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Tag Archives: nutrition
New Dietary Guidelines for Americans
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have recently released their guidelines for healthy eating. These guidelines are meant to help people prevent health problems. The guidelines emphasize the importance of eating a … Continue reading
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Which diet is best?
This one is right up there with “what should I eat?” as far as the most common questions diabetes educators hear. For my answer to the “what should I eat?” question, please see my book. But in terms of the … Continue reading
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Food Labels and Diabetes
Food labels are something that diabetes educators spend a lot of time on. There’s some very good information and teachable moments in food labels. The Food and Drug Administration is now proposing some changes/updates to food labels. The whole point … Continue reading
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Red Light, Green Light
There is a hospital that studied what happened when they labeled food in their cafeteria with traffic light colors. Green means healthy choice, yellow means so-so, and red means less healthy choice. They reported these findings. Basically, people started buying more … Continue reading
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Preaching to the Choir
U.S. News and World Report came out with their “best diets 2014,” and I must say that the first paragraph in this write-up basically sums up what’s in my book. (Well, there’s actually more, but the message about balance is … Continue reading
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Same food advice for all
Despite using the ‘s-word’ (should), an article I read recently caught my eye because it has what I think is an important message. In fact, this is one of the messages that I emphasize in my book. For a very … Continue reading
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veggies for kids
Isn’t this a fun idea? A ‘tasting game’ for kids – to introduce them to veggies and help them develop a taste for them. I think I missed that boat as far as my kids are concerned. Last night I … Continue reading
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diabetes, habits, and food
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I read it takes 66 days to form a new habit. I have now been eating fewer carbs (I like to call it a “limited carb” plan rather than a “low carb” plan) for … Continue reading
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Carbohydrate counting – the upside
Many people use carbohydrate counting (“carb counting”) as a meal planning approach to managing diabetes. Carb counting came out of a huge study that was conducted in the 80s and early 90s called the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT). In … Continue reading
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Sugar free binges
When you drink “sugar free” beverages, do you crave more sweets? Do you go for the “real deal”? The research has gone back and forth on this for years. There was a surge of information a few years back about … Continue reading
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