Check out Episode 65 of 'not ARTIFICIALLY Sweetened', THE podcast packed with unfiltered reflections on all thing’s diabetes!

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This Episode is brought to you in support of diabetes awareness and care by the CDE Online Pharmacy (https://cdeonline.co.za/), the online store of choice for people living with diabetes, and CDE MiWell™ (https://cdeonline.co.za/miwell/) Reduced Calorie products.

Whether you're living with diabetes, a health professional that facilitates diabetes care, or supporting someone with diabetes, you're in the right place! Join our journey, as we grow together in understanding, insight, and self-awareness to change lives for the better. Our deliberations are always honest, challenging and thought provoking. Nothing is off the table as we meet real people, discuss their real issues and stories, and together discover real answers to many vexing practical issues in diabetes and its care.

Time is Tissue!

Our studio guests this week represent Diabetes Africa, a non-profit NGO headquartered in the UK, and active in Africa and in countries with African and Caribbean populations.

We meet Dr Joan St John, a UK doctor with a special interest in diabetes and Luxmi Dhoonmoon, a Tissue Viability Nurse Consultant working for the London North West University Healthcare Trust.

Joan and Luxmi discuss their work, their involvement with Diabetes Africa, and an important new resource they have co-authored with others, a Handbook on Diabetes Footcare in Dark Skin Tones (Download free @ https://diabetesafrica.org/footcare-handbook/).

N.B. this beautifully curated Handbook contains many graphic and potentially disturbing images of the potential impact of diabetes related complications – with best-practice team-based diabetes care, most of these harms can be minimised or avoided.

Together we chat about:

• Addressing health inequalities and inequities in underserved UK populations
• Carbs & Cals World Foods, the first book to provide a comprehensive and visual way to illustrate the carbohydrate content of traditional foods of Black, Asian, Arabic and Caribbean communities.
• Diabetes Africa and their mission and work
• How Joan and Luxmi became involved in diabetes care
• Diabetes-related foot care challenges in the UK
• Their new inclusive book and the new care enhancing insights and approaches it reveals
• The seriousness and urgency of diabetes related foot ulcers
• Changes in skin tone vs erythaema - skin tone and ethnicity aren't the same!
• Working with the ‘whole’ person and not just the ‘hole’ in the foot

Advocacy message

Quintus Wouda on why diabetes advocacy is vital!

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For health professionals working in diabetes

The 6-Module, 23 CPD point CDE Academy Very Low-Calorie Diet Course for Healthcare Professionals can help you assist your clients with excess adiposity and type 2 diabetes to improve their cardiometabolic risk profile, reduce their chronic medication burden, doses and costs and possibly achieve remission of their diabetes. More information and registration @ https://academy.cdeonline.co.za/vlcd-course/

Iconic CDE Meetings this August!

Ethical Narratives in Chronic Care (23 August 2024)

The 26th CDE Postgraduate Forum in Diabetes Management (23 - 25 August 2024)

For more info on these deep learning experiences, and to register, please visit:

www.cdediabetes.co.za/ethical-narratives-in-chronic-care

www.cdediabetes.co.za/annualforum

Learna/University of South Wales offer a one-year, online, part-time, distance learning Postgraduate Diploma in Diabetes Care. Sign up for a second year to earn an MSc in Diabetes. Gain a competitive edge and enhance your client care! Register @ https://my.learna.ac.uk/l/diabetes-ambassador-cde