The Prosthetics Foundation would like to introduce to you Jake Rak – our newest Ambassador. Jake Rak is a 22 year old amputee from Chicago, Illinois. With a unique outlook on life, we are excited to partner with him to…
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The National Diabetes Prevention Program
Taking the first steps to changing your health and your lifestyle is never easy. Giving up the things you are used to, even if they are bad for you. Donuts … so bad, yet so, so good. Trading an hour…
Surviving the Holidays
Here it comes – jingle bells are ringing – pretty much announcing the season of sugar and carbs. As someone who is now having to watch my sugar and carb intake, can I say I am terrified? I mean what’s…
New guidelines for physical activity from American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) recommendation for physical activity was initially every 90 minutes for a sedentary person to control blood glucose levels – however October 25, 2016 the ADA put out a press release stating changes to those recommendations.…
Step on up. Counting steps to a healthy you.
It’s no secret that diet and exercise are big components to getting diabetes under control. Food is easy – well easier – because it’s literally in your face all day long. It’s really about making good choices with what’s available.…
Tis the season …for CINNAMON!
Cinnamon helps the body function in so many different ways and it helps digestion as well as curbs appetite naturally, helps boost metabolism. Not only is it an anti-inflammatory, it also helps fight infection and repair tissue damage.
Use Breakfast to lower your blood sugar
They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Unfortunately, it’s also the meal that most people skip. But what happens when you find a minute to not only EAT breakfast – but eat a healthy –…
Working out the kinks: exercising diabetes prevention.
Going to the gym is such a hassle – a hassle that most of us can talk ourselves out of pretty quickly. I am pretty sure I have been able to find a reason every Monday not to go for…
Healthy Mug Recipes for One
Healthy Easy Single Serving Recipes for One in a Mug It’s a fast paced, crazy world we live in and with everything moving so fast things like taking the time to make three meals a day has gone by the…
Talk is cheap…or is it?
Whether you are getting a diagnosis, dealing with the realities of a new diagnosis, living with an injury, having a limb removed or adjusting to life with a prosthetic – each situation is a trauma in its own right. You…