Embracing Spring: Activities and Professional Growth

Salma Mehar, Consultant Diabetes Dietician, talks about how important it is to manage your weight as a person with Diabetes. She presents a number of ways forward including groups and Apps. Salma signposts a number of programmes which may be relevant to you.

Dietary recommendations for gastroparesis are designed to minimize symptoms while keeping patients hydrated and nourished. The basic GP diet calls for small, frequent, low-fat, low-fiber, high-protein foods and liquids which are easier to digest. Many diet plans call for a 3-step process, beginning with a liquid-only diet and then progressing to soft-foods (low-residue, low-fat), and eventually, a maintenance diet (which adds just a bit more fat as well as some well-cooked, easy to chew foods).

Dr Sunthar Kanaganayagam, Consultant Cardiologist at Imperial College London, talks about how Coronary Artery Disease develops. He explains the series of events which occur for arteries in the heart to fur up, resulting in narrowing.

Chris talks about pros and cons of using an Insulin Pump. For him, Chris says, the pros are far more than cons. He talks about the size of the pumps being more discrete.

Those diagnosed with diabetes are at greater risks of suffering from a stroke (also known as a cerebrovascular accident). The inability to control the blood sugar levels causes damage to