This article, Building Bridges Through Collaboration and Consensus: Expanding Awareness and Use of Peer Support and Peer Support Communities Among People With Diabetes, Caregivers, and Health Care Providers, is published in a special issue of Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, titled Social Media and Diabetes. It details the development of collaboration between the diabetes peer support communities and the American Association of Diabetes Educators.

Many of us think of salads as a healthy choice, but the truth is that there are many ways to turn a salad into a nutritional nightmare! In this short video with Diabetes What To Know I share some tips from Eat Out, Eat Well - the Guide To Eating Healthy in Any Restaurant for making a salad the healthy choice it should be!!

We all know that we should eat more non-starchy vegetables... but that's easier said than done. In this in this short video with Diabetes What To Know I share some meal planning tips for getting more non-starchy vegetables in your diet.

Back for a third appearance on Sound Bites, the very successful Podcast of my colleague Melissa Joy Dobbins, MS, RDN, CDE, I discussed the value of peer support and peer support communities for people with diabetes and their caregivers. I was joined by two people from the diabetes peer support community, Anna Norton, CEO of Diabetes Sisters and a person with type 1 diabetes and Shelby Kinnaird, a peer support leader for Diabetes Sisters and person with type 2 diabetes.

I talk about the three biggest pitfalls of restaurant eating and what to do about them in this short video with Diabetes What To Know. Enjoy some tips from Eat Out, Eat Well - the Guide To Eating Healthy in Any Restaurant.

We all love pizza... but can people with type 2 diabetes eat it and stay healthy?  I say "Yes,"  in this short video with Diabetes What To Know. Enjoy some tips from Eat Out, Eat Well - the Guide To Eating Healthy in Any Restaurant.

I talk about the three biggest pitfalls of restaurant eating and what to do about them in this short video with Diabetes What To Know. Enjoy some tips from Eat Out, Eat Well - the Guide To Eating Healthy in Any Restaurant.

This blog was written with David Edelman and crossposted AADE

We’re super excited to unveil the new peer support section of the AADE website!

I just did a wonderful Facebook Live video interview on eating out healthfully with Ansley Dalbo, the founder of an innovative education/advocacy resource for people with type 2 diabetes, Diabetes- What To Know.  It was great fun and I think you'll find it very informative too.  Enjoy and let me know what you think.