Lorena Drago, MS, RDN, CDN, CDE

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Jul 18 2023

Is Falling Asleep after Eating a Sign of Diabetes?

A Certified Diabetes Care and Educator Specialist Weighs In You ate a delicious meal and now you feel tired and sluggish. Your mom was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and you are wondering if falling asleep after eating is a sign of diabetes. Falling asleep after eating is known as postprandial … [Read more...]

Jul 14 2023

Frutas Prohibidas para personas con diabetes ¿Por qué evitarlas? y Lista de frutas que puedes comer

Papaya para personas con diabetes

Si tienes diabetes, es crucial cuidar tu alimentación para mantener niveles estable de azúcar en sangre. Una dieta equilibrada y saludable puede ayudarde a mantener tus niveles de glucosa en el rango adecuado conocido como tienpo en rango (80-180mg/dl). Entre los alimentos que debes considerar, las … [Read more...]

Feb 10 2023

Free CEUs for Dietitians: A Diabetes and Cultural Foods Round-Up

Before we dive deeper into the best free CEUs for dietitians, let’s take a peek at some stats. According to the CDC’s National Statistics Report, 37.3 million Americans had diabetes in 2019. Of those 37.3 million, 8.5 million were undiagnosed, meaning, they didn’t know they even had diabetes … [Read more...]

Feb 10 2023

Where to Inject Ozempic® ?

Hello, I am Lorena, a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. I help people with diabetes understand how they can make sense of their blood glucose and help you how to eat with good common sense nutrition.   What is Ozempic®? Ozempic® is a brand name for … [Read more...]

Jan 04 2023

Are Carrots Good For Diabetics? A Dietitian Explains

Are Carrots food for diabetics

As a person with diabetes, you may have wondered what foods you can or can’t have. You may have also been told by friends and family that certain foods or food groups are “bad” for you now that you have diabetes… like carrots, for example. They’re too sweet, right? Coming to you straight from … [Read more...]

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About Lorena Drago

Lorena Drago, MS, RD, CDN, CDCES, is a registered dietitian, speaker, author, consultant and certified diabetes care and educator specialist. 

Lorena specializes in the multicultural aspects of diabetes self-management education and is an expert in developing culturally and ethnically oriented nutrition and diabetes education materials. She founded, Hispanic Foodways which received the New York City Small Business Award in 2006. She developed the Nutriportion™ Measuring Cups that has the calorie and carbohydrate amounts of common foods embossed on each cup and the Nutriportion™ Hispanic Food Cards that have pictures and nutrition composition of common Hispanic foods.

Lorena served on the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists board of directors from 2006-2010, Chair for Latinos and Hispanics in Dietetics and Nutrition. She was Past President of the Metropolitan New York Association of Diabetes Educators in 2004. Lorena won the Diabetic Living People’s Choice Award in 2012, the Latinos & Hispanics in Dietetics and Nutrition Trinko Award in 2016, and the Diabetes Educator of the Year in 2022.

She is the author of the book Beyond Rice and Beans: The Caribbean Guide to Eating Well with Diabetes published by the American Diabetes Association. She is a contributing author and co-editor of the book Cultural Food Practices published by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the 15-Minute Consultation: Tips, Tools, and Activities to Make your Nutrition Counseling More Effective both published by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She serves on the editorial board of the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (ADCES) in Practice and is the food editor of Diabetes Self-Management magazine. Lorena is ADCES Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.

Lorena graduated cum laude from Hunter College of the City University of New York with a Master’s of Science degree in Food and Nutrition and received her Bachelor’s degree from Queens College.

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