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We personally want to thank everyone who attended our “Suga In Your Neighborhood” event! We hope everyone found it to be fun, engaging and that what we shared added to everyones knowledge. Remember: "When you know better you do better" ~ Maya Angelou. We would also like to thank Blue Door Neighborhood Center for partnering with us to make this happen!

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Today we are honoring Dr. Alexa Irene Canady. Dr. Canady almost dropped out of college as an undergraduate, but after recovering her self-confidence she went on to qualify as the first African American woman neurosurgeon in the United States. Alexa Canady earned a B.S. degree in zoology from the University of Michigan in 1971, and graduated from the medical school there in 1975.

Dr. Canady was chief of neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital of Michigan from 1987 until her retirement in June 2001. She holds two honorary degrees: a doctorate of humane letters from the University of Detroit-Mercy, awarded in 1997, and a doctor of science degree from the University of Southern Connecticut, awarded in 1999. She received the Children's Hospital of Michigan's Teacher of the Year award in 1984, and was inducted into the Michigan Woman's Hall of Fame in 1989. In 1993, she received the American Medical Women's Association President's Award and in 1994 the Distinguished Service Award from Wayne State University Medical School. In 2002, the Detroit News named Dr. Canady Michiganer of the Year.

Today we are honoring Patricia Bath and all the work she’s done for health care.

Patricia Bath was the first African American to complete a residency in ophthalmology and the first African American female doctor to receive a medical patent. She invented the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment in 1986.

In 1993, Bath retired from her position at the UCLA Medical Center and became an honorary member of its medical staff. That same year, she was named a "Howard University Pioneer in Academic Medicine."

Among her many roles in the medical field, Bath was a strong advocate of telemedicine, which uses technology to provide medical services in remote areas.

Happy Black History Month from The Suga Project Foundation team! This month we will be recognizing important black women throughout the month. We will be giving important statistics on black women with type 2 diabetes, some healthy recipes, and much more!

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Wishing you and your family a wonderful Holiday Season. With lots of love - The Suga Project Foundation family ❤️

“Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier & healthier life.”

This , give the gift of life through health education to a woman living with type 2 diabetes. With COVID-19 cases on the rise and impacting individuals with type 2 diabetes, ensuring the health of our loved ones is the most meaningful gesture this season. You can help us to empower more women to live happier and healthier lives by making a donation today. Every dollar we receive today will be matched by a generous anonymous donor! Thank you for supporting our mission and giving the gift of health education to a woman living with type 2 diabetes. Donate Today!

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Happy National Diabetes Month!! We Stand Greater Than Diabetes!! Life doesn’t end with type 2 diabetes. Please donate so we can continue to help women master type 2 diabetes.
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By now you have received an email from us in regards to our November Newsletter, “Fall In Suga”. Inside the email is a free holiday cookbook and even how to register for our upcoming virtual cooking event, and much more. If you did not receive and email, but want to be apart of our email subscription message us now! Happy Monday

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Happy Thursday!

Our founder, Natalie, is giving YOU or anyone you know, a gift in celebration of her birthday October 9th! She is offering FREE transformational 30-minute one-on-one diabetes coaching sessions to the next 20 people who click the link and schedule a time with her.

Who couldn’t use a little hand holding on their diabetes journey? The holidays are upon us and they present their own challenges when it comes to food and stress. Often we may not want to admit it but managing diabetes is HARD and often confusing and having someone “hold your hand” may be just the nudge you need to feel more at ease, less guilty, and find peace of mind. A session with Natalie will do this for you!

For those who don’t know Natalie, she is an Integrative Medicine Health Coach from Duke University, a healthcare researcher and a PhD student in health psychology. She founded The Suga Project Foundation to help people escape diabetes complications and to advocate for health equity and reduce health disparities regarding type 2 diabetes. To “add insult to injury”, COVID-19 has impacted people with diabetes worse than any other epidemic in history. The best defense against diabetes complications is keeping diabetes under control, so she is offering free coaching sessions to help anyone who’s up for it!

Don’t wait, click the link below and select your time to meet with her.

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Happy Monday

“Fitness is a key part of managing type 2. And the good news, all you have to do is get moving. You don’t have to become an ultra-marathoner. You can start slowly with a walk around the block or a simple bike ride” -

Visit our website to learn more ways to manage type 2 diabetes

Visit our website today to see how you can impact women with type 2 diabetes and ensure that no woman will ever have to suffer lifelong complications of this debilitating disease.

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Hi Everyone! Connecting back to our last post about starting new habits, we wanted to give you a little bit more to think about. The following is an exert from the PatientsLikeMe website and forum and it is super helpful to understand WHY changing habits are so hard and HOW to change them in spite of.

Maybe you’ve tried to form an exercise habit or eat differently to meet health goals discussed with your doctor. The goals mean a lot to you – they're important. You want to do them. But somehow, you struggle to get in your groove. You feel discouraged about how difficult it is and might table the goal for another time...and then you start this cycle again.

If this sounds like you, you’re not alone. Almost everyone struggles to incorporate new things to their routines because of the science behind habits. Many of your actions during the day are not decisions that you make in your life, but a series of habits that you’ve formed. Some examples of this are how you brush your teeth, shower, do the dishes, drive, or walk to the grocery store. These daily tasks are essentially on autopilot in your brain. You don’t need to think as hard to figure out how to do them. This allows you to put your attention to other things that require more critical thinking.

