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🍅🍳🥦🥘 Children with Diabetes presents CWD Eats 🥘🥦🍳🍅

CWD Eats aims to provide food and nutrition information that's backed by science, fits the diverse needs and desires of our community, and tastes great. The CWD Eats website has dozens of carb-counted recipes, with gluten-free, low-carb, and vegetarian choices available, as well as some delicious dessert options and holiday recipes. We hope you'll find some ideas and inspiration in our articles and recipes! Check out our new article by CWD Eats contributor Kristen O'Dell, RD, MS, CDCES.

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Show kids how their school lunch fits in the MyPlate food groups. Check out this fun handout, the MyPlate Guide to School Lunch for Families.https://myplate-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/2020-12/School%20Lunch%20%282016%29.pdf

"Having diabetes can make it hard to fall asleep and stay asleep, but there are things you can do to improve your bedtime routine."
Click this link to find out how you can improve your nightly routine.

https://www.healthline.com/health/type-2-diabetes/diabetes-bed-routines?slot_pos=article_1&utm_source=Sailthru%20Email&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=diabetes&utm_content=2022-08-11&apid=38699988&rvid=04c14bf787c7e84ec182ee6e7026094dff2010d475dee4c10139f18946786f73

"Most of us experience a stiff neck from time to time—but that doesn’t make it any more pleasant (or less painful) to deal with. Luckily, there are steps you can take to alleviate the symptoms of a stiff neck and feel more loose, relaxed, and comfortable."

"Has having a baby left you feeling completely exhausted? Are lie-ins and nights of unbroken sleep a distant memory? Here's how to get through the days that follow those endless nights when your baby just won't sleep."

"Lately, everyone seems to be pulled in a million different directions. But if you’re a woman, you may be especially overwhelmed. “Women today are more burnt out than ever because they’re taking on more and more responsibility in our ever-changing, fast-paced society"

The Gift of Me Time - Fitbit Blog Finding time for yourself can seem like a challenge, but the payback is so worth it.

Zucchini, also known as courgette, is a summer squash in the Cucurbitaceae plant family, alongside melons, spaghetti squash, and cucumbers. It also contains small amounts of iron, calcium, zinc, and several other B vitamins.

In particular, its ample vitamin A content may support your vision and immune system.
Check out this simple, yet delicious grilling recipe below!

Grilled Garlic Zucchini Recipe or BBQ Zucchini Recipe | Best Recipe Box Grilled Garlic Zucchini is easy vegetarian grilled vegeteable recipe or BBQ zucchini recipe. Grilled zucchini is healthy, low carb, keto

Quiz: How Well Do You Sleep?
Wondering if your sleep hygiene and routine are affecting your health?

Take this short quiz to test your knowledge and learn more about the quality of your sleep.

Measure the Quality of Your Sleep: Quiz Take this quiz to determine if your sleep hygiene is on the right track, or if you need to make some improvements to your bedtime routine.

"The key to using social media well involves finding ways to lessen the downsides and amplify the upsides. Here’s how."

Creating a Healthier Relationship with Social Media Social media can have a range of effects on well-being — both positive and negative. Our guide offers tips on using social media to benefit you.

With the Holiday weekend here, please remember to stay safe while grilling.

HELLO SUMMER
Summertime can be an enjoyable time for people with diabetes if special precautions are followed. Remain hydrated, stay cool, check your blood sugar more frequently, keep your diabetes supplies safe, eat healthily, watch your portions, and put on those comfortable, walking shoes, and move.

"10 Tips to Sleep Better with Type 2 Diabetes
Even if you know the importance of getting enough sleep each night, what happens when your desire to fall asleep isn’t enough?"

Sleep Tips for Type 2 Diabetes: Blood Sugar Management and More Type 2 diabetes may impact your sleep, especially if you're having trouble managing your blood sugar levels. Learn 10 tips to help you get a better night's rest.

The connection between diabetes and your feet is important because diabetes can cause nerve damage and reduce circulation. This combination can make it hard to know if your feet are injured, and poor circulation can make foot injuries and infections difficult to heal. To help foot complications that can come with diabetes, it's important to have the right information to make smart choices and connect with expert diabetes advice.

Let's get started. Where are you in your journey?

https://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/

"Don’t be deceived. These 5 Ingredient Blueberry Protein Muffins may be smaller in size, but they sure are delicious!"

