PEN eNews 11(4) April 2021
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The Diabetes - Carbohydrate Counting Knowledge Pathway is Updated!
The Diabetes - Carbohydrate Counting Knowledge Pathway was just updated. Do you know the answers to these questions?
- In type 1 diabetes, what effect does advanced carbohydrate counting have on glycemic control and other outcomes compared with other dietary approaches?
- In type 1 diabetes, how precisely and accurately do individuals need to count carbohydrates and what effect does this have on glycemic control?
- In individuals with type 1 diabetes, should insulin dosing be adjusted for fat and protein intake in addition to carbohydrate?
Check out this
knowledge pathway for the answers and for additional information.
Looking for more information related to diabetes? There are:
- 13 Knowledge Pathways
- 184 Practice Questions
- 228 Handouts
Enter the search term “diabetes” in the PEN Search to see the results!
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- Cancer - Nutritional Implications
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- Gastrointestinal System - Postoperative Feeding
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Nutritional Implications of Cancer – Are You Up-to-Date?
Have you looked at the Nutritional Implications of Cancer Knowledge Pathway lately? These practice questions have been updated:
And these are new practice questions:
Dementia and Ginseng - What is the Latest?
The Practice Question
Does ginseng help to prevent or treat cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment or dementia?
The Recommendation
Some observational evidence reported greater lifetime use of ginseng to be associated with better neuropsychological scores and some trial evidence reported three months of supplementation to be associated with improvements in some cognitive outcomes but not others among cognitively healthy adults and among those with dementia. Such inconsistencies in the collective findings make it difficult to recommend for or against its use as a supplement for the purposes of preventing or treating cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment or dementia at this time.
To see the full practice question, including the Evidence Summary, Remarks, Evidence Statements, Comments and References, click
here.
Want to know what else is new and updated? Bookmark these pages:
New Knowledge Pathway Content (Knowledge Pathways, Practice Questions, Summary of Recommendations and Evidence, Practice Guidance Toolkits, Backgrounds)
Tools and Resources.
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Australia 
Brenton Baguley
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Juhi Bhambhaney
Tin Oi (Nicole) Cheung
Zoe Davidson
Anna Edwards
Kay Gibbons
Sarah Gillbard
Jan Hill
Amber Kelaart
Suzanne King
Nicole Kiss
Siew Lim
Kate Marsh
Mariam Metwally
Jacqueline Miller
Louise Moodie
Josephine Pizzinga
Justin Shine
Roslyn Smith
Deanna Troiano
Evelyn Volders
Ashley Webb
South Africa 
Megan Clarke
Lizelle Payne
Kerry Pilditch
Nicole Ribeiro
Annica Rust
Raeesa Seedat
Priya Seetal
Leanne Solomons
Chantelle van der Merwe
Reinette Visser
Dorle Verrinder (Namibia)
United Kingdom 
Sue Acreman
Fiona Audley
Louise Bula
Maria Cazzulani
Winnie Chan
Ana Correia
Konstantinos Eleftheriadis
Shona Esler
Eugenia Grand
Taibat Ibitoye
Carly Killen
Victoria Mace
Bruno Mafrici
Victoria Nelson
Carolina Paras
Gemma Phillips
Rachel Thompson
Catherine Westoby
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Ohood Alharbi
Lesley Andrade
Molly Arsenault
Megan Bale-Nick
Alison Bennett
Wendy Benson
Stephanie Bertani
Rebecca Blair
Natalie Bolichowski
Miranda Burgess
Deidre Burns
Liesel Carlsson
Thea Demmers
Rebecca Demmings-Laskey
Lisa Dooley
Vanessa Duncan
Pamela Fergusson
Amber Foster
Jin Fu
Alana Galper
Kristen Garland
Deanna Gibson
Lindsay Harris
Ruth Harvie
Natasha Haskey
Sarah Herd
Giselle Huntington
Anar Jamal
Heather Keller
Gwen Kostal
Owennie Lee
Kristen Lusk
Susan Macfarlane
Diana Mager
Cayla Mantis
Laura Michailidis
Rachel Prowse
Sahar Qassem
Maria Ricupero
Shannon Robichaud
Janis Rusen
Jacqueline Rusin
Lee Rysdale
Laura Thibodeau
Andrea Toole
Vincci Tsui
Pat Vanderkooy
Roxane Wagner
Kelli Weinkauf
Jessica Wong
New Zealand 
Jessie Casas
Fiona Kendall
Rebekah Polglaze
Margaret Thorsen
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PEN eNews
April 2021 Volume
11 (4)
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