People with diabetes shouldn?t be afraid of fruit! Fruit is packed with vitamins and minerals, including antioxidants. It also contains dietary fiber, which fills you up and helps with blood sugar control. Fruit?s sweet taste makes it a natural and healthful dessert too.

If the high-GI and low-GI diets differ significantly in salt, potassium, magnesium, fiber, saturated fat, and cholesterol content, then it may be those variables, rather than GI per se, that are the true causal factor.

General recommendations from the ADA are to attain an A1C of less than 7%, but this is not the appropriate goal for everyone with diabetes. Like medications, diet, and physical activity, blood glucose goals must also be individualized. For some people with diabetes, an A1C of less than 6.5% is ideal, and for others a good goal is less than 8% or even 8.5%, according to a 2012 consensus report in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society and Diabetes Care.

Have you or someone you love been diagnosed with prediabetes? Here?s what you need to know.

November is American Diabetes Month, and it?s a great time to raise awareness. Try this interactive display idea to promote healthful habits?

Having diabetes does not mean that you need to purchase ?special? food! Snacks for people with diabetes are foods that can work for the entire family. While watching quantity and portion size is important for people with diabetes, it doesn?t mean that what you eat has to taste bad. Here are some simple, inexpensive snacks for people with diabetes.