It’s time to love your heart with great tasting food! A healthy diet is always important for a healthy heart. However, for those at a greater risk for heart disease, like people with diabetes, the stakes are even higher. Fortunately, one of the most significant ways to reduce your risk for heart […]
This guest post, “He Has Never Let His Diabetes Stop Him”, was written by Jacob’s Grandmother as part of the Share Your Story program.
I am writing about my grandson. I was helping my son raise him and his sister, all of us living close together. Jake was with me every day. He started wetting his bed. […]
American Diabetes Wholesale is carrying a new line of blood glucose meters and glucose test strips from Home Diagnostics, including the TRUE2go meter - the world's smallest glucose monitor.
ADW Diabetes announces the launch of its “Buy Once. Give Twice!” Valentine’s Day campaign that donates 50% of profits from the sale of its gift baskets during the month of February to the Greater Palm Beach County Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).
ADW Diabetes is proud to announce a special offer from now until the end of February 2009 – purchase any of our diabetic gift baskets and ½ of the proceeds go towards the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation […]
And the winner is – fiber! While it wholeheartedly deserves its reputation for its regulating abilities, did you know that keeping the GI system (digestive system) moving is only one of its fabulous attributes? The fact is research shows a diet high in fiber can help prevent not only weight gain, but heart disease, certain types […]
American Diabetes Wholesale’s esteemed panel of judges have sorted through hundreds of nominations for the 2008 Diabetes Educator of the Year Contest and are happy to announce the five finalists: Linda C. Aman, RN, BS, MSN, NP-C; Suzanne Swann Laws, MS, RD, LD, CNS, FADA, BC-ADM, CDE; Janet W. Brown Crockrel, LPN, RN, CDE; Laurie Terrio, […]
ADW Diabetes is proud to announce the five finalists for Diabetes Educator of the Year for 2008! Our judges received hundreds of inspirational nominations from all over the country, and although it was challenging coming up with the five final nominees, here is the […]
Blood sugar (glucose) testing is essential to successful diabetes management. Here’s why you should be testing:
Body Mass Index (BMI) assesses your body weight relative to your height. The American Dietetic Association uses the following BMI formula: multiply your weight in pounds by 700. Then divide
that number by your height in inches two times.
For example: a person weighs 135 pounds and stands 5’7” tall. 135 pounds x 700 = 94,500. Divide that […]