Diabetes Self-Management Blog

Amy Campbell

Amy Campbell

Amy Campbell is the author of Staying Healthy with Diabetes: Nutrition and Meal Planning and a frequent contributor to Diabetes Self-Management and Diabetes & You. She has co-authored several books, including the newly revised The Joslin Guide to Diabetes and the American Diabetes Association’s 16 Myths of a “Diabetic Diet,” for which she received a Will Solimene Award of Excellence in Medical Communication and a National Health Information Award in 2000. Amy also developed menus for Fit Not Fat at Forty Plus and co-authored Eat Carbs, Lose Weight with fitness expert Denise Austin.

Amy earned a bachelor’s degree in nutrition from Simmons College and a master’s degree in nutrition education from Boston University. In addition to being a Registered Dietitian, she is a Certified Diabetes Educator and a member of the American Dietetic Association, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Since 1995, Amy has been Diabetes and Nutrition Educator at Joslin Diabetes Center, where she is responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of disease management programs, including clinical guideline and educational material development, and the development, testing, and implementation of disease management applications. She has developed and conducted training sessions for various disease and case management programs and is a frequent presenter at disease management events.


Making Burgers Better: Celebrate National Burger Month

There’s a month for everything, and this month, we celebrate the hamburger. Americans eat close to 40 million burgers every day, but can burgers really be part of a healthy eating plan? Sure. As with any food, it’s a matter of knowing how (and how much) to squeeze it in…

Continue reading this entry

The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards

This week, we’d like to direct your attention to a young man being honored in the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards for his work with children who have diabetes…

Continue reading this entry

Probiotics and Prebiotics

Over the past two weeks, we’ve taken a closer look at probiotics, those gut-friendly bugs that hold much promise in keeping us healthy and possibly even preventing illness and disease…

Continue reading this entry

Probiotics: The Bugs That Are Our Friends (Part 2)

Last week we started to look at probiotics, those friendly and helpful bacteria that reside in the digestive tract. Hopefully you didn’t feel too squeamish about this…

Continue reading this entry

Probiotics: The Bugs That Are Our Friends (Part 1)

We’re a country that shuns bacteria. So it’s probably hard to imagine that there are bacteria that are really quite friendly — so friendly, in fact, that they work hard at keeping us healthy and keeping illness and disease at bay. Where are these bacteria, you ask? Right inside you…

Continue reading this entry

Hormone Hoopla: Movers and Shakers of Diabetes (Part 2)

Hormones are chemical messengers in the body, produced by the endocrine glands. The glands of the endocrine system, including the pancreas, produce hormones that travel throughout the bloodstream or throughout the lymph system to reach their designated targets…

Continue reading this entry

Hormone Hoopla: Movers and Shakers of Diabetes (Part 1)

There are so many facets to diabetes, from glucose to A1C to lipids to hormones. What do hormones have to do with diabetes? As it turns out, quite a bit…

Continue reading this entry

Weighty Matters: What’s New in the Weight-Control Arena

Every now and then I like to write about some of the latest developments and findings in the arena of weight loss or weight control. Obviously, a lot of research is going on in this area, and given that so many of us (with and without diabetes) struggle with weight or have to work hard to stay at a healthy weight, I think it’s a good idea to periodically highlight these findings…

Continue reading this entry

More Dynamic Duos…and Trios: Food Combos That Boost Health

Back by popular demand! I thought I’d expand upon the food synergy concept a little more this week and highlight other food combinations that really give you a bang for your buck from a nutritional standpoint…

Continue reading this entry

Dynamic Duos: Foods Team Up for Healthy Benefits

All this talk about supplements over the past few weeks got me thinking that it was time to put some focus back on food…

Continue reading this entry

Disclaimer of Medical Advice: You understand that the blog posts and comments to such blog posts (whether posted by us, our agents or bloggers, or by users) do not constitute medical advice or recommendation of any kind, and you should not rely on any information contained in such posts or comments to replace consultations with your qualified health care professionals to meet your individual needs. The opinions and other information contained in the blog posts and comments do not reflect the opinions or positions of the Site Proprietor.


Counting Carbohydrates
Learn how to use these three meal-planning tools to improve your blood glucose control.

Virtual Diabetes Management
The amount of diabetes-related software has exploded in the past few years. This article describes some of the options that may help with your diabetes management.

How Much Do You Know About Eggs?
Eggs can be part of a healthy diet. This quiz tells you what you need to know.

Complete table of contents
Get a FREE ISSUE
Subscription questions