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Diabetes
What Is a CDCES, and Why Does It Matter for Your Diabetes Care?
What a CDCES is, in plain language, and why diabetes education belongs in your week. Cheri Sacks, RN, CDCES.
October 5, 2026Read
Diabetes
Prediabetes: The Window Most People Miss
Prediabetes is a missed window, not a verdict. CDC 2026 numbers, NIDDK tests, and the Diabetes Prevention Program. Cheri Sacks, RN, CDCES.
October 5, 2026Read
Diabetes
5 Small Changes That Lower Blood Sugar
Five small habits that support blood sugar beside your prescribed plan, not instead of it. Cheri Sacks, RN, CDCES.
October 5, 2026Read
Diabetes
Diabetes Coach vs. Dietitian vs. Doctor: Who Does What?
Who diagnoses, who writes the eating plan, and who helps you live it. A nurse's map of the diabetes team. Cheri Sacks, RN, CDCES.
October 5, 2026Read
Diabetes
The Balanced Plate for Steady Blood Sugar
The 9-inch diabetes plate: half vegetables, quarter protein, quarter carbohydrate. A nurse's version for a tired Tuesday. Cheri Sacks, RN, CDCES.
October 5, 2026Read
Diabetes
Continuous Glucose Monitors: What to Know Before You Start
How CGMs work, what the 2026 ADA Standards recommend, and how to use time in range without living on the graph. Cheri Sacks, RN, CDCES.
October 5, 2026Read
Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes and Sleep: The Overlooked Link
How sleep and blood sugar affect each other, when to ask about apnea, and a kinder bedtime. Cheri Sacks, RN, CDCES.
October 5, 2026Read
Diabetes
Menopause and Blood Sugar: The Connection Nobody Explains
Why blood sugar can shift in menopause, what is physiology not failure, and what to bring to your clinician. Cheri Sacks, RN, CDCES.
October 1, 2026Read
Diabetes
Walking After Meals: A Simple Blood Sugar Tool
Why a 10-minute walk after meals helps blood sugar, what the trials show, and how to do it in a kitchen. Cheri Sacks, RN, CDCES.
October 1, 2026Read
Diabetes
Holiday Eating With Diabetes, Without the Stress
A nurse's holiday table plan: medicines, the diabetes plate, a 10-minute walk, and no shame. Cheri Sacks, RN, CDCES.
October 1, 2026Read
Diabetes
Diabetes and Your Feet: Daily Care Basics
A two-minute daily foot habit, when to call, and what the 2026 ADA foot exam includes. Cheri Sacks, RN, CDCES.
October 1, 2026Read
Diabetes
Insulin Resistance, Explained Simply
What insulin resistance means in plain English, how it leads to prediabetes, and what actually helps. Cheri Sacks, RN, CDCES.
October 1, 2026Read