According to the CDC, over 84 million Americans now have prediabetes. What’s scarier is that nine out of ten of them don’t even know they have it. yup, that's correct nine out of ten don't even know they have it. Are you one of them?
If left untreated, it can lead to heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. However, the exciting part is that prediabetes can often be stopped before it becomes diabetes...or even reversed.
Prediabetes occurs when your fasting blood sugar (glucose) is higher than normal but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. It’s usually diagnosed from a finger-stick test called Hemoglobin A1C.
You can get it from your local pharmacy or by working with your medical practitioner. The test measures the amount of hemoglobin with glucose (sugar) attached. The more attached glucose, the higher the number on the test.
The American Diabetes Association provides the following general guidelines for A1C levels:
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Do you ever find yourself watching TV or driving in a car and just snacking away...even if you aren't hungry?
If you have, you aren't alone, and this Tidbit is for you.
This could be mindless eating or it could be something important your body is asking for, and you need to dig a little deeper to figure it out.
In today's video, we are going to talk about how to figure this out, the most common and the most common reason it's happening.
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Make it a healthy week everyone! Fran
There is a difference between what is difficult and what is impossible.
You may feel you don’t have enough willpower or discipline to meet your health goal, but you’re wrong.
Understanding the unspoken strengths behind your willpower and physiology is the key to accomplishing your health goals (a.k.a.-feeling great in your clothes and having a blast).
In today’s tidbit, let me show you how to push past willpower exhaustion. Make it a healthy week! - Fran
I still remember when my first daughter was 2 years old, walking around talking, just being the cutest little human ever. Well my love for chocolate and my passion to feed this little human healthfully sometimes conflicted.
So, what did I find myself doing? Sneaking the chocolate, shoving it in my mouth chewing fast and swallowing before she could know what I was doing. We’ve all been there!
Today I will share with you how science is proving that guilt and shame are the worst possible motivators for you and what you can do to really improve your self-control.
This is for you if you’ve ever looked at an empty carton of ice cream or an empty sleeve of cookies and thought who just ate that!
Make it a healthy week with less shame and guilt, Fran
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