Page 4 Healthy Directions Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation FREE TAKE ONE Tuba City Continued from page 3. Regional Health Care Corporation Saving sweets for a special occasion Main Telephone Switchboard (928) 283-2501 is the most healthful way to eat so you focus your meal plan on the Healthy Directions Emergencies: Call Navajo Nation Police (928) 283-3111 most nutrient dense foods such as tchealth.org vegetables, beans, whole grains, fruit, Serving Our Local Communities non-fat dairy, fish and lean meats. Adult Walk-In Clinic 283-2669 Eye Clinic 283-2748 NOVEMBER 2010 Sign In: Monday - Friday: 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday: 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Including Sweets into Your Meal (After hours go to Emergency Room) Plan HP/DP Most sweeteners have calories and Flu Shot Clinic MANAGING DIABETES Family Medicine Clinic 283-2458 Health Promotion Program 283-1429/1420 carbohydrates. Examples are: table Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Diabetes Prevention Program 283-1429/1420 sugar (sucrose), honey, brown sugar, (Some evening hours available.) Now Open Mental Health 283-2831 molasses, fructose, maple syrup, cane Pediatric Clinic 283-2679 Monday - Friday: 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. sugar, agave nectar and confectioners The Tuba City Regional sugar. Walk-in Patients Health Care Corporation Flu Monday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. OB/Gyn Clinic (Women’s Health) 283-2460 The key to keeping your blood Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., glucose levels on target is to Shot Clinic is now open. The THROUGH A HEALTHY DIET Appointments: except Tuesday start at 9:30 a.m. substitute small portions of sweets and Flu vaccine is available and Monday - Wednesday & Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. sweeteners for other carb-containing recommended for everyone What you eat can Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Occupational Therapy/ 283-2593/2594 foods in your meals and snacks. over 6-months of age. Speech Therapy Carb-containing foods include (but help manage your Outpatient Pharmacy 283-2754 Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. are not limited to): bread, tortillas, Monday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. The Flu Clinic Hours: diabetes and in turn Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Orthopedic Clinic/Surgical 283-2660 rice, crackers, cereal, fruit, juice, milk, Monday through Friday from Orthopedic Clinic yogurt, potatoes, corn and peas. 24-Hour Pharmacy refill line: 1-866-976-5941 8:00 am to 12:00 pm, and Refill Pharmacy is open seven days a week from Tuesday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., For many people, having about 45 prevent the onset of 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon to 60 grams at meals is about right. 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Prescriptions ready for pick-up with no waiting Urology, Podiatry & Surgery Serving sizes make a difference. To complications. Flu Clinic Location: time for customers who call in 24 hours in advance. Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. include sweets in your meal, you can (Call for specific clinic times) cut back on the other carb-containing Flu shot clinic is located in Ear, Dental Clinic foods at the same meal. Nose & Throat (ENT) clinic Understanding Diabetes childhood. Many patients are diagnosed when they Tuba City: 283-2672 Physical Therapy 283-2659 are older than age 20. In this disease, the body Tuba City Monday -Wednesday & Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., across from the Emergency iabetes is a chronic (lifelong) disease makes little or no insulin. Daily injections of insulin Monday - Friday: 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Using the Nutrition Facts Label marked by high levels of sugar in Room. are needed. The exact cause is unknown. (Thursday afternoons - urgent care only) You can also use the Nutrition Facts Dthe blood. To understand diabetes, it is Cameron: 213-8161 Respiratory Therapy 283-2596/2572 Label on foods to guide you. The first Patients need to go to the important to first understand the normal Diabetes affects more than 20 million Americans. thing to check is the serving size. The More than 40 million have prediabetes (early type 2 Cameron Everyday 24 hours a day Patient Registration at the ER process by which food is broken down Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday: second is the total carbohydrate. The and used by the body for energy. diabetes). 