Michelle Carrington, MS, CNS, LDN

07/21/2025

Wearing a CGM is not just for people with pre-diabetes or diabetes. It can also be a tool for prevention especially if you are at risk.

Determine your risk for diabetes here:

07/19/2025

Wearing a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) is a useful tool for improving your A1c if you are pre-diabetic or diabetic. Especially if you have made changes to your diet but are still struggling to lower your glucose levels. Doctors can prescribe them. Give one a try. Let me know what you learn about how/what you eat.

You can get a free trial using one of these links:

FreestyleLibre -> https://www.freestyle.abbott/us-en/myfreestyle-freestyle-libre-2.html

Dexcom -> https://www.dexcom.com/freetrial

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One small change can make a big difference for your health. See first-hand how the Dexcom G7 Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) System can ease your daily diabetes management and improve your glucose control.

06/17/2025

What's your food story?

Was food used as a reward or punishment? Was food readily available or in short supply? Did you eat alone or with family? Were there home-cooked meals or was quick and fast food eaten most of the time?

Is your food story affecting your health?

Acknowledging and understanding our individual food stories is key to gaining and maintaining good health.

06/04/2025

This is public service announcement….

IF you are moving more You MAY need to eat more.

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.🙂

05/27/2025

Just checking in...did you move more last week? If so, what did you do? If not, why not?

I managed 3 Tonal workouts, went line dancing for a few hours, took a walk in the park with hubby and cleaned my house.

All movement counts!

Moving large muscles helps lower blood sugar without the need for insulin. This is a VERY BIG DEAL! Pre-diabetes/diabetes means our pancreas needs a break from releasing insulin. Moving more gives the pancreas a break. As the pancreas gets the rest it needs, it works better.

What's your goal over the next week?
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05/18/2025

Sleep, stress management, nutrition, and physical activity are all important in maintaining good health. These are the starting points when working to improve prediabetes and diabetes. Which of these could be better for you? What small change can you commit to for improvement?

Small changes in any of these areas can have huge benefits.

05/17/2025

First run since Oct 2024. Why? I am fighting to get my A1c back into a normal range. It was a struggle and i looked for every excuse not to do it BUT movement along with diet are key to making that happen. Recent test results showed only minimal improvement so it’s time to ramp up my efforts.

05/27/2024

It’s about more than just taking prescribed medication.
Learning how to eat a balanced diet
Physical activity
Monitoring blood glucose levels
Are just a few self care activities that go a long way to improving diabetes.

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a long-standing, continuously growing metabolic ailment in which levels of glucose in the blood increase due to a total (DM of type 1) or incomplete (DM of type 2) decrease in the level of the hormone insulin. Diabetes mellitus ...

04/20/2024

Diabetes is reversible! Too many in the BIPOC community see diabetes as an inevitable diagnosis because family members had or have it too. THAT is what the drug companies want you to think. I’m here to tell you that is not true!

Seek out a licensed nutritionist who can help.

https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/17/ada-american-diabetes-association-big-making

01/07/2024

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01/04/2024

A multi-day fast by eating only vegetables and fruits will raise your blood sugar levels. Those who are diabetic or even pre-diabetic should be careful! Beans provide the needed protein which helps but it may not enough.

Please check your blood sugar while fasting. Add nuts and seeds if your blood sugar levels are high.

12/21/2023