Questions answered in this video include:

1. What are the methods for dietary management for a person with diabetes?
2. How does someone who is diagnosed with diabetes prevent long-term complications, mainly damage to blood vessels?
3. What do you do when you are eating at a restaurant and are not aware of the amounts of saturated fats?
4. Is exercise suggested for an individual with diabetes?

Notes on Maudene Nelson, MS, RD, CDE:

Maudene Nelson is a nutritionist (registered dietitian) and a certified diabetes educator. Since 1975 Ms. Nelson has been a nutritionist and instructor at the Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University and the Arteriosclerosis Research Center, New York-Presbyterian Medical Center. At New York-Presbyterian she has provided nutrition counseling to patients, co-authored several publications and taught medical, nursing, public health, and graduate nutrition students.

Ms. Nelson received her B.S. in Human Nutrition in 1971 from Cornell University and her M.S. in Public Health Nutrition from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1976. She has been a volunteer and consultant to the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association.

Ms. Nelson also provides nutrition counseling and conducts nutrition workshops for employees in the Corporate Wellness and Fitness Services at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and the Employee Health Care Services at Merrill Lynch in the World Financial Center.

-Adapted from Ms. Nelson’s biography featured on Healthology.org

-Read an article on diabetes by Ms. Maudene Nelson