Complementary Health and DiabetesA Focus on Dietary Supplements

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The definitive guide to dietary supplements and diabetes for health care professionals. Nearly 27 million people have been diagnosed with diabetes and a quarter of them report that they have used complementary and alternative medicines (now called complementary health approaches by the National Institutes of Health) to treat their diabetes or

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Laura Shane-McWhorter, PharmD, BCPS, BC-ADM, CDCES, FASCP, FAADE, has over 30 years of experience in the care and education of persons with diabetes. She is a Professor (Clinical) Emeritus at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy. She teaches a class on Herbal Medicines and Natural Product Drugs and works as a clinical pharmacist at a federally qualified Community Health Center, helping underserved patients with diabetes. She served on the Board of Directors for the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists from 2018 to 2020. Dr. Shane-McWhorter has lectured both in the United States and internationally in the area of diabetes management and complementary health approaches.