American Diabetes Wholesale is here to help you enjoy your vacation, from the initial planning, all the way to when you walk out the door to begin your journey.  Vacations are all about fun and adventure so let these tools make it all a pleasant experience.  Imagine how much enjoyment you can look forward to if the planning is easy and not stressful.  Allow us to help you with that responsibility with our list of tools available to help you.  Start smiling right now!

Check out Marci Sloane’s article on: Traveling with Diabetes

“What should I eat?” “How much should I eat?”  In a world of “super-sizing”, it’s easy to become somewhat confused about the amount of food we should really be consuming and how we should organize our plates for the greatest health benefits.  Put your mind to rest when cooking for diabetics by reading Marci Sloane’s article, Help in the Kitchen, where she discusses healthy eating and some invaluable tools to get you on the road to healthier living while understanding portion control.

Go here to read entire article: Help in the Kitchen By Marci Sloane, MS, RD, LD/N, CDE

In Nurse Robbie’s article, Diabetes & Allergies, she gives you very useful information about what allergies are, their symptoms and treatments and how they relate to diabetes.  She also lists some products that will not impact your blood glucose levels is you need to take something to lessen the severity of your symptoms.  Please check out Roberta’s article in its entirety:  Diabetes & Allergies as well as her recommendations, as always, for your health and well-being.

Go here to read entire article: Diabetes & Allergies By Roberta Kleinman, RN, M.Ed., CDE

Each year the American Diabetes Association honors “Diabetes Alert Day” to encourage people to find out if they are at risk of developing, or already have, diabetes or pre-diabetes. Because of the prevalence of the disease this is an important day to be aware and to discuss with your family, friends and other loved ones.

Find out more with Marci Sloane’s article on Diabetes Alert Day By Marci Sloane, MS, RD, LD/N, CDE.

With the plethora of information about diabetes at our disposal through the internet, books, magazines, etc. this information sometimes becomes confusing to the reader. Certified Diabetes Educators have extensive training and experience in the subject of diabetes and pre-diabetes and they are also nurses, dietitians or pharmacists. Get the truth about the misconceptions from someone you can trust.

Read the article by Roberta Kleinman, registered nurse and certified diabetes educator for over 20 years, to clarify any confusion you have about diabetes in Exercise Truth and Myths for People With Diabetes.

Learning how to control diabetes and doing it may be two different things. In Marci Sloane’s article, “Promises that are Easy to Keep in 2011”, she discusses some tips of taking care of your diabetes and also provides some encouraging words to help you through. Starting the year off right can happen on January 1st or today, right now!

Go here to read entire article: Promises that are Easy to Keep in 2011 By Marci Sloane, RD, CDE.

This week’s American Diabetes Wholesale Newsletter features an interesting discussion by our own “Nurse Robbie” on ketones and why it’s important for people managing their diabetes to also consider monitoring their ketone levels. Among other things, measurement and understanding ketone levels is important because increased ketone levels in the blood can be toxic to folks with diabetes. An interesting aside is that ketone measurement can also be important for anyone interested in lowering carbohydrate levels in their daily diet.

“A by-product of fat breakdown is ketone production, which is toxic to the body. This complication is known as diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and can lead to illness or even death.”

“Low carbohydrate diets like the Atkins’s diet or phase 1 of the South Beach diet can cause ketone production as well. The difference is that this is dietary ketosis and NOT diabetic ketoacidosis.”

Nurse Robbie also goes into great detail to outline both symptoms and treatment methods for Diabetic Ketoacidosis, or “DKA.” This is a really interesting article that is well worth reading for anyone seeking a greater understanding of ketones and their effect on the human body.

Go here to read the entire article: What You Should Know About Ketones | Roberta Kleinman, RN, M.Ed., CDE

Given the dramatic rise in childhoood obesity in The United States and the associated ailments that come along with the increase in this condition, this week’s American Diabetes Wholesale Newsletter is right on time. In it, Roberta Kleinman, RN (our own “Nurse Robbie”) gives us a glimpse into the width and breadth of this childhood malady that is reaching near-epidemic proportions, without the usual accompanying “scare tactics” that always seem to come along with discussions of this topic.

“Since 1990, type 2 diabetes has doubled in the children/adolescents population.”

“About 2 million adolescents ages 12-19 years old have pre-diabetes.”

“What is more alarming is much of the obesity, type 2 diabetes, early onset of cardiovascular disease and other child health issues IS PREVENTABLE.”

Nurse Robbie’s discussion is filled with some eye-opening statistics, true enough, but she also leaves us with some hope as well, giving some great advice and recommendations for prevention of type 2 diabetes in children.

Go here to read entire article: How Children Could Avoid Type 2 Diabetes | Roberta Kleinman, RN, M.Ed., CDE

Ever feel like having a chocolate fudge brownie, a few chocolate chip cookies or some other type of sugar-laden treat but felt too guilty to indulge? Well, in this week’s American Diabetes Wholesale Newsletter you’ll find that you don’t have to feel guilty about your sweet tooth! This week’s guest author, Dietician Marci Sloane, gives us some great alternatives for satisfying your sugar cravings.

“…(The) days of forgoing the sweets are a thing of the past! The increased number of lower sugar and sugar-free foods can help you reduce the “sugar-cravings” and their lower calories help you meet your calorie budget.”

The highlight, of course, of this article are the quick & easy low-sugar recipes designed for both diabetics and those looking for tasty sugar alternatives!

Go here to read entire article: Marci’s Review of Low Sugar Baking Mixes - Marci Sloane, MS, RD, LD/N, CDE

This week, diabetes educator Marci Sloane gives us “The Scoop on Stevia” in the latest edition of the American Diabetes Wholesale Newsletter. There’s a lot of buzz in the US about this sugar-free sweetener as some major companies such as Coca-Cola, Cargill and PepsiCo are releasing products containing stevia such as Truvia and PureVia. Find out more about where stevia comes from, a brief overview of the historical worldwide use and with the FDA as well as its relation to the diabetic diet.

If you are interested in trying stevia or are already enjoying it, American Diabetes Wholesale carries products like Stevita Simply Stevia packets for sweetening your morning coffee or Stevita Spoonable Stevia – 16oz Jar for cooking or other uses. In addition to stevia, ADW also carries other sugar-free sweetener products such as the EZ-Sweetz Liquid Sucralose Sweetener or DiabetiSweet Brown Sugar Substitute.