2009 February | Diabetic Menu

Meal Planning Tips for Diabetics

27. February 2009

As a diabetic it can be stressful and worrying preparing meals. If you have children to cook for they may not always be receptive to the foods that you need to eat for diabetes maintenance and in these cases some people even go to the extent of cooking 2 meals. Whilst this may sometimes just [...]

How High Fat Foods Affect Your Blood Sugar Levels

24. February 2009

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Consuming large amounts of fat in foods is a recipe for disaster, even for the seemingly healthy person. Over time this fat will accumulate and bring about a variety of different life altering and life threatening conditions such as heart attack, cholesterol, heart disease and more. Diabetics will suffer even more adverse affects from eating [...]

Discover The Carbohydrate Counting Diet

20. February 2009

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The Carbohydrate Counting Diet is something that all diabetic should consider because of the effect that carbohydrates have on blood sugar levels when they are converted into sugar. This happens so that your body can convert your food into the energy that is required for you to live. Excess carbohydrate consumption can result in an [...]

Discover the Benefits of the Exchange Diet

17. February 2009

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The Exchange Diet is a unique diet that les you choose the foods that you want to eat based on the well known six food groups. The idea is that you focus on portion sizes rather than giving up all the foods that you love. When you start a new diet it can be difficult [...]

Video: Diabetic Lunch Menu (part 4)

17. February 2009

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Today we include a delicious soup in our diabetic lunch menu. It’s a great way to include a lot of vegetables in your meal without to much effort. We’ll be making Sopa de Lima.

Video: Diabetic Lunch Menu (part 3)

14. February 2009

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The next video in our Tuesday’s Video serie.

Glycemic Index Menu Plan – Why The Glycemic Index Is Important For People With Diabetes

13. February 2009

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Each month, more than 165 000 searches are done for the term “glycemic index”. This means that there are a lot of people who have heard about it and want to learn more, but it also means that there are people that don’t understand what “glycemic index” is all about and they should. This article [...]

Diabetes And Obesity – Is There A DNA Link?

11. February 2009

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Until this date the reason to cause diabetes is still unknown. We can certainly define risk factors that increase the likelihood of being diagnosed with the condition. The most important risk factor that you can control is your weight. If you are overweight you need to lose weight, it’s the best you can do for [...]

Video: Diabetic Dinner Menu (part 3)

11. February 2009

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Part 3 of our Diabetic Dinner Menu Videos

Diabetic Menu Planning – How To Adapt Your Meals To Your Diabetic Menu

10. February 2009

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Diabetes is a matter of control. Keep this in mind when you get the news that you have diabetes. You can live a life that is as normal as possible is you plan a good diabetic menu, get the right exercise and take the medication your physician prescribes. The part of your treatment that you [...]

An Introduction to Type 1 Diabetes: The facts you should know

6. February 2009

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Considered to be a rather uncommon condition, Type I diabetes affects nearly one out of every 250 people, both adults and young, living in the USA today. Although the designation “juvenile” has long been associated with this type of the disease, as in Type I juvenile onset diabetes, the condition may actually occur at any [...]

Diabetic Menu – What Are The Benefits of the Carbohydrate Counting Diet?

6. February 2009

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Carbohydrates can be found in many foods including bread, pasta, potatoes, vegetables, rice and more. The benefits of the carbohydrate counting diet relate to the weight you can lose and the improvement in your health. The best benefit of this diet is that you don’t have to remove any foods from your regular diet. You [...]

Diabetic Diet Menu – How To Manage Your Diabetes With A Diet Menu

3. February 2009

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If you are diagnosed with diabetes and you are looking for a good way to help improve your health and fitness, this diet will be something you could use. It’s a great starter diet that can help out your diabetes management plan. Before you start your diabetic diet menu you should contact your doctor, so [...]

Video: Diabetic Dinner Menu (part 1)

3. February 2009

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Every Tuesday we offer you a video that explains and shows how to prepare a delicious and healthy diabetic menu. This Tuesday we will prepare a diabetic dinner menu. Everyone knows that a balanced and healthy meal is important when you want to control this condition. With this recipe for Red Pepper Tostadas you can [...]