"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good."
Author: Jacquie
Stress Awareness Month has been held every April since 1992 to increase public awareness about both the causes and cures for our modern stress epidemic. https://nationaldaycalendar.com/stress-awareness-month-april/ Goal: To lower blood sugar through minimizing stress and anxiety. Both research and experience clearly demonstrates that stress (good or bad) can raise your blood sugar! Evaluate what might be … Continue reading Stress Awareness Month – April
Even though Ellen and James White didn't know about peripheral neuropathy in diabetic feet, they did seem to have some insight about the importance of keeping one's feet healthy! BASIC DIABETIC FOOT CARE Since it is so very important for people with diabetes to exercise by walking (as much as they can), it is also … Continue reading Foot Health Awareness
Goal: To explore the possibilities of Intermittent Fasting and its effects on diabetes, and to determine whether some level of fasting might be appropriate for you. April 30 is National Day of Fasting and Prayer, proclaimed by President Abraham Lincoln on March 30, 1863. So it seemed appropriate to focus on Intermittent Fasting during the month … Continue reading Intermittent Fasting
During the month of April, if you enjoy bicycle riding, you may enjoy taking part in an annual 30-day Bike Ride (sponsored as a fundraiser for World Bicycle Relief). 30 Days of Biking is a pledge to ride your bike every day in April and share your adventures online with the hashtag #30daysofbiking. You can ride your … Continue reading Sunlight and Vitamin D
March is National Sleep Awareness Month, so this is a good time to focus on Law of Health #7: Rest. Goal: To improve your sleep habits in ways that will improve your diabetic health, and to determine your optimum amount of sleep needed. There is a definite connection between sleep and diabetes, according to sources … Continue reading Sleep and Diabetes
Those who have been most successful in lowering blood glucose, losing weight, and reversing other diabetes symptoms have eliminated (1) all refined carbohydrates (sugar and starches) and (2) transfats. Goal: To achieve and maintain an A1C of 4.0-5.6%, fasting blood glucose of 70-99 mg/dL (3.8-5.6 mmol/l), no blood glucose spikes above 140 mg/dL (7.8 mmol/l), … Continue reading Reversing Diabetes with WFPB
Those who have been most successful in lowering blood glucose, losing weight, and reversing other diabetes symptoms have eliminated (1) all refined carbohydrates (sugar and starches) and (2) transfats. Goal: To achieve and maintain an A1C of 4.0-5.6%, fasting blood glucose of 70-99 mg/dL (3.8-5.6 mmol/l), no blood glucose spikes above 140 mg/dL (7.8 mmol/l), … Continue reading Reversing Diabetes with LCHF
For all of us—Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics, pre-diabetics, ex-diabetics, recovering diabetics—whatever we choose to call ourselves, we can choose to follow a specific dietary approach to diabetes management. Or not. We will discuss some of the main ways (or combinations thereof) that Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics deal with diabetes. Goal: To keep A1C at … Continue reading Approaches to Dietary Management, Part I.
Goals: To explore and collect recipes using real food ingredients that are acceptable for YOU. And then to create a one- or two-week meal plan using the recipes and foods that you have determined are the best choices for YOU. Many times members will ask us for an approved food list or for a diabetic-friendly … Continue reading Create a Food List and Meal Plans
The phrase, "eat to your meter," means using your glucose meter to help you determine what foods/beverages you can consume that will not harm your diabetic body. Goal: To eliminate (abstain from) foods that cause blood glucose spikes. Here’s how to test for a specific food, recipe, or meal: Baseline: Test pre-meal to get a fasting … Continue reading Eat to Your Meter
Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics 