Healthy Diabetic Diet
Diabetes Health in 2008, Tip 1: Avoid Skipping Meals
Editor's note: For every day in January 2008, we'll encourage you to keep your New Year's Resolutions by giving a diet and fitness tip of the day from our dietitian, Heather Reese.
Eat several small meals a day. Skipping meals because you want to cut calories, or even because you're too busy to eat, just leads to overeating later. Eating three meals a day also helps keep your metabolism going, which means you're burning more calories throughout the day.
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Health Guide
Balanced Diabetes Diet. Information on a healthy diabetic diet from our nutritionist
A healthy well-balanced diet is an essential part of glucose control for people who have diabetes. However, having diabetes does not mean that you have to eat special foods or feel deprived. But you... Read more »Carbohydrates
If you are carbohydrate counting, the number of grams of carbohydrate listed on the food label is particularly important. This number is listed in bold on the nutrition facts panel and includes... Read more »Diabetes Diet: Major Food Components in a healthy diabetic diet
...end of 4 weeks, they achieved better weight, glucose control, and HDL levels than those on a standard diabetic diet.Fat SubstitutesFat substitutes added to commercial foods or used in baking,... Read more »What is the key to healthy diabetes management? "
...Diet: There is no official diabetes diet. Different diets work for different patients. The goal of a healthy diabetic diet is to provide nutrients and balance energy requirements. The recommended... Read more »Calories
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