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Cardiac Rehabilitation 283-2960 total carbohydrate tells you how much or across from the Laboratory Several things happen when food is Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon carbohydrate is in one serving of the Department first before Making Healthy Food Choices Diabetes/Internal Medicine 283-2689 digested: You can prevent or delay the onset of type 2 food. receiving a flu shot. Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Extended Hours (Evening Clinics) • A sugar called glucose enters the diabetes through a healthy lifestyle – change your (Some evening hours available by appointment only.) Selected nights, Monday - Thursday bloodstream. Glucose is a source of fuel Label Claims diet, increase your level of physical activity, and Diabetes Prevention: 283-2689 for the body. Foods labeled as sugar-free, no maintain a healthy weight. Diabetes Education Program 283-2895 Diabetes/Internal Medicine: 283-2689 • An organ called the pancreas makes sugar added, reduced sugar, and Knowing what to eat can be confusing. Appointments and walk-ins insulin. The role of insulin is to move Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Urgent Care Clinic dietetic may still contain carbohydrate. Everywhere you turn, there is news about what is glucose from the bloodstream into muscle, - Abdul Baco: 283-2895 - Monday - Friday: 4:00 p.m. - 12:00 midnight Sugar is only one type of carbohydrate or isn’t good for you. Here are a few tips on making fat, and liver cells, where it can be used as Ruby Whitethorne: 283-2963 that affects blood glucose levels. healthful food choices for you and your entire family. For patients in need of medical care after normal, fuel. - Health Technicians: 283-2693 To get the complete amount of • Eat lots of vegetables and fruits. Try picking from daily Walk-in hours. Go to the Emergency People with diabetes have high blood Department to be screened and registered – shorter carbohydrate, look at the Nutrition the rainbow of colors available to maximize variety. Ear/Nose Throat (ENT) Clinic 283-2974 sugar. This is because: waiting times for less severe, non-life threatening Facts Panel instead of relying on • Eat non-starchy vegetables such as spinach, Monday - Wednesdays: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. • Their pancreas does not make enough medical needs. No appointment necessary. claims on the front of the box. carrots, broccoli or green beans with meals. (By referral only) insulin • Choose whole grain foods over processed grain Family Wellness Center 283-3058 • Their muscle, fat, and liver cells do not Environmental Health 283-2844 Sugar On the Label products. Try brown rice with your stir fry or whole Monday - Friday: 6:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. respond to insulin normally Car Seat Day Sugar is listed under the Total wheat spaghetti with your favorite pasta sauce. Saturday: 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Sunday: Closed Every Thursday: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Carbohydrate on the Nutrition Facts • Include dried beans (like kidney or pinto beans) Closed national and tribal holidays. Types of Diabetess Label. Keep in mind that it includes In This Issue: There are three major types of diabetes. and lentils into your meals. both added sugars and naturally Managing Diabetes Type 2 diabetes makes up most of diabetes • Include fish in your meals 2-3 times a week. occurring sugars, such as the natural • Choose lean meats like cuts of beef and pork that Through a Healthy cases. It usually occurs in adulthood, CONTRACT Toll-Free Telephone: sugar in raisins. end in “loin” such as pork loin and sirloin. Remove Diet- Page 1 but young people are increasingly being It is more helpful to check the total diagnosed with this disease. The pancreas the skin from chicken and turkey. HEALTH carbohydrate because it includes • Choose non-fat dairy such as skim milk, non-fat 1-866-944-7601 does not make enough insulin to keep blood SERVICES both sugar and starch. If you only Flu Shot Clinic Now glucose levels normal, often because the yogurt and non-fat cheese. Call the TCRHCC Contract Health Office before you seek non-emergency services or look at the sugar content, you are not Open- Page 1 body does not respond well to insulin. Many • Choose water and calorie-free “diet” drinks. appointments at any medical facility or with any medical provider other than TCRHCC. accounting for the starch in a food. people with type 2 diabetes do not know they Cut regular soda, fruit punch, and other sugar- You are not automatically covered for payment with Contract Health Funds! have it, although it is a serious condition. sweetened drinks. ER Nurses Prepared • Choose liquid oils for cooking instead of solid In the event of emergency medical care (severe or life-threatening) away from Type 2 diabetes is becoming more common for the Unexpected- fats that can be high in saturated and trans fats.