Have you heard the term ‘gestational diabetes?’ 6% to 9% of pregnant women develop gestational diabetes, which is diabetes during pregnancy. Risk factors include: being over 25 being overweight and not physically active having an immediate family member with diabetes…
What is the fastest growing chronic disease in the United States? You guessed it, type 2 diabetes. Symptoms of this disease may go unnoticed for a while. Perhaps that is why approximately 1 in 3 people have prediabetes, and many…
According to the CDC, 1.6 million people in the US are diagnosed with cancer each year. Close to 600,000 die from cancer yearly. Many of us know at least one person who has been diagnosed with cancer, or we may…
Written by Sharone Sapir M.S. Nutritionist with Shapa You’ve given up on your weight loss efforts, or maybe you have even regained the weight that you fought so hard to lose. Sound familiar? A common culprit? Hunger! That pesky little…
