On this edition of Highway to Health, host Jimmy Mac talks with Toby Smithson, Senior Manager for Nutrition & Wellness at the American Diabetes Association, about diabetes, its early detection, and how lifestyle choices can make a big difference in managing the disease. Toby provides an overview of diabetes, explains the symptoms people should watch for, and emphasizes why early detection is so important. She shares the ADA’s free 60-second risk test (https://diabetes.org/diabetes-risk-test) to help viewers assess their own risk.

Toby also dives into how lifestyle impacts diabetes, discussing 42 different factors that can affect blood sugar and highlighting practical nutrition strategies. She introduces tools like the diabetes plate and shares eating patterns that can support healthy blood sugar levels. Drawing on her decades of professional experience and personal journey managing type 1 diabetes for over 50 years, Toby blends medical expertise with real-life insights to provide guidance for anyone looking to prevent or better manage diabetes.

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