All in the Family: Is Diabetes Genetic?
For better or for worse, there are many qualities you’ll continue to receive from your parents throughout your lifetime. Studies have found that your driving abilities, your pain tolerance and…
Farro vegetable salad
Preparation Time: 30 minutes Number of Servings: 8 Serving size: 1 1/2 cups Ingredients 1 (16 oz.) package Farro (find in the rice aisle) 2 asparagus bundles (2 cups, chopped…
Stop diabetes before it starts
A disease, that often remains hidden, is affecting families all across San Antonio. According to a City of San Antonio report, one in eight adults in Bexar County has been…
Gluten free chocolate almond butter truffles
Our endocrinologist Vidhya Illuri said she started Dr. Illuri’s Pantry, “to share healthy recipes with my patients.” “FOOD is medicine!” she added. “When we choose to use healthy food to…
Your heart and kidneys – closer than you think
Your body’s organ systems don’t function in silos, and Dr. Anand Prasad doesn’t think your healthcare should, either. Imagine you are looking inside the human body. It’s easy to identify…
Cream of Vegetable Soup
It's supposed to be chilly this weekend. What's better than enjoying a bowl of soup while it's cold outside? This diabetic-friendly cream of vegetable soup will be sure to warm you…
Blueberry kale salad
Did you know massaging your kale can make it much softer and easier to eat? Our endocrinologist Vidhya Illuri said she started Dr. Illuri’s Pantry, "to share healthy recipes with…
Stopping trouble before it begins
Diabetes is called a silent epidemic because many people don’t know they have it until the disease does considerable harm to their organs and blood vessels over many years. But…
Smiling mature couple cooking healthy vegetable salad together
Schooling adults on the best ways to lose weight and stay healthy
For more than 20 years, a bilingual school health program known as Bienestar, the brainchild of Dr. Roberto Trevino, has been teaching elementary and middle school students throughout San Antonio…
Heading off diabetes in the womb?
Diabetes runs in families. And for years, doctors have advised those at high risk of diabetes to eat sensibly to prevent getting the disease. Now, a new study involving several…