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 forpeople with diabetesDiabetes Meal Planning and Nutrition For Dummies takesthe mystery and the frustration out of healthy eating and managingdiabetes. Both the newly diagnosed and the experienced alike willlearn what defines healthy eating for diabetes and it'scrucial role to long term health, why healthy eating can be sodifficult, and how meal planning is a key to successful diabetesmanagementDiabetes Meal Planning and Nutrition For Dummies takesthe guesswork out of eating and preparing diabetes friendly foods.You'll learn whether popular diets fit (or don't fit) into ahealthy eating plan, what to shop for, how to eat healthy away fromhome, which supplements you should consider, and how to buildperfect meals yourself. To get you started, this bookincludes a week's worth of diabetes-friendly meals, and fabulousrecipes that demonstrate how delicious food and effective diabetesmanagement can go hand in hand.* Includes helpful information for people with both type 1 andtype 2 diabetes as well as exchange lists for diabetes* Explains how your surroundings and your biology conspire toencourage unhealthy eating, and how you can gain control byplanning in advance* Helps you to understand that fabulous, nutritionally-balancedfood and diabetes management can go hand in handIf you or a loved one has been diagnosed with diabetesDiabetes Meal Planning and Nutrition For Dummies is packedwith expert advice, surprising insights, and practical examples ofmeal plans coupled with sound nutritional advice.

Introduction 1Part I: Diabetes and Food: An Intimate Connection 7Chapter 1: Having Your Diabetes and Eating, Too 9Chapter 2: Understanding Diabetes 21Chapter 3: Managing Diabetes and Blood Glucose 35Chapter 4: Doing More to Manage Diabetes 53Part II: Nutrition with Purpose 61Chapter 5: Explaining Nutrition Requirements for Diabetes 63Chapter 6: Meeting the Macronutrients -- Protein, Fat, and Carbohydrates 77Chapter 7: Reading the Fine Print: Micronutrients 91Chapter 8: Revisiting Carbohydrates 115Chapter 9: Equipping Yourself For Success 127Part III: Meal Planning for Better Health 141Chapter 10: Exposing Barriers to Healthy Eating 143Chapter 11: Setting Priorities and Staying on Track 157Chapter 12: Shopping for the Best Food Choices 173Part IV: Ready, Set, Plan 191Chapter 13: Customizing Your Meals 193Chapter 14: Modifying Popular Diet Plans 219Chapter 15: What's On the Menu: Having a Plan for Eating Out 239Chapter 16: Choosing Sensible Beverages and Snacks 253Part V: Putting It All Together: Seven Delicious Days Managing Your Diabetes 267Chapter 17: Reviewing a Seven-Day Menu 269Chapter 18: Starting Your Recipe Collection 281Part VI: The Part of Tens 307Chapter 19: Ten Diabetes "Power Foods" 309Chapter 20: Ten Diabetes-Friendly Foods Costing Less Than $1.00 315Chapter 21: Ten Healthy Food Swaps for Losing Weight 319Part VII: The Appendixes 325Appendix A: Diabetes Exchange Lists 327Appendix B: Ethnic Carbohydrate Foods 341Appendix C: Conversions 345Index 349