Healthy eating is important as we grow older, helping to avoid nutritional deficiencies and protect against age-related complications.
Diabetes Diet
One Pantry Fits All
Preparing healthy meals and snacks that are quick, tasty and don’t require a trip to the grocery store depends a lot on what you have on hand.
Are anti-inflammatory diets recommended for people with diabetes?
Inflammation becomes harmful when it is prolonged and begins to damage healthy cells. Persistent inflammation underlies a variety of chronic medical conditions, including diabetes. To reduce levels of inflammation an anti-inflammatory diet can be helpful.
Navigating the grocery store for meats and poultry
If you consider that the healthiest way to shop for groceries is to start by cruising the perimeter of the store, then you will no doubt notice that meats and poultry fall into this category.
Diabetes and the ketogenic diet
Carbohydrate-containing foods such as bread, cereal and fruit are the body’s main source of energy. When you eat these foods they turn into glucose (sugar) and the body uses that glucose as fuel.
Menu planning for people with diabetes
Meal planning for people with diabetes shouldn’t be much different than for people who don’t have diabetes.
