Many of us, if not all, experience some stress every day of our lives.  Our ADW advisors are always trying to reduce or eliminate that stress so you can better enjoy your days and it may even help to better stabilize your blood glucose levels.  Roberta, “Nurse Robbie”, shares several excellent tips so your medicine cabinet is prepared in case you need it in her article, Spring Cleaning Should Include Your Medicine Cabinet. You can also count on Roberta to provide you with not only the particular medicine/vitamins to have available but the reasons for it.

Go here to read entire article: Spring Cleaning should Include Your Medicine Cabinet By Roberta Kleinman, RN, M.Ed., 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

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.

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

The American Diabetes Wholesale Newsletter for this week features a detailed discussion of hypoglycemia, a condition that many people encounter in their efforts to manage their diabetic condition. Our featured expert, Robbie Kleinman (“Nurse Robbie”) leads us through an interesting overview of this condition: What it is, how and why it occurs, symnptoms, and ways to treat hypoglycemia.

Highlights:

“Hypoglycemia is also known as low blood sugar… Blood sugar that is too low can lead to coma or death and is considered a medical emergency.”

“Possible reasons for hypoglycemia include skipping or delaying meals, eating too few carbohydrates, too much exercise or too strenuous exercise, and drinking alcohol without eating food at the same time.”

“You should treat low blood sugar AS SOON AS you suspect you have it. The best way to raise your blood sugar above 70 mg/dl is to use glucose tablets.”

This is a great article for both folks managing their diabetes as well as their friends and family members; it sheds so much more light on a serious condition that we all would do well to be more aware of.

Go here to read entire article: Nurse Robbie’s Hypoglycemia Tips – Roberta Kleinman, RN, M.Ed., CDE

This week’s American Diabetes Wholesale Newsletter features an article just in time for American Podiatric Medical Association’s Foot Awareness Month this April. Diabetes educator Roberta Kleinman, RN provides some great tips to follow during this Foot Awareness Month and the rest of the year too! Check out her article “Happy Feet, Healthy You” for more great information on keeping your feet safe and healthy.

American Diabetes Wholesale also carries a wide range of foot care products to help you improve the condition of your feet. Check out the popular Anastasia Diabetic Foot Treatment or one of our newest neuropathy care products, Neuragen PN.