Keeping Diabetes Management Affordable

12 Steps to Controlling Your Diabetes

Duane, Product Specialist — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:10:37 +0000

Maintenance is a top priority for anyone with diabetes. In this week’s newsletter, Marci Sloane, MS, RD, LD/N, CDE gives 12 simple steps to making the most out your diabetes maintenance routine. Limiting your carbohydrate intake at each meal, testing your blood glucose levels, and meeting with a doctor / health advisor regularly are just a few ways to optimize your regime. Read the entire article.

This week’s featured products will aide you in your goal of better maintaining your diabetes. The EatSmart Nutrition Scale is a great tool for helping you to manage your nutritional intake. It has nearly 1000 foods in its memory, making it a perfect addition for your kitchen. Keeping snacks handy is a great way to avoid drops. The ExtendCrisps Baked Snacks are both healthy and taste great. Use Blood Glucose Monitors regularly and test your A1c levels every 3 months to stay ahead of your diabetes.

Enjoy the succulent taste of freshly made Maple-Cinnamon Swirl Coffee Cake. This recipe has 228 calories and 34 g of carbohydrates per serving. Read the full recipe…

Share Your Story: A Lifetime with Diabetes

Duane, Product Specialist — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:13:18 +0000

American Diabetes Wholesale gave it’s readers a chance to share their story about living with diabetes. Ileana T tells a story of lifelong accomplishments and fulfillment, despite being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the tender age of 11 months. Eating properly and living a healthy lifestyle has allowed her to do great things. Read A Lifetime with Diabetes.

Enjoy flavors from around the world? GREAT! This week’s recipe corner explains how to liven up your chicken and rice, Spanish style. It has 330 calories, 27 grams of protein, 24 grams of carbohydrates, and 14 grams of fat. Learn how to cook up this delicious meal.

Highlighted in this week’s newsletter is ADW’s top categories. Save up to 60% on glucose test strips, up to 51% on diabetic foot care, and up to 48% on diabetic food

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Destination Diabetes Introduced to Florida Dietetic Association

Chris - Customer Relations — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:31:36 +0000

At the annual Florida Dietetic Association (FDA) meeting in Boca Raton, FL on July 21, 2008, American Diabetes Wholesale unveiled Destination Diabetes to the dieticians that attended. The attendees were thrilled to hear about such a great website with all the educational and nutritional information that their patients need. Many were excited to hear that they could start their own personal blog to share more information with their patients when they are not in a class or appointment.

ADW also raffled off three of Marlene Koch’s 375 Sensational Splenda Recipes cookbooks to those who had dropped their business cards off. Also, an American Express gift card was raffled off.

ADW looks forward to working closely with the FDA in order to help in the education of their patients and also be the most affordable resource for all of the supplies that they need.

Berry Berry Good for You - July 23, 2008

Duane, Product Specialist — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:33:46 +0000

Everyone likes to indulge in a bowl full of berries every once in a while. Well it turns out that this delightful pleasure is very good for you. Berries are jam packed with anti-oxidants, fiber, and vitamins! Read more about berries and the positive affects that they have on your body.

This week’s product spotlight features 3 cookbooks by Marlene Koch, RD. These books offer a wide variety of recipes for any type of meal or event. Also included in this week’s spotlight are 3 mouth watering fruit spreads by Walden Farms. Read about all of our featured products.

Do you enjoy parfaits? Do you enjoy cheesecake parfaits even better? Learn how to make Blueberry Cheesecake Parfaits. This recipe has only 185 calories 20 grams of carbs.

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New Products from First Quality

Geoff - Product Specialist — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:49:19 +0000

American Diabetes Wholesale now carries new products from First Quality. ADW is pleased to give you the full selection of First Quality products.

First Quality makes fine incontinence products, from briefs to wipes to washcloths. Incontinence may be a touchy subject to talk about, but ADW has you covered. We also carry many more incontinence related products in our store.

If you have any questions about any of these products, please call customer service at (877) 241-9002.

Insulin Therapy - Part 1 by Marci Page Sloane, MS, RD, LD/N, CDE - July 16, 2008

Duane, Product Specialist — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:47:33 +0000

This week’s newsletter educates our readers about insulin pumps. Insulin pumps are a convenient and effective device that helps people with Type 1 diabetes to better manage their glucose levels. These devices are a great alternative to injecting insulin into your body with a syringe. Read more about insulin pumps.

If you use Diabetic Coverage Auto-Order for pump supplies expect to receive a Free Nova Max Link Blood Glucose Meter. This meter will can wirelessly communicate with the Medtronic Minimed Paradigm 522 and 722 Insulin Pumps. Best of all, its FREE.

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ADW Adds Two New Insulin Pumps

Geoff - Product Specialist — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:55:27 +0000

We have added two new Insulin Pumps, the Minimed Paradigm 522 Insulin Pump and the Minimed Paradigm 722 Insulin Pump. The Minimed Paradigm 522 holds 176 units of insulin, while the 722 holds 300 units of insulin. These pumps will work with the Minimed Paradigm Glucose Sensor 10 Pack, Minimed Paradigm Glucose Sensor 4 Pack, and the NovaMax Link Blood Glucose Monitoring system.

These Pumps will work wirelessly with the NovaMax Link Meter.

Florida Dietetic Association’s 2008 Exhibition

Chris - Customer Relations — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:54:32 +0000

American Diabetes Wholesale will be attending the Florida Dietetic Assocation’s 2008 Exhibition at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, FL. The event will be held on July 20 and July 21 for exhibiting vendors. ADW is working hard with not only diabetes educators, but dieticians also. Many dieticians become CDE’s, but even for the ones that don’t, ADW wants to make sure that their patients have a resource for affordable supplies and all the educational information they will need.

ADW will be proud to introduce or new Destination Diabetes educational website to all the hard working dieticians at the exhibition. Also, that their patients can still eat healthy at a reasonable price with our discounted prices on products such as, Glucerna, ZonePerfect, and Walden Farms.

Pre-Diabetes Can Be Reversed - July 09, 2008

Duane, Product Specialist — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:39:14 +0000

This week’s newsletter focuses on pre-diabetes. A lot of people are suffering from pre-diabetes and do not even know it. Symptoms may include increased thirst, frequent urination, extreme hunger, unexplained weight loss, fatigue, blurred vision, and slow-healing sores or frequent infection. With the right plan, pre-diabetes can actually be reversed. Read more about this topic.

We care about our customers, which is why American Diabetes Wholesale is offering the BioSafe A1C Test Kit and Diabetes Risk Assessment Combo. Use the A1c testing kit to track your diabetes management, and give the risk assessment test to a friend or loved one, to gauge their risk for diabetes.

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Alternate Site Testing

Chris - Customer Relations — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:55:09 +0000

Alternate Site Testing (AST) has becoming more popular over the past few years. What exactly is AST do you ask? Simple. It is a method of testing your blood sugar without having to prick your finger. You are able to use your lancing device on several other areas, such as your forearm, upper arm, thigh, and your thumb. This gives you a break from using your fingers all the time and potentially bruising them.

There are some instances that you should still continue to use your finger, for instance, according to the FDA, when you think that your blood sugar is low you should use the blood sample from your finger.

Some lancing devices that allow alternate site testing are the Accu-Chek MultiClix, Advocate, Freestyle, and the Ulti-Lance.