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Diabetes Meal Planning and Nutrition For Dummies
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Food awareness, nutrition, and meal planning advice for people with diabetes

Diabetes Meal Planning and Nutrition For Dummies takes the mystery and the frustration out of healthy eating and managing diabetes. Both the newly diagnosed and the experienced alike will learn what defines healthy eating for diabetes and it's crucial role to long term health, why healthy eating can be so difficult, and how meal planning is a key to successful diabetes management

Diabetes Meal Planning and Nutrition For Dummies takes the guesswork out of eating and preparing diabetes friendly foods. You'll learn whether popular diets fit (or don't fit) into a healthy eating plan, what to shop for, how to eat healthy away from home, which supplements you should consider, and how to build perfect meals yourself. To get you started, this book includes a week's worth of diabetes-friendly meals, and fabulous recipes that demonstrate how delicious food and effective diabetes management can go hand in hand.

  • Includes helpful information for people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes as well as exchange lists for diabetes
  • Explains how your surroundings and your biology conspire to encourage unhealthy eating, and how you can gain control by planning in advance
  • Helps you to understand that fabulous, nutritionally-balanced food and diabetes management can go hand in hand

    • If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with diabetes, Diabetes Meal Planning and Nutrition For Dummies is packed with expert advice, surprising insights, and practical examples of meal plans coupled with sound nutritional advice.

    Food awareness, nutrition, and meal planning advice for people with diabetes

    Diabetes Meal Planning and Nutrition For Dummies takes the mystery and the frustration out of healthy eating and managing diabetes. Both the newly diagnosed and the experienced alike will learn what defines healthy eating for diabetes and it's crucial role to long term health, why healthy eating can be so difficult, and how meal planning is a key to successful diabetes management

    Diabetes Meal Planning and Nutrition For Dummies takes the guesswork out of eating and preparing diabetes friendly foods. You'll learn whether popular diets fit (or don't fit) into a healthy eating plan, what to shop for, how to eat healthy away from home, which supplements you should consider, and how to build perfect meals yourself. To get you started, this book includes a week's worth of diabetes-friendly meals, and fabulous recipes that demonstrate how delicious food and effective diabetes management can go hand in hand.

  • Includes helpful information for people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes as well as exchange lists for diabetes
  • Explains how your surroundings and your biology conspire to encourage unhealthy eating, and how you can gain control by planning in advance
  • Helps you to understand that fabulous, nutritionally-balanced food and diabetes management can go hand in hand

    • If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with diabetes, Diabetes Meal Planning and Nutrition For Dummies is packed with expert advice, surprising insights, and practical examples of meal plans coupled with sound nutritional advice.
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    • Toby Smithson, RDN, CDE, has managed her own diabetes for more than 40 years, and founded DiabetesEveryDay.com to share her insights into diabetes self-management. Alan Rubin, MD, is the author of several successful diabetes books, including Diabetes For Dummies and Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies.

    Table of Contents-

    • Introduction 1

      Part I: Diabetes and Food: An Intimate Connection 7

      Chapter 1: Having Your Diabetes and Eating, Too 9

      Chapter 2: Understanding Diabetes 21

      Chapter 3: Managing Diabetes and Blood Glucose 35

      Chapter 4: Doing More to Manage Diabetes 53

      Part II: Nutrition with Purpose 61

      Chapter 5: Explaining Nutrition Requirements for Diabetes 63

      Chapter 6: Meeting the Macronutrients — Protein, Fat, and Carbohydrates 77

      Chapter 7: Reading the Fine Print: Micronutrients 91

      Chapter 8: Revisiting Carbohydrates 115

      Chapter 9: Equipping Yourself For Success 127

      Part III: Meal Planning for Better Health 141

      Chapter 10: Exposing Barriers to Healthy Eating 143

      Chapter 11: Setting Priorities and Staying on Track 157

      Chapter 12: Shopping for the Best Food Choices 173

      Part IV: Ready, Set, Plan 191

      Chapter 13: Customizing Your Meals 193

      Chapter 14: Modifying Popular Diet Plans 219

      Chapter 15: What's On the Menu: Having a Plan for Eating Out 239

      Chapter 16: Choosing Sensible Beverages and Snacks 253

      Part V: Putting It All Together: Seven Delicious Days Managing Your Diabetes 267

      Chapter 17: Reviewing a Seven-Day Menu 269

      Chapter 18: Starting Your Recipe Collection 281

      Part VI: The Part of Tens 307

      Chapter 19: Ten Diabetes "Power Foods" 309

      Chapter 20: Ten Diabetes-Friendly Foods Costing Less Than $1.00 315

      Chapter 21: Ten Healthy Food Swaps for Losing Weight 319

      Part VII: The Appendixes 325

      Appendix A: Diabetes Exchange Lists 327

      Appendix B: Ethnic Carbohydrate Foods 341

      Appendix C: Conversions 345

      Index 349

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