Joanne Lewis, Author at Diabetes Care Community

Joanne Lewis

Joanne Lewis, Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator, is the Director of Nutrition with Diabetes Canada where she is responsible for the development of diabetes education tools for healthcare professionals and people living with diabetes. She has nearly 20 years of experience as a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator working in both hospital- and community-based programs. Ms Lewis has collaborated in the development and implementation of professional diabetes education programs and has presented at local, national and international conferences on a variety of diabetes and chronic disease related topics and has served as an advisor and reviewer for professional organizations and journals.

Too sweet to be true

Joanne Lewis July 7, 2018 Diabetes Diet

Unsweetened, No Added Sugar, Sugar-Free, Less Sugar. Think they all mean the same thing? Not really! Nutrition claims for sugar can be very misleading and confusing.

Hypoglycemia? Variation in amount, timing, and digestion rate of carbs may be the clue.

Joanne Lewis May 25, 2018 Diabetes Diet, Diet and Fitness Articles

hypoglycemia variation timing amount digestion

If you live with or care for a person with diabetes, it comes as no surprise that hypoglycemia (or low blood glucose) presents a serious threat to a person's physical health.

Navigating the grocery store for snacks

Joanne Lewis April 14, 2018 Diabetes Diet, Navigate grocery store

For people with diabetes, navigating the grocery store for snacks is probably the most challenging section of the store. The challenge is in what to focus on when looking at the food labels.

Navigating the grocery store: the pasta aisle

Joanne Lewis February 16, 2018 Diabetes Diet, Navigate grocery store

Pasta is a kitchen pantry staple. It’s inexpensive, versatile, requires little cooking expertise and it’s delicious.

Navigating the grocery store for meats and poultry

Joanne Lewis February 9, 2018 Diabetes Diet, Navigate grocery store

If you consider that the healthiest way to shop for groceries is to start by cruising the perimeter of the store, then you will no doubt notice that meats and poultry fall into this category.

Navigating the grocery store for fruits

Joanne Lewis February 3, 2018 Diabetes Diet, Navigate grocery store

You may be familiar with the advice that, when grocery shopping, it’s best to shop the perimeter of the store where fresh foods such as fruits, vegetables, milk products, meat and fish are usually found. This article will focus on navigating the grocery store for fruits.

Cinnamon is a flavourful solution for diabetes

Joanne Lewis January 18, 2018 Diabetes Diet

Cinnamon is a flavourful solution for diabetes - studies have been done to investigate a potential role for cinnamon in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.