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Thank you! This was very helpful and informative!<div><br></div><div>Owen<br><br><br><a href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0">On Saturday, February 5, 2022, 2:20 PM, Suzanne Turner via NFBOH-Cleveland <nfboh-cleveland@nfbnet.org> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="yiv7211132425"><style><!--
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--></style><div><div class="yiv7211132425WordSection1"><p align="center" style="text-align:center;" class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Answers to the T/F Questions</span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;" class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> </span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;" class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Ohio DAN Activity:</span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;" class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> </span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;" class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">How much do you know about eating to prevent and controlling diabetes? Quiz yourself on your knowledge on diabetes by answering True or False to the following statements.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">T/F: People with diabetes have to avoid sugar altogether.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Answer is False.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">According To Eating Well</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">When it comes to controlling blood glucose, research shows that the total amount of carbohydrate you eat is far more important than the type of</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">carbohydrate: sugar or starch. Since this translates to "it's probably OK to enjoy small amounts of treats once in a while," that's good news for those</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">with diabetes. (Of course, this is not to say that candy and oatmeal are equally nutritious!)</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">T/F: People with diabetes need to eat a very special, restrictive diet.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Answer is False.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">According To Eating Well</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">The kind of healthy diet that helps prevent diabetes is the same kind of diet that helps people with diagnosed diabetes to manage their condition.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">What does this sort of eating regimen include? Plenty of fruits and vegetables, beans and whole grains, nonfat or low-fat dairy products, lean meats and</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">fish. A healthy diet also is one that provides an appropriate level of calories for maintaining a healthy weight. The main difference between eating when</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">you have diabetes and eating to prevent it: people with diabetes have to monitor the total amount of carbohydrates they eat. Women with diabetes generally</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">should have three to four carbohydrate servings in a meal; men typically should have four to five. One serving = 15 grams of carbohydrate.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">T/F: Some people with diabetes have no symptoms.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Answer is True</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">According To Eating Well</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">In fact, it's estimated that one-third of those who have diabetes don't even know it. Symptoms of diabetes may include fatigue, thirst, weight loss,</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">blurred vision and frequent urination. But some people have no symptoms. A blood test can show if you have diabetes; ask your doctor if you should be tested.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">T/F: It's common to develop diabetes during pregnancy.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Answer is F:</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">According To Eating Well</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">It's not common to develop diabetes during pregnancy, but it does happen. About 4 percent of all pregnant women develop "gestational diabetes" during</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">pregnancy, and the condition often disappears after the baby is born. Experts don't know what causes gestational diabetes to develop, but some believe</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">that hormones that help the baby grow may block the action of insulin in the mother's body. Women who have had gestational diabetes have a significantly</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">higher risk of developing diabetes later, but maintaining a healthy weight and staying physically active can minimize the likelihood of a recurrence of</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">diabetes post-pregnancy.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">T/F: If your doctor tells you that you have "prediabetes," eventually, you will develop the condition.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Answer is False.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">According To Eating Well</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">If you have prediabetes-a condition in which blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes-you</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">can do a lot to prevent or delay diabetes. Studies have shown that you can lower your risk of developing diabetes by losing weight through diet and exercise.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">A major study of more than 3,000 people with prediabetes found that diet and exercise, when it resulted in weight loss (just 5 to 7 percent of total body</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">weight, or about 10 to 14 pounds for someone who weighs 200 pounds), lowered the incidence of diabetes by nearly 60 percent. Aim to exercise for about</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">30 minutes a day.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">T/F” Jean Brown is the National President of DAN.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Answer is False.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Debbie Wunder is the National President</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">T/F: blood sugar level or blood glucose, is not the amount of sugar in your blood?</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Answer is False.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney ...</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">(NIDDK)</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. Blood glucose is your main source of energy and comes</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">from the food you eat. </span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Insulin, which is a hormone made by the </span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">pancreas, helps glucose from food get into your cells to be used for energy. Sometimes your body doesn’t make enough—or any—insulin or doesn’t use insulin well.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Glucose then stays in your blood and doesn’t reach your cells.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Over time, having too much glucose in your blood can cause </span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">health problems.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">T/F: Diabetes does most often cause nerve damage in your feet or legs.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Answer is True.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Diabetes and your feet:</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">According to The CDC</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">There’s a lot to manage if you have diabetes: checking your </span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">blood sugar,</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">making healthy food, finding time to be active, taking medicines, going to doctor’s appointments. With all that, your feet might be the last thing on your</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">mind. But daily care is one of the best ways to prevent foot complications.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">About half of all people with diabetes have some kind of </span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">nerve damage.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">You can have nerve damage in any part of your body, but nerves in your feet and legs are most often affected. Nerve damage can cause you to lose feeling</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">in your feet. </span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Feeling Pain </span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Some people with nerve damage have numbness, tingling, or pain, but others have no symptoms. So, get your feet examined at every healthcare visit.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">T/F: Most diabetics aim for a healthy A1C reading at or below 7 percent.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Answer is True.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">According to the Saint Luke's Health System</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Your blood glucose goal</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">A1C has been shown as a percentage. But it can also be shown as a number representing the estimated Average Glucose. Unlike the A1C percentage, is a number similar to the numbers listed on your daily glucose monitor. Both A1C and measure the amount of glucose stuck to a protein called hemoglobin in red blood cells. Your healthcare provider will help you figure out what your ideal A1C or should be. Your target number will depend on your age,</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">general health, and other factors. If your current number is too high, your treatment plan may need changes, such as different medicines.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Sample results</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Most people aim for an A1c lower than 7%. That’s an eAG less than 154 mg/dL. Or, your healthcare provider may want you to aim for an A1C of 6%. That’s</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">an eAG of 126 mg/dL.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">T/F: The NFB Diabetic Action Network Listserve address is, <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" ymailto="mailto:Diabetesactionnetwork-Talk@NFB.ORG" target="_blank" href="mailto:Diabetesactionnetwork-Talk@NFB.ORG">Diabetesactionnetwork-Talk@NFB.ORG</a></span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Answer is False.</span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" ymailto="mailto:Diabetes-talk@nfbnet.orb" target="_blank" href="mailto:Diabetes-talk@nfbnet.orb">Diabetes-talk@nfbnet.orb</a></span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal">Susan Day, DAN President</p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv7211132425MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>NFBOH-Cleveland mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:NFBOH-Cleveland@nfbnet.org" href="mailto:NFBOH-Cleveland@nfbnet.org">NFBOH-Cleveland@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfboh-cleveland_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfboh-cleveland_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBOH-Cleveland:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfboh-cleveland_nfbnet.org/ojmccaf1963%40yahoo.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfboh-cleveland_nfbnet.org/ojmccaf1963%40yahoo.com</a><br><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div>
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