Who We Are:
We are Dr. Sybil Kramer and daughter Tova Kramer Searleman.
Dr. Kramer is a board-certified endocrinologist who has been practicing medicine since 1980. She has been helping thousands of people with diabetes by providing sound medical advice for patients for over thirty years. Many Primary Care physicians consult with her for help with their most difficult endocrinology and diabetes cases.
Tova is a therapist who works with young children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. She has a passion for cooking healthy, delicious foods for people living with diabetes, and also has a weakness for dramatic flair!
What We Do:
Some of Dr. Kramer’s patients have had difficulty following the diet because they don’t know how to read food labels, find the appropriate foods in the supermarket and cook meals that taste good and are appropriate for them. Patients will have an opportunity to watch and learn how I and my daughter shop, cook and read labels and prepare tasty diabetic friendly meals. After watching Tova cook the meals in our family kitchen, you will be able to print out our recipes and duplicate them.
Why We Do It:
Dr. Kramer realized that people with diabetes need more than just office visits with their doctors and nurse educators to obtain good control of their diabetes. In addition to learning about insulin, medication, diet, and exercise, they need to be able to implement this knowledge. While some of her patients have been able to go home and follow her recommendations, she sees that many have been unable to make any lifestyle changes without extra support. A number of patients end their office appointments determined to follow her advice, but have been subsequently unable to follow through with their diet and exercise plans despite understanding the consequences. Many of her patients say, “I wish I could take you home!” Now, this resource provides anyone with diabetes an opportunity to access practical information from their homes.
Tova loves to teach people how to cook-especially those who are “afraid” of the kitchen. In this website, you will find a number of videos wherein Tova demonstrates, step-by-step, how to cook delicious recipes that are appropriate for a person with diabetes. Her cooking skills combined with Dr. Kramer’s medical expertise and 30+ years of experience yield a solid online resource that will help a person with diabetes to easily prepare foods that are both healthy and delectable.
How to Connect With Us:
Please feel free to ask questions or leave comments on our blog posts located on the HOME page. To e-mail Dr. Kramer and Tova, go to the “Contact” tab, leave your information in the fields, and Dr. Kramer or Tova will get back to you as soon as they can. Dr. Kramer and Tova cannot address specific or personal medical questions electronically. We look forward to hearing from you!
MEDICAL ADVICE DISCLAIMER: The information included on this site is for educational purposes only. It is not intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. The reader should always consult his or her health care provider to determine the appropriateness of the information for their own situation, or if they have any questions regarding a medical condition or treatment plan. Reading the information on this website does not create a physician-patient relationship.
Thank you so much for your kind words! Please let us know how we can further serve you.
Wow, fantastic blog layout! How lengthy have you ever been running a blog for? you make running a blog glance easy. The whole look of your site is fantastic, let alone the content!
Thank you for your kind words! Please let us know if you have any recipe requests or questions for either of us. Be well, and here’s to a happier and healthier you!
Dr Kramer just wanted to thank you for helping me manage my health issues and this is great to have a site . I will look forward to learning new ways to perpare my meals with Tova … Well keep up the great work
Thanks so much for your kind words and welcome to our website. I hope this website will be helpful for people who have friends and family with diabetes as well as for people with this disease. if you have any topics of special interest, please ask them and we will do our best to provide a prompt answer.
The FDA is in the process of examining the data to see if Actos is connected to an increase in the incidence of bladder cancer. If it finds the risks of the cancer is greater than the benefits of the medication, it can decide to pull it from the market or require a black box warning. Unfortunately, most medication will have side affects. A health care professional needs to balance the risk of using a medication against its potential benefit before prescribing anything. If the risks outweigh the benefits, the drug should not be used. If there is a alternative with lower risk/benefit ratio, that would be preferable. Diabetes is a terrible disease with a multitude of complications. The best tool is diet and exercise. If the sugars are still high the risk of using it must be balanced against its benefits. If you need a medication, discuss the risk and benefits of using it with your health professional to make an informed decision. thanks, Sybil
thank you dr cramer, for this info. i have a question about atocs. can it cause blatter cancer? and if so why do you prescribe it. does the insulin cause you to gain weight? thanks, kathleen sylvain.
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What a wonderful resource. Thanks so much for the effort to help educate about such a terrible condition.