. What I’m referring to is a different type of “conversation”. Something I haven’t heard
This November, during National Diabetes Awareness Month, we want to do a little MYTH BUSTING!! To start us off, we’re reposting this article from SELF/Nutrition Data. 6 Myths about Type 2 Diabetes Monday, November 8, 2010 at 9:24 AM posted by Monica Reinagel, MS, LD/N November is Diabetes Awareness Month and with the number of
In honor of National Diabetes Awareness month, we would like to share posts and articles from various people who work with or are directly affected by diabetes. To start us off, we asked Robert F. Dons, MD, PhD to share his thoughts about the different terms used to describe diabetes or prediabetes. I personally have had the pleasure of meeting
To allow candy, nor not to allow candy – that is the question on many parents’ minds during October. While we believe the focus of Halloween should be on dressing up our cuties in costumes and parading them down the street, we can’t deny that one of the biggest tricks is trying to avoid the
Sugar, cane juice, corn syrup, dextrose, confectioners sugar, fructose, brown sugar, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, lactose, molasses, maltose, sucrose, and syrup….the list goes on and on! Sugar has so many names, which causes so much confusion. How are we supposed to make healthy choices when sugar has multiple aliases out to lead us astray