Healthy, Low Calory Diabetic Recipes for Breakfast
Eating a good, nutritious breakfast gets your metabolism running for the day, working to promote weight maintenance, and helping to maintain correct blood sugar levels. The Diabetes Association has noted that breakfast is a meal that most people are inclined to miss. The main reasons for this include the fact that some people just do […]
Insulin to Carb Ratio
For patients with type 1 diabetes or insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes who take rapid-acting insulin when eating, it is important to understand the insulin to carb ratio, which can be used in planning the diabetic’s meals. It is relatively easy to do without having to worry about using math to calculate this ratio. When using […]
The Diabetic Exchange List (Exchange Diet)
The Diabetic Exchange Lists represent food choices a diabetic can make that are similar enough in nature to be exchanged for other foods on the list. This is a meal planning system for diabetics that was created by a committee of the American Dietetic Association and the American Diabetes Association for diabetics who want to […]
Diabetes Nutrition Guidelines
In October of 2013, the American Diabetes Association made recommendations as the diabetes nutritional guidelines to be practiced by type 1 and type 2 diabetics. According to the ADA, nutrition therapy should be a part of the management of every patient with diabetes. There is no set eating pattern that is successful in all diabetics […]
High Triglyceride Diet
There is no reason to have a high triglyceride diet. Diets that are high in triglycerides are also higher in other types of fat, such as cholesterol and eating a high triglyceride diet can result in complications, including heart disease that can manifest itself in having a heart attack, stroke, or peripheral vascular disease. There […]
Diabetes Food List
Diabetics need to be careful about what they eat. There are some foods a diabetic shouldn’t eat, such as those with simple sugars in them or foods that are high in fat and calories. There are some good foods a diabetic can eat, however. When you next go shopping, consider using this diabetes food list […]
How Many Carbohydrates Should A Person With Diabetes Eat Each Day?
Many diabetics know that carbs are something you shouldn’t eat too much of if you want to keep your blood sugar down. The types of carbohydrate foods you eat each day and how many carbs you eat are vital when managing your blood sugars. The idea is to strike a balance between the insulin levels […]
Sugar Alcohols
Sugar alcohols represent a classification of molecules that act as low-calorie sweeteners. They can be found in many foods a diabetic eats, such as sugar-free gum, puddings that advertise that they are “no sugar added”, cookies, and ice cream. In these types of foods, you’ll find that they contain sugar alcohols instead of sugar, which […]
Coenzyme Q 10: A little Known Supplement That Yields Big Results
Diabetes is a progressively increasing menace and is a consequence of the modern lifestyle. According to WHO, there are 422 million adult diabetics in the world1. In spite of many drugs available in the market, to control diabetes and its complications, the search for newer and better treatment continues. One of the compounds which is […]
Honey And Diabetes
Most diabetics follow a strict diabetic diet in which the amount of sugar taken in is well controlled and protein levels are high. Many diabetics wonder if honey, which is naturally sweetened, has any benefit on diabetes or if, perhaps, the use of honey should be curtailed in diabetic patients. Type 1 diabetes involves the […]