Diabetes – Caring for Your Feet

There are many things you can do to keep your feet healthy. Your health care provider should perform a complete foot exam at least annually - more often if you have foot problem. Check your feet every day. Look at your bare feet for red spots, cuts, swelling, and blisters. Call or see your health care provider if you have cuts or breaks in the skin, or have an ingrown nail. (Association, 2005) Also, tell your health care provider if your foot changes color, shape, or just feels different If you cannot see the bottoms of your feet, use a mirror or ask someone for help. You can also use Diachieve™ Moisturizing Skin Cream to prevent cracking or dry skin. Diachieve™ Moisturizing Skin Cream also provides relief for sore, red, dry, itchy, flaky, rough and cracked skin on hands, feet, elbows, knees and other areas. (Association, 2005)

This highly concentrated therapeutic strength moisturizing cream was developed to deeply penetrate skin to hydrate as well as speed up cell renewal and repair. Diachieve Moisturizing Skin Cream contains 75% pure aloe vera gel. Aloe vera plant extract has been used widely for generations to soothe, repair and protect skin. A touch of peppermint provides a cooling sensation to revitalize and make your hands and body feel fresh. Diachieve Diabetic Moisturizing Skin Cream is backed by 100% Money Back Guarantee. You can return any Diachieve products for any reason within 30 days of purchase date for a full refund on the purchase price of the product (Excludes shipping). Wash your feet every day. Dry them carefully, especially between the toes. If you can see and reach your toenails, trim them when needed. Trim your toenails straight across and file the edges with an emery board or nail file. Get started now. Begin taking good care of your feet today.  Set a time every day to check your feet.

Works Cited

Association, A. D. (2005). Living With Diabetes. Retrieved April 11, 2011, from American Diabetes Association Foot Care: http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/complications/foot-care.html

The Fat Pandemic

The world is getting heavier and most of us right along with it. Experts say we‘re in the grip of an epidemic that many call the “fat pandemic”. While our modern society praises being thin, our diets and hectic lifestyles may be helping us move in the other direction.

According to the United Nations, for the first time ever, the number of overweight people in the world has surpassed the number of starving ones! Waistlines are expanding, but at the same time much of the population is still falling alarmingly short in their nutritional requirements. Talk about a sad paradox!

The scary truth is that despite being overfed, we just aren’t getting what we need to sustain healthy bodies and minds. This contributes significantly to major health problems such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and considerably higher risk of cancer and strokes. In fact, deaths related to overeating and poor nutrition have increased by 33% over the last decade. Obesity alone is now linked to over 1billion deaths worldwide each year.

BUT…It IS POSSIBLE to lose weight and get the nutrition value your body needs.

YES let me help YOU!

Heart Healthy Fried Chicken

Heart Healthy Fried Chicken

Heart Healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Oat Bars Recipe

Sometime you get a sweet tooth an just don’t know what to eat when you are on a diet. When you eat foods that is not on your diet plan you feel guilty, but your body is still craving something sweet. I have the perfect chewy, sweet, and heart healthy recipe.

Ingredients

1 cup whole wheat flour

½ cup old-fashioned oats

1/3 cup fat-free sweetened condensed milk

½ teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon salt

¾ cup packed brown sugar

¼ cup canola oil

2 teaspoon pure vanilla flavor

2 teaspoon nut butter flavor

¼ cup fat free cholesterol –free egg product

2 tablespoon quick oats

2 teaspoons butter (softened)

½ cup semisweet chocolate chips

Spray cooking oil

½ cup peanut butter morsel chips

Heat chocolate chips and milk in 1-quart heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently, until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth; set aside. Heat over at 350`F. Spray square pan with cooking oil.  (9x9x2 inch pan)

Mix flour ½ cup oats, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in large bowl~ set aside. Stir brown sugar, oil, vanilla flavor, nut butter flavor and egg product in a bowl with a fork until smooth; stir into flour mixture until blended. Remove ½ cup of mixture for topping in a small bowl.

Pat the remaining dough in pan. (dough will be very sticky so lightly dust your hands with flour) Spread chocolate mixture over dough.

Add 2 tablespoon of quick oats, peanut butter morsel chips, and butter to the ½ cup of mixture you reserve in a small bowl.  Mix with a fork until crumbly. Drop small spoonfuls of oat mixture evenly over chocolate mixture.

Bake 20 to 30 minutes or until golden and firm. Cool completely, about 1 ½ hours.  Cut bar 4 rows by 4 rows.

Bon Appétit ~Your mouth will love it & your waistline will thank you!

What is Your True Size

We all have dream of being skinny and looking like someone we admire, but is their size the right size for your body. You must know your BMI.  BMI is a heuristic measure of body weight based on a person's weight and height. Though it does not actually measure the amount of fat on the body, it is used to estimate a healthy body mass based on a person's height, assuming an average body composition. Due to its ease of measurement and calculation, it is the most widely used diagnostic tool to identify weight problems within a population, usually whether individuals are underweight or overweight. It was invented between 1830 and 1850 by the Belgian polymath Adolphe Quetelet during the course of developing "social physics". Body mass index is defined as the individual's body weight divided by the square of his or her height. The formula universally used in medicine produce a unit of measure of kg/m². BMI can also be determined using a BMI chart.

BMI Chart

Category	BMI ranges
Severely underweight	less than 16.5
Underweight	from 16.5 to 18.4
Normal	from 18.5 to 24.9
Overweight	from 25 to 29.9
Obese Class I	from 30 to 34.9
Obese Class II	from 35 to 39.9
Obese Class III	over 40