Reduce Your Diabetes Risk
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Simone Gampel, RD, CDE, General Surgeon spoke about lifestyle modification techniques to reduce your risk for pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes. We will discuss tips for eating healthier and improving nutrition, reducing stress and getting more physical activity.
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Reduce Your Diabetes Risk
- 1. Diabetes Prevention Learn lifestyle modification techniques to reduce your risk of pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Our diabetes educators will discuss tips for eating healthier and improving nutrition, reducing stress and getting more physical activity. Presenter: Simone Gampel, RD, CDE
- 2. What is pre-diabetes? A person’s blood glucose (sugar) level is higher than normal, but not high enough yet to be diagnosed with diabetes
- 4. Are you at risk?
- 6. If yes, Share your results with your physician and ask about getting your blood sugar tested.
- 7. How is it diagnosed? • Fasting Glucose test: measures your blood glucose when you haven’t eaten for 7 hours • Hemoglobin A1C test: measures your average estimated blood sugar over the past 2-3 months
- 10. Treatment
- 11. HEALTHY WEIGHT “If you have pre-diabetes, losing a small amount of weight if you’re overweight and getting regular physical activity can lower your risk for developing type 2 diabetes. A small amount of weight loss means around 5% to 7% of your body weight”
- 13. Increase Fruits & Vegetables • Vitamins, minerals, fiber, phytonutrients • Eat the rainbow Whole Grains • Look for at least 3 grams of fiber per serving Low-fat dairy • 1% milk, low-fat cheese, low-fat yogurt Lean protein
- 14. Decrease Saturated fat Salt: < 2300 mg daily Simple sugars
- 15. GAME TIME!!!! Good Carb v. Bad Carb
- 31. Label Reading
- 32. Physical Activity Regular physical activity means getting at least 150 minutes a week of brisk walking or a similar activity. That’s just 30 minutes a day, five days a week
- 33. Workouts for bad back, knee & foot
- 34. No $$$ for gym
- 36. STRESS REDUCTION “If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn’t ask me, I’d still have to say it.” – George Burns
- 38. Meditation
- 39. Exercise
- 40. Adequate Sleep
- 41. Nutritional Services include: Diabetes Education Weight Management Gestational Diabetes Bariatric Surgery Evaluations Eating Disorders GI disease Pediatrics* Renal disease Sports Nutrition* Oncology *only specific RDs offer these services Margaret Eckler, MS, RD, CDE 1 Diamond Hill rd., Berkeley Heights Direct Dial #: 908-277-8617 Mary Friesz, PhD, RD, CDE 34 Mountain Bld., Warren 202 Elmer St., Westfield 67 Walnut Ave., Clark Direct Dial #: 908-228-3676 Mitch Bentler, MA, RD, CDE, CSP 1 Diamond Hill rd., Berkeley Heights 140 Park Ave., Florham Park Direct Dial #: 973-814-3334 Roger Warn, MS, RDN, CDE, CSOWM 95 Madison Ave., Morristown Office #: 973-775-5115 Simone Gampel, RD, CDE 1 Diamond Hill rd., Berkeley Heights 75 E. Northfield Rd., Livingston Direct Dial #: 908-588-3887 Jennifer Llewellyn, RD, CDE 6 Brighton Rd., Clifton Direct Dial #: 973-794 -8177
Editor's Notes
- 1 in 3 American adults has prediabetes, but only 10% of them know they have it Without making changes, many people with prediabetes can develop type 2 diabetes within 5 years Prediabetes has no symptoms