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.
表中的内容
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
关于作者
Toby Smithson, RDN, CDE, has managed her own diabetes for more than 40 years, and founded Diabetes Every Day.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.
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