As the publisher of CDiabetes.com, Costco Healthy Living with Diabetes, I have edited and published dozens of healthy living articles around the holidays. With Thanksgiving coming up, I’d like to take this opportunity to communicate some of the tips I have picked up over the years from our award-winning staff of writers, which includes two former Diabetes Educator of the Year winners. [...]
My name is Amy Tenderich and I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in May of 2003. At the time, I had a 5-year-old, a 3-year-old, and a five-month-old baby at home, and was almost too consumed with caring for them and trucking them around (many trips to Costco!) to get my head around this new [...]
Dear Readers, Welcome to the Fall 2014 Edition of “Costco: Healthy Living with Diabetes”. Fall is the time of year for people with diabetes to get their flu shots, which Costco offers at a low cost to its members. Our immunization-certified Costco pharmacists give flu shots Monday [...]
Bayer CONTOUR® NEXT Blood Glucose Monitoring System THINK BACK to when you first found out that you had diabetes. How did you feel? Most people with diabetes have a strong emotional response to finding out they have diabetes. Having feelings of anger, fear, sadness and guilt is perfectly [...]
GLUCERNA® Nutritional Vanilla Shake AS A COSTCO SHOPPER, you most likely have come across container after container of meal and snack replacement options. From shakes to bars, these products can be marketed to do everything from help you to build muscle, lose weight, and even better [...]
CDiabetes is joining up with The Diabetes Influencers Network and Weider Nutrition to host a twitter chat dedicated to educating the Diabetic Community on the importance of heart health. The chat is Sponsored by Weider’s Red Yeast Rice. People with Diabetes tend to have high cholesterol and [...]
Is Belly Fat A Sign of Diabetes? Are you wondering how to get rid of your extra Belly Fat? Need to Burn it fast for bathing suit season? We answer all these questions and more during our Costco Healthy Living with Diabetes, CDiabetes.com, #DiabetesChat on Twitter on Thursday, May 15, 2014 from [...]
Are you trying to lose weight this year? Losing weight can be hard, since it involves making many changes to your eating and exercise habits. The key to losing weight is to take each step of your journey one day at a time. This journey includes trying new foods, like “super” foods, to make healthy eating more exciting and flavorful! [...]
Spring is finally here! After a long winter, it’s time to enjoy the warmth of the bright sunshine while you marvel at the gorgeous array of fragrant Spring flowers. You might have already started to organize your closet in anticipation of the mild spring weather. But have you organized your [...]