Seven different questions, about age, gender, heredity, blood pressure, weight, gestational diabetes and physical activity, can help have a prediabetes diagnosis .
Amy Kimberlain, Registered Dietitian with Baptist Health South Florida, affirms if someone scored five or higher than the …
Having had gestational diabetes during a previous pregnancy, being over 25 years old, being overweight and having given birth to a baby who weighed more than 9 pounds are some of the risk factors for developing gestational diabetes.
Gestational diabetes …
One of the dangers of diabetes is being prediabetic without even knowing it. Dr. Ketevan Vladi, Internal Medicine Physician with Baptist Health South Florida, explains the symptoms of prediabetes.…
Some of the signs of kidney disease in patients with diabetes are high blood pressure, ankle and leg swelling, leg cramps, high levels of bun and creatinine in blood, weakness, paleness, and anemia.
“Kidneys generally do not give you a …
People with diabetes can have some snacks, such as kale chips, and vegetables that are being dried and turned into almost a potato chip. Jennifer Miles Nyugen, Specialty Pharmacist Clinical Coordinator with Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute and Baptist Health …
Diabetes is a genetic disease, but to be a sedentary and overweight, two things combined, also can cause Type 2 diabetes, explains Lois Exelbert, Nurse Diabetes Educator and Patient Care Manager with Baptist Hospital.
However, there are other risk factors …
Amy Kimberlain, Registered Dietitian with Baptist Health South Florida, explains the difference between healthy and non-healthy food, for example brown rice vs. white rice.
She also talks about starchy vegetables such as yucca and milonga, and she affirms they’re carbs …
Elise Karnegis, Registered Dietitian & Diabetes Educator with Baptist Health South Florida, says a stress management technique is the 4-5-6 rule: breath in for 4 seconds, hold it for 5 seconds, and breath out for 6 seconds.
Angie Placeres, Registered …
