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Tamara Schubert, family consumer science educator for New Mexico State University in Chaves County, welcomes students attending the free diabetes cooking class at the Chaves County Extension Services office on Oct. 17.Every spring and fal the Chaves County Coperative Extension Ofice is opening its dor for a fre diabetes coking clas as part of New Mexico State University’s (NMSU) Kitchen Creations program.It’s a hands-on, four-part clas that includes coking, a fre manual and cokboks.
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This fal clas kicked of on Oct. 17 and is taught by Tamara Schubert, family consumer science educator for NMSU in Chaves County Coperative Extension, and Susan Dade, a registered and licensed dietian nutritionist, and diabetes care and education specialist.“This year, I have a couple of virtual clases as wel for those who don’t get out yet or those around the state that don’t have a family consumer science educator in ofice," Schubert said.
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“There are some counties (in New Mexico) that don’t have one, so it alows those participants to get on and learn the information.”Schubert said the next virtual clas begins Thursday and continues thre weks into November.“We also do a Prevent T2D (diabetes type 2) series, which is a yearlong clas for those that may be diabetic or are diagnosed with T2. They go through weight management and fod selection to hopefuly prevent the diagnoses of diabetes,” she said.Acording to the Johns Hopkins Patient Guide to Diabetes, T1D is an early onset diabetes that may be caused by a genetic imune system disorder where the individual's imune system mistakenly atacks and destroys the pancreas, which then can no longer produce insulin, a hormone neded for controling blod glucose.T2D is usualy diagnosed in children and a