5 Ingredient Blueberry Protein Muffins Made with love for people living with diabetes and their families. Backed by the diabetes nutrition experts at the American Diabetes Association

"Lack of sleep can lead to serious health problems like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and depression. So, getting quality sleep is not a luxury, it’s a necessity. The good news is: Great sleep is within your reach."

Cracking the Sleep Code Lack of sleep can lead to serious health problems like Type 2 Diabetes, heart disease, obesity and depression. Watch Cracking the Sleep Code for simple tips from sleep expert Dr. Raj Dasgupta you can apply now to your sleep routine. Learn how to improve your sleep quality and your overall health.

"Here's some good news: Boosting your health may be as easy as getting up more often! Sitting for long periods increases your risk for obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and early death. But breaking up sedentary time with light activity helps reduce those risks—while netting you stronger muscles and a higher daily calorie burn. Plus, being more active will improve your insulin sensitivity and may help reduce LDL (‘bad’) cholesterol."

https://www.diabetes.org/healthy-living/fitness/break-sitting-streak

"If you live with diabetes, meal planning is one way to help you consistently eat a balanced diet and manage carbs.

While you don’t need to map out every single meal for the week, a little planning will save you time later. Just follow these simple guidelines when putting your lunches, dinners, and that all-important breakfast meal together."

Mastering Mealtime While you don’t need to map out every single meal for the week, a little planning will save you time later. Just follow these simple guidelines when putting your lunches, dinners, and that all-important breakfast meal together.

Although spider bites are typically harmless, here is some helpful information. Click the link below.

When to Worry About a Spider Bite and When to Get Treatment Most spider bites are harmless, and symptoms will go away after a few days. Seek immediate medical care if you suspect the following.

"Your bedroom might offer convenience by day, but there’s a chance it has a different impact at night. Even if all you do is sleep in your bedroom, you still spend about a third of each day there. A hot, bright, cluttered room can disrupt your sleep and keep you lying awake for a chunk of this time, which can mean bad news for your waking health."
Click the link below: Tips for creating your ideal sleep oasis

The Ultimate Guide for Turning Your Bedroom into a Sleep Sanctuary If you're ready to revamp your bedroom and turn it into a sleep oasis, this guide is for you. Check out our tips, plus where to start.

"According to the World Health OrganizationTrusted Source, depression affects more than 264 million people around the globe.

Thankfully, the internet can be a powerful tool to seek help for depression. Online support groups and forums can help connect you to other people experiencing depression and provide coping techniques."

8 Best Online Depression Support Groups of 2022 Depression can feel isolating, but online support groups can help people find kinship and feel less alone when experiencing depression. Here are the best ones.

"If you are looking to make changes to your family’s eating and physical activity habits, remember that small changes can have a huge impact on health over time. Consider starting with one or more of these recommendations adapted from the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics:"

"Putting together a diabetic emergency kit can be both reassuring and practical, helping you feel safer while traveling or in daily life. But knowing what to put in your kit may feel confusing at first." Tap on the link below for helpful tips and ideas for creating your personal diabetic emergency kit.

Everything You Need to Know About Making a Diabetic Emergency Kit If you live with diabetes, assembling a diabetic emergency kit can empower you to stay safe and healthy. Let's break down important supplies you might need.

It’s important for teens to know how to recognize depression symptoms. Recognizing depression may help you get earlier treatment.

Am I Depressed? A Quiz for Teens Depression often shows up in teens, so it can be helpful to recognize the symptoms. Take 10 quiz questions on topics like sleep and school.

8 Ways to Get Preteens to Put Down the Phone and Go Outside - Fitbit Blog If your child’s phone seems super-glued to their hand, try these ideas to get them to put it down and go outside.

"Everyone needs and deserves a good night’s sleep. But do some people really need more than others?

Turns out, women may need more sleep than men. Here’s a closer look at how much more they might need, why they might need more, and tips for getting more sleep, regardless of your s*x or gender."

Do Women Need More Sleep Than Men? It Depends on Who You Ask There’s a longstanding assumption that women need more sleep than men, but is this actually true? We dive into the research.

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Cleanse Your Energy (10 Minute Meditation Guided) Cleanse your energy using this 10 minute guided meditation. Rid yourself of all negative energy, stress, anxiety. This meditation will make you feel so muc...

It's not always as simple as just "being". Follow the link below for quick reads of individual perspective's on what helped & worked for them.
https://www.healthline.com/program/how-to-be-alone