Diabetes educator and author, Mary Costa’s new book, The Diabetes Blueprint: Five Simple Steps to Double Your Energy, Eliminate Brain Fog, Feel Younger and Lose the Weight So You Feel Sexy and Happy Again! was named an international best-seller in the area of “Diabetes Care” by Amazon.
Mary Costa, a Registered Nurse and Certified Diabetes Educator has worked for one of the largest HMO’s in the country for more than 35 years. She works exclusively with adults who have diabetes: consulting, teaching, advising, and adjusting medications by protocol to help her patients reach healthy blood sugar levels. Mary is also the President and CEO of “Transform Your Diabetes Health” an online organization which offers education and coaching for people with diabetes, that includes holistic and integrative health practices.
Costa has worked with diverse populations, across all walks of life, and loves the challenge of making complex information easy to understand, with clear, and “do-able” action steps. Mary has seen what works, and what doesn’t, and recognizes that living with, and managing diabetes is not a sprint, but a marathon. While the end result may be the same, the journey for each of her patients to achieve their best diabetes health, is individualized.
She explained, “My goal after over 28 years of teaching and training adults with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, is to use evidence-based practices to help people with diabetes achieve their best health and wellness. Patients are always looking to integrative therapies and complementary practices in addition to traditional Western medicine and we help them navigate through the minefield of information.”
About Mary Costa, RN, BSN CDE, CDTC
Mary Costa is a recognized expert in Diabetes, a two-time international best-selling author in the area of “Diabetes Care,” and an RN, BSN CDE, CDTC, CPT and CPC. She is a certified Diabetes Educator and Insulin Pump Trainer as well as a certified Professional Coach.
Costa received her Nursing degree in the 1980’s, has been a Certified Diabetes Educator since 1990’s, and recently achieved her CDTC (Certified Diabetes Technology Clinician) designation in 2013. Mary belongs to the American Association of Diabetes Educators, the American Diabetes Association, American Holistic Nurses Association, and is a member of the Experts Industry Association.
Costa and her work peers conducted a research project that evaluated the care of diabetics in groups, as opposed to one-on-one visits in the mid-1990s, and the results were published in Diabetes Care, December 1999. As a result of the research project, the program was implemented in all of the Northern California regions of the HMO she worked for. Mary is currently working in a program that focuses on promoting measures to prevent heart attack, stroke and the complications of diabetes. This program has won national awards.
Costa is also passionate about partnering with Health Care Providers to educate adult patients with Type 1 & 2 DM through education, coaching and accountability measures, Costa teaches her clients how to self-manage their diabetes to live a healthy, high-quality life they enjoy.
Learn more about her programs at “TheDiabetesNurse”online at: http://www.TheDiabetesNurse.com.