A deeper dive into how a habit forms can help us figure out how to change our old habits and incorporate new ones that you can stick with! Here are the parts of the habit cycle:
- Cue/trigger - Habits all start with something that reminds the brain of said habit. It could be a time of day, a place, a person, a feeling and many other things. Everyone has unique cues for their habits.
- Routine – Once the trigger has been registered by the brain, the routine will unfold. For example, at certain times of day, you might be more prone to snacking or checking your phone for messages. Certain feelings might trigger being more creative or the need to relax by the TV.
- Reward – The last phase of the habit cycle is feeling good because you went through the cycle. Something about the routine should make you feel happy and fulfilled. This reinforcement motivates you to remember the trigger and repeat the routine to get back to this point of the cycle.

With the better understanding of the science of habits, we can change what surrounds the routine to reinforce it:
¥ Create new cues - you need to have a good reminder to start a new habit. If you want to go for walks, perhaps laying out workout clothes ahead of time will remind you to get moving. If it’s a hobby, is there something that you can do to remind yourself of it during the day? Technology enables us to create calendar reminders, which can be very helpful as well.
¥ Develop the right reward system- In order to want to do the activity again, it needs to make you happy in some way! Doing a hobby you like will probably bring enjoyment once you get to doing it. But sometimes our goals are for practical purposes and we might not love it at the start. This is where pairing the routine with another reward is helpful. If you don’t like walking all that much but want to start for your health, what do you like to do that you can pair with it? It is seeing friends for a group (socially distant!) walk? Or listening to music during the routine? Or is the right reward for you to be acknowledged for your efforts by getting support from friends or family? Figure out what you love the most to make the reward fulfilling for you.

Tell us about your habits. Is there something you’ve tried to make a habit of? What do you think the right cue and reward would be for you to succeed?

Happy Monday!! We hope everyone had a great workday to start the week.

If you stay fit and active throughout your life, you’ll be able to better control your diabetes and keep your blood glucose level in the correct range.

Whatever you choose to do, know that it’s good enough.

Meditation can:

Reduces Stress, Controls Anxiety, Promotes Emotional Health, Lengthens Attention Span, Reduce Age-Related Memory Loss, & so much more. But most importantly, it can help you manage your type 2 diabetes.

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“Foods to eat for a type 2 diabetic diet meal plan include complex carbohydrates such as brown rice, whole wheat, quinoa, oatmeal, fruits, vegetables, beans, and lentils. Foods to avoid include simple carbohydrates, which are processed, such as sugar, pasta, white bread, flour, and cookies, pastries.”

Women are disproportionately affected by type 2 diabetes. The death rate for women with type 2 diabetes is much higher than men. The Suga Project Foundation is spearheading the conversation on health equity within type 2 diabetes while informing, empowering, and amplifying women with this disease. Our Diabetes Mastery Program takes an intersectional approach to address the needs of women individually and collectively.

Join us as we redefine the relationship women have with type 2 diabetes. Visit our website to show your support www.thesugaprojectfoundation.org

For far too long, the health care community has not adequately addressed the needs of women living with type 2 diabetes, especially women color. The Suga Project Foundation seeks to bridge the gap between our most vulnerable communities and provide equitable resources to empower women across the country. To support our work please visit thesugaprojectfoundation.org

Did you know, people with type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk of suffering from severe illness from COVID-19?

The Suga Project Foundation is working tirelessly to help women with type 2 diabetes adjust to the new way of life. Visit our website to learn more about our Diabetes Mastery Program and support our work. https://www.thesugaprojectfoundation.org/donate

Through your support, you can help a woman living with type 2 diabetes gain access to equitable resources! Visit our website to find out how! thesugaprojectfoundation.org

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Compared with men, women with type 2 diabetes are.....
It’s also interesting to note that compared with men with diabetes, women with diabetes have:

* A higher risk for heart disease.
* Lower survival rates and a poorer quality of life after heart attack
* A higher risk for blindness
* A higher risk for depression.

Let’s make a change today! Donate & learn more by visiting our website today: thesugaprojectfoundation.org

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We would like to thank our staff and everyone who has donated or supported The Suga Project Foundation. We exist to shake up the type 2 diabetes community so that we stop allowing type 2 Diabetes to claim lives unnecessarily.

Please spread awareness today about our nonprofit. Encourage people to donate, so that we can keep helping women master diabetes, one day at a time.

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Donate — The Suga Project Foundation Your offerings today will have an enormous impact on the lives of these women. With your help, we can ensure that no woman will ever have to suffer lifelong complications of this debilitating disease. *Donations are 100% tax deductible.

Donate today to our foundation. Your offerings today will have an enormous impact on the lives of these women. With your help, we can ensure that no woman will ever have to suffer lifelong complications of this debilitating disease.
www.thesugaprojectfoundation.org

Visit our website today! We believe that education, motivation and support are the first steps in having a happier and less stressful life with type 2 diabetes. We have a comprehensive evidence based Diabetes Mastery Program that considers the whole woman.
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Tuesday, July 7, has been designated Blackout Day, a call to action and “day of solidarity in America where not one Black person in America spends a dollar" outside of businesses owned by Black people, according to the movement's official website. Support black owned business today!!

Today is the largest single day increase in COVID-19 cases worldwide! People with Diabetes are in the high risk category as it pertains to COVID-19. So please make sure you are keeping yourself and your families safe. Exercise caution and make sure to continue to follow the CDC and WHO guidelines.

Saturday June 20th is Do Nothing Day, give yourself permission.

Times like these it’s okay to breathe, sit and do absolutely nothing. Spend some time relaxing, working on your mental health, and enjoying the day.

If you need one, here’s your permission slip...“ I have permission to do nothing on Saturday 20th June 2020”.

This week is Diabetes Week! For us, diabetes week is every week! We would like for everyone to know, that we are here for you. Be the pebble in the pond!