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.
Diabetes Diet
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.
Lunch meal planning: 7 diabetes-friendly ideas
Planning and preparing healthy lunches is well worth the effort. Find 7 diabetes-friendly lunch ideas to fit your diabetes meal plan.
Why protein is an important part of your meal planning
Unlike fat and carbohydrates, the body does not store protein, and therefore has no reservoir to draw on when it needs a new supply. That’s why everyone – including people with diabetes – needs to include foods that contain protein in their diet.
