by Chef Ron | Jun 5, 2023 | Diabetic Articles
National Candy Month – as if you needed another reason to eat candy. But as long as you’ve got to celebrate, we thought we’d try and make it a bit healthier for you. We have tried a number of sugar-free candy options for you to see which ones meet our rigorous sweet...
by Chef Ron | Jun 1, 2023 | Carb Counter, Diabetic Articles
Being on a low carb diet does not mean you have to give up everything you love. Just look at nuts and seeds. Nuts and seeds can make great snacks. They are good sources of protein and fiber while most are relatively low carb. If you are worried about fat content your...
by Diabetes Support | Jan 1, 2015 | Diabetic Articles
From the works of Ron Kennedy, M.D., Santa Rosa, California Carbohydrates come in two basic forms: complex and simple. Simple carbohydrates (carbs) are one, two, or at most three units of sugar linked together in single molecules. Complex carbs are hundreds or...
by Diabetes Support | Mar 12, 2014 | Diabetic Articles
Your cat is most often one of your closest friends and it can be very hard on both you and your cat when he or she has nutritional deficiencies. Cats are carnivores! In the wild and in zoos they eat raw meat. Their food does not contain carbohydrates. Carbohydrates...
by Diabetes Support | Mar 12, 2014 | Diabetic Articles
The Medications If you take blood pressure medications to address hypertension, you will need to take a blood pressure lowering drug for the rest of your life. These medications do not change the underlying reason that the blood pressure is high and so you have to...
by Diabetes Support | Mar 12, 2014 | Diabetic Articles
Nerve pain, which is also referred to as neuralgia, is pain that follows the pathway of the nerve. It can have many different causes. Sometimes a injury or site along the nerve pathway can be identified. There are many causes and it can be from inflammation,...