LiveWell Louisiana

Diabetes Center

Welcome to the LiveWell Louisiana Diabetes Center: your resource for healthy living with diabetes.

Find local, regional and national resources below for diabetes education and management, including recipes, specialists in your area, and support.


5 Steps to Better Manage Your Diabetes

5 Steps to Better Manage Your Diabetes

You have to monitor your blood sugar, eat the right foods, exercise, take your medication, and visit your medical provider regularly.

Create Your Plate: Diabetes Nutrition

Create Your Plate: Diabetes Nutrition

Often, when people are diagnosed with diabetes, they don't know where to begin. One way is to change the amount of food you are already eating. Focus on filling your plate with non-starchy vegetables and having smaller portions of starchy foods and meats.

Online Tool: Diabetes 24/7

Online Tool: Diabetes 24/7

Diabetes 24/7 is a personal health record that allows you to manage your diabetes and share valuable health information with others on your health care team.

Producing Results

Producing Results

This urban-growth destination supports local farming and healthy eating.

Eat to Treat Diabetes

Eat to Treat Diabetes

Find fresh ways to get the low-glycemic foods you need.

Finding New Ways to Deal with Diabetes

Finding New Ways to Deal with Diabetes

Find new ways to overcome the difficulties of this disease.

Best Foot Forward

Best Foot Forward

A new innovative foot and ankle clinic debuts on the Northshore.