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So many Americans have diabetes.   The National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2022 , which is published by the Centers for Disease Control, provides information on the prevalence and incidence of diabetes and prediabetes, and the risk factors for this disease and complications and costs.   Here are some facts from this report. Diabetes Facts: 37.3 million Americans have diabetes. This equates to 11.3% of the U.S. population Diagnosed – 28.7 million Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes Undiagnosed – 8.5 million have diabetes but are not yet diagnosed.   Prediabetes 96 million Americans aged 18 and older have prediabetes.   This is 38.0% of the U.S. population. Of those who are 65 and older:   26.4 million have prediabetes.    What are the best diets for those with diabetes? As noted in the past few weeks’ blog posts, the U.S. News & World Report ranks diets best for overall health, best weight-loss diets but also the Best Diabetes ...

Who hasn ’t heard people talking about losing weight .   As I noted in a recent blog, a guy on Twitter went to his doctor and the doctor said his BMI was too high and he needed to lose 67 pounds.   Now, that is a challenge.   What weight loss diet should this guy chose to go on?   What are some healthy choices that will help him lose weight but not cut out food groups or nutrients needed for good health?   What diet will help him not only lose weight but keep it off because the diet emphasizes lifestyle changes and adopting good habits? Anyone can go on a diet and lose some weight.   But often people choose a fad diet that may result in some weight loss but then they give up on it and many gain the weight back.   What most people want is to lose weight and keep it off.   This requires more than a diet, but lifestyle changes like more exercise and more healthy foods.   A relative gained some weight over the holidays.   Rather than goin...

So many people say, “I am on a diet.”   They always mean they are on a diet to lose weight.   But we are all “on a diet”.   Our diets may be healthy ones or not so healthy ones.   And some who think their diets are healthy may have little or no idea what a “healthy diet” means.   It doesn’t mean keto, gluten free, or any of the fad diets.   What is a “healthy diet”? In the last two blogs we discussed simple changes you can make to start eating healthier.   There are diets to follow, not for weight loss but for a healthier you.   In the class I teach, students are always recommending we should “eat healthy”.   But when I ask them what this means they often struggle to come up with specifics.   Instead of making a resolution to go on a “diet” this year, why not go on a “diet” to eat healthier?   Are there healthy diets to follow?   A diet not for weight loss or weight gain, but just a healthy eating pattern? Not a “diet” you go ...