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Where Do You Carry Extra Weight? It Matters, Doctors Say

Visceral fat — fat stored deep in the belly — is the most harmful kind, experts say. Years ago, we didn’t know that where we carry extra weight matters. Now we know it does. Researchers say a large waist size makes you more likely to develop heart disease. Fat around the belly makes you more...

Dining Out? Choose Healthy Eating from the Menu

American families now spend as much as 40 to 50 percent of their food budget on meals away from home. And the obesity rate among kids and teens has skyrocketed right alongside rates of eating out. A difference of 50 to 150 calories a day is all it takes for children to gain weight. That means...

Healthy Cooking: Home Cooking

Home-cooked meals can boost your health — and protect your wallet. Try these cooking tips: • A hot tip for freezing. Fresh vegetables will freeze better if you blanch them first. Bring water to a boil and drop in the veggies for a few minutes. Cool them quickly and thoroughly in an ice water bath...

Get Fit: Hyperglycemia and Exercise

Hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar, can occur due to excessive food intake, illness, stress and/or insufficient insulin. American College of Sports Medicine guidelines indicate that a blood-glucose reading of greater than 300 mg/dl, with or without ketones present in urine, or greater than 240 mg/...

Healthy Cooking: Scrumptious Soups

If you have a blender and some imagination, you can make creamy soups that will fill you, your family and your friends with healthy and tasty fare. These foods are low in calories, high in fiber and low in sodium. The list that follows includes great produce sources for essential nutrients:

Quick and Healthy Snacks For Your Family

Although a home-cooked meal with the family sitting around the dinner table is ideal, many families find that their days and nights are packed with work, school events, activities, family obligations and errands.

Black Beans with Tomatoes and Lime

Yield: 4 servings Serving Size: 1/2 cup Ingredients - 1 cup chopped onions - 1 15-oz can black beans, rinsed and drained - 1/2 cup grape tomatoes, quartered - 1 Tbsp lime juice - 1/2-1 tsp ground cumin

Prenatal Care for Women with Diabetes

For most women, pregnancy is a wonderful, exciting and anxiety-ridden time. Thankfully, women with diabetes can rest assured that their diabetes care team and local hospital will provide excellent care for them and their babies.

Your Diet: Portion Control: Here's How

Portion control is a simple and effective method for managing diabetes and losing weight, it lets you still choose the foods you want, but changes the portion sizes so you are getting larger portions of non-starchy vegetables and a smaller portion of starchy foods. Try these simple steps. Create...