Diabetes, Don’t Sugar Coat It
Presentation for 6th -12th Grade Students

As part of her BSN public health rotation, Micayla Dollinger put together this fantastic diabetes awareness presentation to get 6th-12th grade students activated in diabetes prevention. 
The program is one class period long and covers type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and steps to reduce the risk of developing  type 2
download FREE Diabetes, Don’t Sugar Coat It Slide Presentation. Thanks Micayla for your generous sharing of this fun and informative presentation.

The course emphasizes that diabetes is not a shameful or blameful disease; Students are encouraged to support  people with diabetes and  to never criticize.  See chart below with some Do’s and Don’ts for interacting with people living with diabetes.

If possible, get involved in educating your community about diabetes prevention. For type 2 diabetes, it takes an average of 6.5 years to discover. The Legacy Trial Results demonstrated that early and aggressive treatment of diabetes results in decreased risk of eye, kidney, nerve disease, heart attack and possible death.

When Diabetes Educators take a leadership role in their workplace and communities, we are a formidable force that can discover undetected diabetes and encourage action for a lifetime of health.

Sonic introduces a new burger this year with a patty containing 25% mushrooms! The concept being that the burger has “less of the guilt.”

According to the World Resources Institute, if we were to replace 30% of beef in hamburgers in America, we could benefit not only our health, but the health of the planet.

Particularly by replacing beef with other more sustainable substitutes like mushrooms, we can reduce greenhouse emissions by a comparable amount of taking over 2 million cars off the road a year. 

To learn more please read the article below:

“Here’s Why Environmentalists Are Cheering The Latest Burger At Sonic Drive-In” – NPR

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Check out our Plant Based Eating Resource Page

“The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologist recommends plant based diet for people with diabetes, yet many people and educators are unsure how to get started.” – Coach Beverly

Check out our resource page full of ideas, recipes and more!

“They killed Tony the Tiger. They did away with Cheetos’ Chester Cheetah. They banned Kinder Surprise, the chocolate eggs with a hidden toy.”

Facing skyrocketing rates of obesity in adults and children, the Chilean government is waging war on unhealthy foods.

Here is a list of the strategies health advocates fought hard to implement:

• packaged food companies must display black warning labels in the shape of a stop sign on items high in sugar, slat, calories or fat.
• nixing iconic cartoon characters from cereal boxes.
• mandatory packing redesigns
• new labeling rules
• prohibits sale of junk food in Chilean schools
• scrubbing ads for junk food on TV or radio from 6am to 10pm.
• a ban on marketing infant formula to promote breast feeding

The goal is to transform the eating habits of an entire country.

Soaring obesity rates are forcing governments around the world to confront one of the more serious threats to public health in a generation.

Nutrition experts say the broad effort is the world’s most ambitious attempt to remake a country’s food culture. 

This hard fought campaign for health was lead by Senator Girardi, a trained surgeon with a flair for the theatrical.

“Sugar kills more people than terrorism and car accidents combined,” Giardi said in an interview as he shook a box of Trix cereal for effect. “It’s the poison of our time.”

Read more: In Sweeping War on Obesity, Chile Slays Tony the Tiger  The New York Times.

Want to help your community get to a place of better health? 
Check out our Six A Day Sugar Pledge Resource page.

We have created this pledge campaign to raise awareness on the health risks of added sugar and the benefits of enjoying less.

By eating less sugar, we all get healthier.

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“Sugary Drinks Could Break Your Heart”

Just 2 sugary drinks a week is linked to weight gain, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, heart disease and stroke. Let’s get the word out and improve the health of our communities.

To learn more, click here to read the entire article.

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The Joy of Six – Sugar Pledge 

To enjoy up to six teaspoons of added sugar and increase sugar awareness in our communities.

We have created this pledge campaign to raise awareness on the health risks of added sugar and more so, the benefits of enjoying less.

By eating less added sugar starting today, we will not suffer from any nutritional deficiency. On the contrary, we will get healthier.

Learn more about The Joy of Six – Sugar Campaign

Gutsy Bev and the Microbials were caught at the California AADE Meeting performing their new (and only) rap song that honors our often overlooked and underappreciated microbiome.  An interesting way to summarize a keynote presentation and have some fun.

Watch live Rap performance (Thanks Maria for capturing the moment)

Download Gut Bacteria Lyrics

View our FREE “Getting to the Gut – Meet your Microbiome” webinar

Invite Gutsy Bev to present her “Gut Microbiome” Talk at your next meeting  – it’s fun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The two most common sugars added to foods are sucrose (white table sugar) and High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS). From a biochemistry standpoint, these disaccharides are broken down into a 50/50 ratio of glucose and fructose.  The 50% glucose, enters the blood stream and is utilized for energy.

The other 50% fructose enters a different energy pathway.

Fructose gets a direct pass through the portal vein to the liver.  The liver utilizes needed fructose for energy and the rest is converted to fat. 

Over time, a liver bombarded with fructose develops fatty liver disease.

Fast Fact: Up to 70% of obese people with diabetes have fatty liver disease. 

If Fructose is unhealthy, what about Fruit?

Fructose is a type of sugar that occurs naturally in fruits and some vegetables.  The good news about natural fructose is that it is wrapped up as part of the food’s complete nutrient package which includes energy, fiber, and essential micronutrients. 

According to Beth Rosen, MS, RD, “The difference between fructose in fruit compared to High fructose corn syrup in sweetened beverages is the concentration. While a 20-oz bottle of cola contains 36 grams of fructose, an apple contains 12 grams of fructose per serving, and a serving of strawberries contains 4 grams. This means that you would need to eat 3 apples or 9 cups of strawberries to equal the amount of sugar in a soda.” 

Following the national guidelines, encourage patients with diabetes to enjoy eating about 3 servings of fruit, spread throughout the day.

Addes sugars are camouflaged in foods including ketchup, breads, granola bars, cereals, yogurts, and many other processed foods.
But, by far, most Americans consume their sugar in beverages including:

• Sodas and Sports Drinks (contain avg 6-12 tsps of sugar)
• Fruit Drinks (contain 6-10 teaspoon of sugar)
• Fancy coffees and other specialty beverages

Sugary Drinks Negatively Affect Health. Studies have found:

• Drinking one or two sugary drinks a day increases risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 26%

• After six months, daily consumption of sugary drinks increases fat deposits in the liver by 150 percent, leading directly to both type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

In America, about one quarter of our calories come from added sugar. In the early 1800s, sugar was considered a luxury and a treat, that was enjoyed on special occasions.

Our increasing intake of added sugar mirrors our rising rates of obesity and diabetes.

In 2009, the American Heart Association (AHA) noted the relationship between added sugar consumption and cardiovascular disease.  “AHA recommends that women limit sugar intake to to 6 teaspoons a day and men limit sugar to 9 teaspoons a day.”

In 2013, The American Diabetes Association Standards of Care states, “people with diabetes should limit or avoid intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (from any caloric sweetener including high fructose corn syrup and sucrose) to reduce risk for weight gain and worsening of cardiovascular risk profile.”

In 2015 the World Health Organization and the FDA recommends that no more than 5-10% of calories should be obtained from added sugars (This equals about 6-12 teaspoons daily).

Fast Fact: There is no white sugar found in fresh fruits, vegetables, wheat, legumes and all whole unpackaged or unprocessed foods.  Sucrose is derived from cane and beets and added to foods.

Humans do not need sucrose to live.