Another common question, and one with questionable answers for other resources. See what Toby has to say, and remember her 3 keys points.

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00:00 Intro
01:00 get nutrition from food first
01:55 know quality brands
02:13 what is USP?
02:26 check with your doctor
02:41 supplements related to diabetes
03:10 chromium and diabetes
03:17 alpha-lipoic acid and diabetes
03:37 chromium details
04:05 herbals and diabetes
04:18 magnesium and diabetes
04:38 Omega 3 fatty acids and diabetes
04:58 selenium and diabetes
05:16 vitamins C and D and diabetes
05:55 Vitamin B12 and metformin

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Toby Smithson, M.S., RDN, LD, CDCES, FAND is a certified diabetes care and education specialist (CDCES) and registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) who has successfully managed her own type 1 diabetes for more than five decades.

She has dynamically combined her professional knowledge with her life experiences managing diabetes by producing scores of videos under the banner DiabetesEveryDay, guiding people with diabetes to better understand and practice diabetes self-management at her website DiabetesEveryDay.com, on YouTube at Diabetes EveryDay and on other social media platforms.

Toby was recently awarded the 2021 Benedictine University Alumni Achievement Award and the 2020 Diabetes Educator of the Year honor by the Diabetes Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She is a former media spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and media spokesperson for the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists. Toby is a frequent resource for nutrition writers and bloggers and writes regularly for U.S. News. She is the principal author of Diabetes Meal Planning and Nutrition for Dummies.

She earned her Bachelor of Science in Dietetics, Nutrition and Food Science from Northern Illinois University’s Coordinated Undergraduate Program and her Master of Science in Nutrition and Wellness form Benedictine University. Toby is a Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (FAND).