Another busy community day "out and about." I'm fortunate to have another MCW M4 student doing a Community Medicine elective in September.
Shawn and I agreed that our home visit with a diabetic patient was the highlight of the day. Diabetic teaching is so much easier when the patient's food choices are within reach in their own kitchen. We were able to teach basic label reading skills using her own foods and having quite a few laughs in the process. "What, juice has sugar? I have apple jc, orange jc, cranberry jc and grape jc!!!"
Our rule about that: Pick the fruit and NOT the juice!"
We left with garden tomatoes, hugs and a lady that knows to look for "Total Carbohydrates" on her food labels!!
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