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We made it through Thanksgiving, and the holiday season continues!  Stay on track with your healthy lifestyle goals AND enjoy yourself throughout the holidays with this fresh perspective from Dietitian Nutritionist, Nicole Moretta.

As the FDA has put it, “As the number of people diagnosed with diabetes continues to grow, illegally marketed products promising to prevent, treat, and even cure diabetes are flooding the marketplace.”  Learn more about the government's warning about certain dietary supplements for diabetes.

Halloween kicks off the holiday season with temptation for sweet treats loaded with refined sugar and saturated fat.  Dietitian Nutritionist, Katie Schaeffer, offers some healthy lifestyle tips for celebrating autumn & enjoying fall flavors.

If you or a loved one has Prediabetes, now is the time to make healthy lifestyle changes to prevent or delay Type 2 Diabetes.  Learn how and find community with DPP at IHG!

As we welcome fall with shorter days and less time spent outside in the sun, now is a good time to consider vitamin D supplements with your health care provider.  IHG Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Katie Schaeffer, discusses the importance of maintaining our levels of Vitamin D in our Western New York Region. 

The next session of our Diabetes Prevention Program begins October 5th.  Type 2 Diabetes can be prevented or delayed by making lifestyle changes that include weight loss and more physical activity.  Take the 60 Second Diabetes Risk Test today to find out if you or a loved one may be at risk.

The micronutrient, Iodine, plays an important role in the human diet.  But if iodine levels in foods are low, how can we successfully consume it? 

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, Katie Schaeffer, explains Red Yeast Rice Extract and it's possible effects on cholesterol in our latest Nutraceutical post.

If you don’t feel happy about the trajectory of your health, now is the time to make a change.  Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, Katie Schaeffer, offers some hopeful perspective one how one small change a day can have a big payoff towards a healthier you.

Life is a journey you don’t take alone. Why should preventing type 2 diabetes be any different?