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Blood Sugar Rising

Watching Carbs

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One thing that people with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes have in common, is the need to watch their carbohydrate intake. Learning how to read food labels when grocery shopping is a powerful tool for diabetics trying to manage their disease. This is a clip from Blood Sugar Rising, a PBS special from WGBH about the diabetes epidemic in the United States.

Aired: 02/25/20 | Rating: NR

A Production of Structure Films for WGBH. With funding from: Draper, The Russell Berrie Foundation, Sami Inkinen, through the Inkinen Family Donor-Advised Fund, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.

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