EXPERT ADVICE, NUTRITION TIPS, GREAT RECIPES & MORE! HOlidaY 2010/Winter 2011 diabetes frEE you® COPY There’s a way to stay well. KEYS TO LESS STRESS lOW-FAT CHICKEN & TURKEY Recipes SKILLET Chicken Parmesan aCtor lOuiS zOrich and WifE, AcadEmY aWard® WinnEr OlYmPIA DUKaKiS TEAM uP fOr DIABETES EDUCaTiOn editor's letter Dear Readers: Editor-iN-ChiEf Michael Wolf, PharmD Our Walgreens Diabetes & You Holiday 2010/ Walgreen Company Winter 2011 issue offers helpful tips for your Editor daily diabetes care including two articles Martha M. funnell, MS, RN, CDE from the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston Research Investigator, Michigan Diabetes Research focusing on the holiday season: "Physical and Training Center, Activity: The Gift That Keeps on Giving" and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI "Five Strategies for Healthy Holiday Eating." We also have delicious, low-fat chicken publishEr Jonathan b. Jarashow and turkey recipes like the Skillet Chicken H. Crimson Inc. Parmesan on the cover, as well as Quicker- Pharmacy Publications Than-Take-Out Orange Chicken and Turkey Editorial board Scaloppini and Creamy Mushroom Sauce. linda r. bernstein, PharmD For a tasty side dish or an entree salad, try Clinical Professor, School of Pharmacy the Balsamic Salad with Pears, Blue Cheese University of California, San Francisco President, Vita Media Corporation and Pecans. amy Campbell, MS, RD, LDN, CDE Education Program Manager, Our feature article is on Academy Award® winner Olympia Dukakis and her husband, Diabetes Management, actor Louis Zorich, who has type 2 diabetes. They discuss how their lives have changed Joslin Diabetes Center, since his diagnosis two years ago and the Ask.Screen.Know program that encourages Boston, MA adults 65 and older to ask about the Medicare diabetes test. andrea d. Collaro, PharmD, CDM Walgreen Company, Clinical Assistant Professor, If you are a health care provider, we’d be happy to send you additional, complimentary Department of Pharmacy Practice, copies for your office (U.S. addresses only, no P.O. Boxes, one shipment per address). University of Illinois at Chicago Walgreens customers can contact us at [email protected] to receive an Virginia peragallo-dittko, electronic version of the magazine. APRN, BC-ADM, MA, CDE Director, Diabetes Education Center, Winthrop University Hospital, As always, we invite you to share your questions or comments. 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No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher or Walgreen Co. Walgreens is not ­­­responsible for typographical errors and does not necessarily warrant, approve of or endorse any of the information or carry any of the products contained in this publication. Customers are encouraged to seek professional advice before changing a diabetic treatment regimen. holiday 2010/Winter 2011 DIaBETES & YOU 5 diabetes you® 31 to stay well. There’s a way holiday 2010/winter 2011 diabetes care nutrition 8 WHaT’S new 17 Cutting Back On Sugar Read about new developments in diabetes care. The American Heart Association has a very important message for us: Eat less added sugar. 11 type 1 and type 2 diabetes: undErstand the diffErEnce 31 LOW-FAT chicken & Turkey Recipes Everyone’s diabetes is different, not good Skillet Chicken Parmesan, Quicker-Than-Take-Out or bad, better or worse. Orange Chicken,Turkey Scaloppini and Creamy Mushroom Sauce, Balsamic Salad with Pears, 14 10 keys to less stress Blue Cheese and Pecans Reduce your stress level during this busy time of year. 40 5 STrategies fOr healthy holidaY EaTing Enjoy the holidays and keep your diabetes and your 23 lEarn abouT liragluTidE weight on track. A new, once-daily, medication for type 2 diabetes. 48 maKing the Pieces fiT 25 finding your WaY On the internet Like a puzzle, our bodies need a mix of foods that Narrow your searches online so you don’t have don’t always seem to fit together to wade through lots of useless sites. 51 Snacking fOr Balance 28 the Big PicturE Food labels can help you improve your blood glucose Thinking about why you want to make each and overall health. change can help make it easier to reach your goals. 