Diabetes, Meet with Dietitian

Diabetes Meet the Dietitian 

Do you have a relationship with Diabetes? Or Is this the start of your relationship with Diabetes? I am here to inform you that like all relationships, your relationship with Diabetes will have its ups and downs. Let me teach you to ride that sugar wave to the shore successfully. 

Let’s start by explaining what Diabetes is. Diabetes is an autoimmune disorder where cells in your pancreas start to die or are not recognized by your body’s glucose. Now glucose is the sweet stuff, the body’s sugar.  

There are two main types of Diabetes: Type 1 & Type 2.

Type1 is defined as the immune system destroying the cells in the pancreas that excrete insulin. Insulin is a hormone that helps regulate blood glucose.

Type2 is defined as insulin resistant meaning your body still makes insulin but does not recognize it. 

Let’s have a serious moment, if you let your sugar levels run wild then you are setting yourself up for complications, and I don’t know about you but college is the time to let loose, and have some fun! Learn, Live, and Love!

 

Come see me to:

·         Learn to control your Diabetes.

·         Live a healthy life through food.

·         Love being the best you, you can be!

Call/Email me at 936-468-1022 or drake-sarah@aramark.com

References:

Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2013). Diabetes Fact Sheet. Retrieved From: http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/pdf/ndfs_2011.pdf

Picture. (2013). Retrieved From: http://www.painlesscooking.com/nutritional-value-of-vegetables.html

Blog was written by SFA interns: Nikki Jupe & Rachel Trammell