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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.
Nonnutritive Sweeteners: Help or Hindrance? (Part 6)
This week, I thought I’d wrap up my series on nonnutritive sweeteners by answering several of the questions that have come in from readers…
Nonnutritive Sweeteners: Help or Hindrance? (Part 5)
Last week I wrote about Truvia and PureVia, two new stevia-based sweeteners. Because they really are so new to the market, we don’t know a lot about them. They likely are safe. Then again, it’s hard to say what researchers will find years down the road. Whether you use nonnutritive sweeteners or not and which ones you use is really a matter of individual preference…
Nonnutritive Sweeteners: Help or Hindrance? (Part 4)
A lot of questions came in again (last week on sweeteners! This week, I wanted to focus on two of the stevia (rebiana) sweeteners that are now available on the market. And just a reminder that even though we call these sweeteners “stevia,” they’re really not quite the same as the stevia (perhaps purchased in a health food store) that some of you have mentioned using. Only the stevia extract rebiana has been given the green light for use as a general purpose sweetener by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
Nonnutritive Sweeteners: Help or Hindrance? (Part 3)
Thanks to everyone who posted questions last week! The use of sweeteners in people both with and without diabetes is always a great topic for discussion, and I’m glad to see that folks have done their homework and are asking questions about all of the products out there. We continue with the sweetener saga. The sweetener of the week this week is stevia (actually, rebiana, a stevia-based sweetener)…
Nonnutritive Sweeteners: Help or Hindrance? (Part 2)
Last week I started to take another look at the various nonnutritive sweeteners that are available on the market…
Nonnutritive Sweeteners: Help or Hindrance? (Part 1)
The use of nonnutritive sweeteners (also known as artificial sweeteners or sugar substitutes) among people with diabetes is pretty common. But not all that long ago, there weren’t a whole lot of sweeteners to choose from…
Boosting Brain Health: What Can Food Do?
Over the past few weeks I’ve highlighted various dietary supplements that may (or may not) play a role in slowing cognitive decline. Supplements can be “iffy” in that they’re not always well researched, side effects can be a concern, and they can be expensive. So, that leads to the question, “Can eating a particular food or foods promote brain health?” Let’s take a look…
Boosting Brain Health: Do Supplements Really Help? (Part 3)
Over the past couple weeks I’ve highlighted some of the dietary supplements that have been touted as promoting “brain health.” Some may work while others are lacking in evidence…
Boosting Brain Health: Do Supplements Really Help? (Part 2)
Last week a study was released in The British Journal of Psychiatry. This study involved 103 men and women with mild cognitive impairment. Nineteen of the 103 participants developed dementia (probably Alzheimer) over the course of the study, which was four years. And sixteen of those participants had diabetes; they were about three times as likely to develop dementia as those without diabetes. Granted, this was a small study, but it does reinforce the link between diabetes and dementia…
Boosting Brain Health: Do Supplements Really Help? (Part 1)
We’re all getting older. And while there’s not too much we can do about it, for most of us, our hope is that we age with grace, dignity, and some semblance of normal cognitive and physical functioning. Others also hope to preserve their youthful appearance…
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