35 choosing your Blood glucose meter Meters available at Walgreens. feature article 37 green your diabetes 19 aCTOrS OlYmPia duKaKiS Get back to basics, cut down on the things you and LouiS ZoriCH team uP don’t need and recycle what you can. fOr diabetes EduCaTiOn 43 Don’T Let depressiOn Academy Award® winner Olympia get you down Dukakis and her husband, actor People with diabetes have about twice the rate Louis Zorich, who has type 2 of depression as those without diabetes. diabetes, discuss how their lives have changed since Louis' 53 PhysiCal Activity: diagnosis and talk about a the gifT thaT keeps On giving program that encourages This holiday season, give yourself the seniors to ask about the gift of fitness. Medicare diabetes test. diabetes care what’s new by Jonathan Jarashow NEW at Walgreens Solving the • Get a flu shot a Walgreens fad diet Walgreens 7,500 stores now offer flu mystery vaccines to walk-in customers during We know that nearly all pharmacy and clinic hours. no diet works Immunizations are available at Walgreens for everyone pharmacies and Take Care Clinics. and that diets Walgreens also will allow direct medical should be tailored billing through several insurance providers, to an individual. A including UnitedHealthcare, Cigna and scientific basis for some regional providers. The Centers this was reported by for Disease Control and Prevention researchers from North recommend the vaccine for everyone over Carolina State University the age of 6 months. The 2010–2011 flu in the journal Genetics. They vaccine protects against H1N1 influenza as found that our genetic makeup well as the seasonal viruses. The price for plus our diet, rather than our diet a flu shot at Walgreens is $29.99, and the alone, is the main cause of variation price of a nasal spray vaccine, available in body weight. The scientists studied at most locations, is $34.99. 146 different types of fruit flies Vegetables that were fed four different diets • new lancets offer (nutritionally balanced, low calorie, may Lower safety, convenience high sugar and high fat). Researchers Walgreens Advanced Type 2 measured several metabolic traits, Travel Lancets are pre-set, including body weight. Some flies Diabetes risk single-use safety lancets that Eating more green, leafy vegetables were highly sensitive to changes in make testing virtually pain free. They are may reduce the risk of people their diets, as reflected by changes in easy to use and allow discreet sampling developing type 2 diabetes. In body weight, while others showed in just three easy steps. The compact a review of six previous studies no change in weight no matter what size makes the lancets easy to carry for linking diet and the incidence of their diet. This study strongly suggests safe and convenient sampling in almost type 2 diabetes, British researchers that some people can benefit from any situation. The lancets automatically compared people who ate the least changing their diets, while the same retract to avoid the possibility of injury or amount of green, leafy vegetables changes for others will have virtually accidental reuse. (0.2 servings daily) to people who no effect. ate the most (1.35 servings daily). They found the better “green eaters” Sugar Substitutes reduce Your appetite decreased their risk of developing As reported in the journal Appetite, people who include low-calorie sweeteners in type 2 diabetes by 14 percent. The their diets can reduce the number of calories they take in each day without it leading researchers' review fits with current to overeating. A study was conducted with 19 healthy and 12 overweight adults recommendations for people looking 18–50 years old. Participants were given a “pre-meal” before lunch and dinner to reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes containing either sugar or low-calorie sweeteners aspartame or stevia. Researchers to include green, leafy vegetables found the participants did not compensate for the absence of sugar in their diet in their diet. And, more broadly, by eating more at either meal. Participants also claimed to be equally satisfied eating right is an important factor in whether they ate sweeteners or sugar. preventing type 2 diabetes. 8 holiday 2010/Winter 2011 DIaBETES & YOU diabetes care type 1 and type 2 diabetes: understand THE by Joy pape, rN, bsN, CdE, WoCN usan and Mary both have S diabetes. Susan manages her diabetes by eating healthy, being active and taking the diabetes medicine metformin every day. Mary manages her diabetes by eating healthy, being active and taking insulin before she eats and at bedtime. Most experts agree that everyone’s diabetes is different. Different doesn’t have to mean good or bad, better or worse.