Diet and Fitness Articles

When you have diabetes you also have a higher risk for heart disease. In fact, you’re two to four times more likely to have a stroke or die of heart-related issues compared to someone without diabetes. While it’s certainly not fair, take comfort in knowing you can make changes to your diet to improve the diabetes heart.

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.

Understanding sugar content on food labels is important, to ensure that you’re consuming healthy amounts. Reading the ingredient lists and nutrition facts tables on packaged foods is a helpful way for you to check what kind, and how much, sugar a product has.

Probiotics are live bacteria and yeasts that are good for your overall health, especially your digestive system health.

Fermentation is a process in which food is exposed to bacteria or yeasts, either via inoculation or naturally through the air. Fermentation has been used as a method of preserving food for thousands of years.

If you have diabetes, you probably know that it’'s important to engage in regular physical activity. But do you know why?