Do you eat to live or do you live to eat? The answer to this question could quite possibly define the type of health and happiness you are experiencing right now. I used to think that I ate to live because I was always hungry. It didn't matter where I was, what I was doing or when I last ate.... all I could think about was putting food in my mouth. I used to work with racehorses and instead of bringing my lunch I would always walk to the restaurant and have a large meal. By t

I love eating out if the opportunity arises. Unfortunately, there are always those menus that are not so "carb controlled" friendly. Here in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, most of the menus come with lots of rice, potatoes, tortillas or chips. While these foods are essential to some, it can make a carb counter take a tailspin. There have been restaurants that absolutely will not change, add or omit any item included with a dish that looks appealing to me. This means that I e

A man walks into the emergency room around 2 in the morning and is in obvious distress. He is pale and in a cold sweat. He tells the triage nurse that he is having abdominal pain and that it started yesterday. His history is high blood pressure and obesity and admits that he started a low carb diet about one week ago. His primary nurse received the same story and on examination she notes that his abdomen is tender to touch. The emergency room doctor enters and the man gasps a

I've spent most of my nursing career in the Emergency Room. Not only did I need to receive report from the previous shift's patients, but I always needed to be prepared. It was never known what would come through those ER doors. It could have been a relatively simple laceration, abdominal pain, motor vehicle accident or cardiac arrest. Each situation needed a different set of skills and supplies (and the doctor, of course) Cooking can be thought of in the same way too. Do you

So, you have diabetes. Take a minute and think about whether or not you REALLY know what diabetes is. The true definition, not what someone has told you. Most people would say, “oh, that’s the sugar disease.” or “That’s when you have too much sugar in the blood.” These simple definitions are true but there is so much more to diabetes than that. There is a world of information out there about diabetes. Some of it is so technical that many have trouble understanding it. Much o