Lifestyle improvements are an important part of a successful diabetes management program and the Easy Start program at Draelos Metabolic Center is a great way to begin.

By utilizing our Easy Start program, our clients with diabetes find help gaining glucose control and also a way to obtain optimum nutrition with an eating plan that is simple to follow.

The Easy Start program for diabetes allows two medical food meal replacement shakes, a lean and green meal, and 2 snacks daily. With improved blood glucose control, weight loss, and decreased medications, additional foods and meals are added back into the daily diet.

The meal replacement shakes utilized for clients with diabetes are a medical food developed to improve insulin function and glucose control by enhancing cell function.  These foods are formulated to be consumed under the supervision of a physician and are intended for the specific dietary management of a disease or condition for which distinctive nutrition requirements are established based on recognized scientific principles.

The meal replacement shakes contain concentrated levels of phyo-estrols in each serving, which improve heart health, act as an anti-inflammatory and offer many other health benefits. In scientific studies, they also produced a decrease in insulin levels almost equivalent to the decreases in insulin seen when using the medication Metformin.

“We have seen great improvement in glucose control and insulin resistance in those who have opted for the Easy Start program. Many are able to decrease their diabetes medications. More importantly, though, they tell us the program has provided a way for them to feel better with more energy to do the things they want to do again,” said Sharon Bolton, PA-C.

Draelos Metabolic Center has three different levels of affordable medical foods for the improvement of diabetes.  Medical foods cost range from $2.80-$3.50 per meal.   While medications may be decreased using this program, it is important to note that this is a gradual process and no medication should be stopped or changed without the guidance of a healthcare provider.

If you are interested in learning more about how Easy Start might help you have improved glucose control or decrease your current diabetes medications, talk to one of our health care providers at Draelos Metabolic Center about whether this program is right for you.