The happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic wants to inspire you to eat more fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables are loaded with nutrients as well as fiber, which keep you feeling full longer and make you less likely to snack between meals. Slice a variety of fruits, like peaches, plums, nectarines, and various berries, to add to cold or cooked cereal or to top French toast, waffles, or pancakes instead of syrup. Try serving vegetables at the start of a meal with a low-fat dip to add flavor.
If you’re having trouble getting started, tune in to Diva TalkRadio (i-Tunes) for sensible advice on sticking to your diet while dining out and grocery shopping. Get support and inspired at: www.divabetic.org
One small plate.One large step. Change the plate first, change the habits later. A person tends to over-serve onto larger plates, and because people consume an average of 92% of what they serve themselves, larger plates lead to larger food intake. A two inch difference in plate diameter — from 12″ to 10″ plates — would result in 22% fewer calories being served, yet it is not drastic enough to trigger a counteracting response. If a typical dinner has 800 calories, a smaller plate would lead to a weight loss of around 18 pounds per year for an average size adult. Visit: www.smallplatemovement.org
Divabetic’s Mother Your Diabetesvideo series presents diabetes wellness advice with a spoonful of motherly love. #motherurdiabetes Listen to Mama Rose Marie on Diva TalkRadio and visit our Reading Room to see more of her tips. For more information go to: www.divabetic.org
In honor of Mother’s Day here’s some motherly advice for improving your health.
Riding a bike is a proven stress releaser. Regardless of if you are riding purely for pleasure or for a specific purpose, you will arrive at your destination feeling relaxed, energized and happier about the world and yourself.
It’s also one of the most effective workouts you’ll ever do that will make you a lean, fat-burning machine. #motherurdiabetes
Carbohydrates (“carbs”) can be counted 2 ways: by grams or by carb choices. Remember: 1 carb choice = 15 grams of carbohydrate. Mr. Divabetic’s educational game, Carb Kitty, makes counting carbs fun.#carbkitty
See Mr. Divabetic perform live at: American Diabetes Association (ADA) Expos – Pittsburgh, PA and New York, NY, Taking Control Of Your Diabetes (TCOYD) Conferences & Health Fair - Raleigh, NC and special appearances in Los Angeles, CA, Philadelphia, PA and more!
For more games, glucose inspiration and glamour go to: www.divabetic.org
Watch as Ellen Resnick, Director at the Center for Thoughtful Weight Loss, www.thoughtfulweightloss.com, builds her own tortilla soup to maximize the flavor without all the fats and unnecessary calories.
Customize your meals the same way you’d customize a new computer or car and you’ll be able to eat more of your favorite foods without the regret.
Know the nutrition facts when you choose your ingredients. You can start with turkey instead of roast beef and cut calories in half right there. Choose an ounce of Jarlsberg lite over cheddar and save another 46 calories.
Don’t be afraid to add ingredients. It’s always more fun to add, and besides, adding can be good for you. For instance you can add yummy fresh vegetables to a sandwich to bulk up on fiber and nutrients in exchange for some of the more fattening choices. Add your favorite mustard (there’s so many great one’s to choose from) to any sandwich instead of mayo and save another 90 calories and 10 grams of fat.
Oh, and the skinny margharitas allow for some well needed relaxation without piling on the calories of regular sweet mixed drinks–just beware of how many, or that consciousness will be out in the ocean
Carbohydrates (“carbs”) can be counted 2 ways: by grams or by carb choices. Remember: 1 carb choice = 15 grams of carbohydrate. The happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic talks with Divabetic Club leader, Neva White, MSN, CRNP, CDE about how carbohydate counting can benefit people living with diabetes. Mr. Divabetic’s educational game, Carb Kitty, makes counting carbs fun. See Mr. Divabetic perform live at: American Diabetes Association (ADA) Expos – Pittsburgh, PA and New York, NY, Taking Control Of Your Diabetes (TCOYD) Conferences & Health Fair – Washington, DC, Taking Control Of Your Diabetes (TCOYD) Conference & Health Fairs – Raleigh, NC and special appearances in Los Angeles, CA, Philadelphia, PA and more! For more games, glucose inspiration and glamour go to: www.divabetic.org
Rosie O’Donnell says that ever since Dr. Oz showed Rosie an obese person’s omentum (the fat organ connected to your stomach) during a taping of The Dr. Oz Show, she’s had a conscious thought about every piece of food she has put into her mouth.
Find out why Dr. Oz believes this had such an effect on Rosie’s eating habits. Do you feel this could help others become more concious about their eating?
You can rev up your metabolism with chili peppers! New research conducted at Perdue University found that adding spicy ingredients like cayenne pepper, hot peppers, or hot sauce to meals can help suppress appetite and even stoke your metabolic fire a bit.
When dieters who didn’t normally eat spicy foods ate a soup seasoned with cayenne pepper for lunch they ate 60 fewer calories at their next meal AND burned an extra ten calories (it’s a small amount, but over time it adds up!).
The Cream Puff Mama and the Diet Dropouts figured out a great way to stay fit: working out together. They do ‘Tae Bo® Fitness‘ workouts every morning at work. Plus, these diet dropouts eat less and move more. Talkshow host, Rosie O’Donnell surprises the ladies with a special guest, Billy Blanks.
Billy Blanks is the creator of Tae Bo® Fitness, the revolutionary total body fitness system that has helped millions of people around the world get in shape and feel great! He has also devoted a great deal of time toward helping people through his Foundation and by traveling around the world to train the U.S. Armed Forces.
Lately, I’ve seen 100 calorie snack packs for yogurt, chips, and a host of other foods in my local grocery store. They seem to be marketed primarily to ‘diet divas’ aka women on a diet or to use as a handy lunch box stuffer or after-school snack for your kids.
For the most part the 100 calorie snack packs are filled with stuff that’s not that healthy. These portion friendly snacks tend to be high in refined carbohydrates and low in fiber so they won’t control your hunger for long. And any nutritionist worth their weight in mangos, would agree that whole foods don’t come in 100 calorie snack packs.
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