McKinney Diabetes and Weight Management provides an American Diabetes Association Recognized Education Program. Our approach to diabetes management is to provide you with the skills necessary to manage your blood glucose levels with as little medication as possible. Knowing that medication is only part of the picture, you will need to embrace the fact that exercise and a diet high (50%) in complex carbohydrates (fruits and vegetables), appropriate amounts of protein (20-25%) and low in fat (<25%) will get you the best results.

Diabetes is for a lifetime. However, you can be healthy with diabetes. The key is to accept that you have diabetes and get on board to control it before it controls you and you are left without choices.

We specialize in insulin and insulin pump management. We will work closely with your Primary Care Provider to get you on the regime that works best and is best for you.

Diabetes and Weight Loss

Many of our patients are reducing their need for insulin and oral medications within their first weeks by enrolling in our Healthy Solutions® program before, during or after their diabetes education program. Click on the weight management link for more details.

Diabetes: Are You at Risk?

There are 20.8 million Americans with diabetes -- and nearly one-third of them (or 6.2 million people) do not know it! Take this test to see if you are at risk for having or developing diabetes. Diabetes is more common in African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. If you are a member of one of these ethnic groups, you need to pay special attention to this test. Age increases your risk for diabetes. To find out if you are at risk for type 2 diabetes, answer the following questions as they apply to you. 1.  Is your age older than 44? Yes No 2.  Do you have a parent or sibling with diabetes? Yes No 3. Do you exercise less than 2 days per week for 30 minutes regularly? Yes No 4. Go to the Body Mass Index (BMI) link: Find your height on the chart first, then your weight in that row. Note your BMI score at the top of the chart. Is your BMI greater than 24? Yes No 5.  If you are a woman, have you had a baby weighing 9 or more pounds at birth? Yes No That's it! You're done! Let's see how you did. If you answered yes to questions 2 and 5 you are at risk for diabetes. If you answered yes to 1, 3, and 4 and have a familiy history of diabetes you are high risk of developing diabetes. Diabetes runs in family's, and risk increases with age, but more importantly risk increases with sedentary lifestyle and obesity. You can stall diabetes by losing weight and becoming physically active. If you have diabetes you can control it and even reduce or eliminate your need for medications through weight loss and regular physical activity. Even people with type 1 diabetes can improve insulin usage and reduce their dose of daily insulin required through weight loss and physical activity. What's important is that diabetes that is not under control leads to serious health consequences; heart attack, blindness, tooth decay and gum disease, skin disorders and infections, chronic pain (neuropathy), kidney failure, amputation of toes and legs, and sexual dysfuntion. Blood sugars greater than 150mg/dl depress the body's ability to fight infection by supressing white blood cell activity. However, all of the above complications are related to diabetes that is out of control, and blood sugars that are not consistently between 70 and 140mg/dl. This means you have the power to control your diabetes before it controls you. Your health is in your hands. You need to be the captain of your ship and decide what you are willing to do to protect your health for the future. We can help.

If you would like additional information about how we can help you, contact us at 501-922-5763 or email dmoltzan@sbcglobal.net