Diabetes Awareness Presentation
Posted by Kevin Webb
on Jan 23, 2015
Image: Left to Right: Kevin (Speaker Chair); Melissa Ferreira (Speaker); Hendrikus (President); Barb (Foundation Chair)
Melissa Ferreira, Diabetes Education with the Middlesex Hospital Alliance, spoke to us about the importance of a healthy lifestyle to prevent and if necessary manage diabetes. There are 4 inter-related factors to managing diabetes including:
- Physical activity;
- Weight loss;
- Food plan; and,
- Medications, including insulin.
For this presentation Melissa focused on a food plan and provided 5 tips to healthy eating:
1. Eat regularly throughout the day;
2. Limit sugars and sweets;
3. Limit high fat foods;
4. Eat more high fibre foods; and,
5. If you are thirsty, drink water.
Melissa's "Diabetes and Food Choices" powerpoint presentation can be downloaded from the download section of the homepage found on the left side of the home page.