{"id":124,"date":"2016-10-26T15:12:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T19:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/thesource\/?p=124"},"modified":"2016-10-27T10:02:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T14:02:41","slug":"tis-the-season-managing-diabetes-during-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/thesource\/2016\/10\/26\/tis-the-season-managing-diabetes-during-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Tis the Season: Managing Diabetes During the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_180\" style=\"width: 198px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180\" class=\"wp-image-180 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/thesource\/files\/2016\/10\/Morgan-Farah-1.jpg\" alt=\"morgan-farah\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farah H. Morgan, MD<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Farah H. Morgan, MD<br \/>\nEndocrinologist, Ripa Center for Women\u2019s Health and Wellness<\/p>\n<p>For those who have diabetes, maintaining a healthy lifestyle around\u00a0the holidays remains just as important, as optimal diabetes control\u00a0helps to reduce the risk of complications from diabetes and minimizes\u00a0the medications needed to control diabetes. Being in control of your\u00a0diabetes is a daily challenge and managing diabetes around social events\u00a0and family gatherings, especially during the holidays, can be particularly challenging.<\/p>\n<p>Making family and friends aware of your restrictions may\u00a0help, as they may be less likely to pressure you to have a second\u00a0helping or try that dessert. You can still enjoy the foods you like but\u00a0monitor your portions and eat more vegetables than carbohydrates. If you feel you need\u00a0seconds, go for a second portion of non-starchy vegetables or protein. If you eat more\u00a0than usual on an occasion, get right back on track. And make sure to stay active through\u00a0the holidays, as exercise is very important to good glucose control. If you maintain a few\u00a0ground rules, you can have control through the holidays and all year round.<\/p>\n<p>Over 29 million people in the United States have diabetes and about 8 million of them don\u2019t even know it. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/conditions\/diabetes-type-2\">Type 2 diabetes<\/a> is the most common form of diabetes. In type 2\u00a0diabetes, your body does not use insulin properly. This is called insulin resistance. Type 2\u00a0diabetes can be prevented, especially if risk is recognized early. Increasing age, weight,\u00a0race, family history, and history of gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy) are\u00a0all risk factors for type 2 diabetes. It is important to know your risk because you can prevent development of type 2 diabetes with weight loss, healthy eating, and increasing\u00a0physical activity. Regardless of your risk, it is recommended that everyone over the age of 45 be screened for prediabetes. Prediabetes is early insulin resistance before glucose\u00a0levels are high enough to be called diabetes. At this stage, lifestyle changes can reduce\u00a0your risk of developing diabetes by more than 60 percent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To schedule an appointment with Dr. Morgan, call the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/departments-programs\/ripa-center-womens-health-wellness\"> Ripa Center<\/a> at 856.673.4912.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those that have diabetes, maintaining a healthy lifestyle around the holidays remains just as important, as optimal diabetes control helps to reduce the risk of complications from diabetes and minimizes the medications needed to control diabetes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-rmineo","4":"has-excerpt","5":"post-124","7":"format-standard","8":"category-general"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/thesource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/thesource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/thesource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/thesource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/thesource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/thesource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/thesource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/thesource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/thesource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/thesource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}