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Diabetes and Weight Loss

November is Diabetes Awareness Month. I know every month seems to have a mascot these days but it can be crucial to your health to know more about this illness. If you do not have diabetes you need to be aware of the factors that can contribute to you developing Type 2 diabetes. If you currently have Type 2 diabetes you will want to learn more about how to lower your blood sugar through diet and exercise and lessening your dependence on insulin. In a National Institutes of Healthy study, participants who were over weight and had high yet not … Continue reading →

Scary Diabetes Prediction

A new study by the UnitedHealth Group’s Center for Health Reform and Modernization titled “The United States of Diabetes: Challenges and Opportunities in the Decade Ahead” predicts that by 2020 – just a mere ten years away – more than half of the American public will either have diabetes or be diagnosed as prediabetic. As someone who has a history of diabetes in her family, I find this to be a really scary finding. Both of my grandmothers were diagnosed with Type II diabetes when I was just a child. Once my father hit 55, he too was diagnosed with … Continue reading →

Pumpkin Hazelnut Bread

If you are watching your sugar levels due to diabetes or because you are concerned with your sugar levels then you need to arm yourself with good recipes. It is hard to change your lifestyle or not feel deprived without stocking up on recipes that align with you the new change in your life. The following recipe is low in sugar and made with whole wheat flour. If you do not care for whole wheat flour you can try white whole wheat flour for a smoother texture. Pumpkin Hazelnut Bread Ingredients 3 tablespoons canola oil 3/4 cup homemade or canned … Continue reading →

Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events to Scrapbook In June

Imagine the strange and jazzy layouts you can make celebrating some of these wild, wacky and unusual holidays. These have been collected and compiled from various sources over the years of my teaching and we celebrated many of them in the classroom. Celebrate them with your children and family and create fun and wacky layouts! The Month of June Adopt A Shelter Cat Month Cancer From The Sun Month Celibacy Awareness Month Child Vision Awareness Month Children’s Awareness Month Dairy Alternative Month Effective Communications Month Entrepreneurs Do It Yourself Marketing Month Fireworks Safety Month Gay and Lesbian Pride Month International … Continue reading →