Recipes for folks with diabetes which are also good for us all!

Folks with diabetes are advised to plan ahead and ..

• Limiting foods that are high in sugar
• Eat smaller portions, spread out over the day
• Be careful about when and how many carbohydrates you eat
• Eat a variety of whole-grain foods, fruits and vegetables every day
• Eat less fat
• Limit  use of alcohol
• Use less salt

Sensible advice for just about everybody.
Also, a healthy diet and a health diet can prevent diabetes from developing.

Here’s a few good resources for planning healthy meals and healthy eating in general

• Diabetes – Meal Planning(Patient Education Institute)  Also available in Spanish 

 

• Tasty Recipes for People with Diabetes and Their Families(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) – PDF  Also available in Spanish 

 

• MyFoodAdvisor(American Diabetes Association)
• Keep the Beat: Heart Healthy Recipes from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

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