Diabetes Meal Planning & Nutrition For Dummies
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Learn how to eat well, improve your health, and enjoy life with diabetes The new edition of Diabetes Meal Planning & Nutrition For Dummies offers you a holistic approach to living your best life with diabetes. Optimize your diet and plan delicious meals that will empower you to take control, improve your health, prevent, and even reverse diabetes. Written by an award-winning chef and renowned doctor who are both experts in the field of nutrition, this book helps you understand what defines healthful eating for diabetes, its crucial role to long term health, and how meal planning is a key to successful diabetes management.
Learn how to receive all the nutrients necessary for glucose control while managing Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes and maintaining ideal weight. Discover how to supercharge your diet and protect yourself from the complications associated with diabetes with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant-rich foods. To get you started, this indispensable guide includes 22 mouthwatering, easy to recreate, and affordable recipes that maximize the benefits of nutritious ingredients to regulate blood glucose levels.
The kitchen and shopping hacks will enable you to master culinary therapy and take delight in preparing meals and cooking. This updated edition includes: Practical examples of meal plans perfectly suited for prediabetes, Type 1, and Type 2 diabetes A whole person approach to diabetes that focuses on diet, lifestyle, exercise, and medical treatment Coverage of new therapies and the latest evidence on how gut health can help with diabetes management Nutrition facts and health benefits for your favorite ingredients, so you can eat what you loveDiabetes Meal Planning & Nutrition For Dummies is an excellent resource for those interested in the latest diabetes-friendly nutrition guidelines, as well as anyone who has been diagnosed with diabetes or has a loved one who has been diagnosed, or would like to prevent it.
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- Wiley Professional Development (P&T)
- 9781394206896
- 9781394206865
- ePub
- 2
- Simon Poole; Amy Riolo
- English
- 2023-10-03
- 100
- 10
- 2
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Introduction
- About This Book
- Foolish Assumptions
- Icons Used in This Book
- Beyond the Book
- Where to Go from Here
- Part 1: Diabetes and Food: Culinary Therapy
- Chapter 1: Eating Well with Diabetes
- Balancing Glucose in the Body
- Taking Your Place in Diabetes Management
- Understanding Your Brain’s Role in Eating
- Deciding What to Eat and When
- Making It Easy on Yourself
- Chapter 2: Understanding Diabetes : A Holistic Approach
- Defining Diabetes Mellitus
- Exploring Type 1 Diabetes
- Analyzing Type 2 and Gestational Diabetes
- Summing Up the Potential Complications of Diabetes
- Chapter 3: Managing Diabetes and Blood Glucose
- Regulating Your Body’s Blood Glucose Levels
- Losing the Glucose Balance
- Measuring Blood Glucose
- Ensuring the Best Diabetes Care
- Seeing a Registered Dietitian or Certified Nutrition Specialist
- Chapter 4: Incorporating Easy Lifestyle Hacks
- Adopting a Healthful and Enjoyable Diabetes Lifestyle
- Prioritizing Your Health
- Part 2: Nutrition with Purpose
- Chapter 5: Explaining Nutrition Requirements for Diabetes
- Five Principles of Excellent Nutrition
- Targeting Blood Glucose Control in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
- Losing to Win: Weight Loss
- Monitoring Cardiovascular Risks
- Being Aware of Special Circumstances
- Chapter 6: Meeting the Macronutrients: Carbohydrates, Fat, and Protein
- Food Is More than Macronutrients
- Building a Complete Meal Is Important
- Energizing with Quality Carbohydrates
- Counting Carbs
- Putting Carbs on Your Plate
- Filling Fiber and How to Use It
- Embracing Healthful Fats
- Identifying the Best Quality Proteins
- Chapter 7: Making Micronutrients Work for You
- Introducing Versatile Vitamins
- Finding Marvelous Minerals
- Sorting Out Supplements
- The Gut Microbiome and Its Role in Diabetes
- Chapter 8: Eating a Rainbow: Bioactive Compounds and Polyphenols
- Defining Bioactive Compounds
- Understanding Bioactives and Their Role in Health
- Analyzing Oxidation and Antioxidants
- Inflammation: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Getting to Know Carotenoids, Glucosinolates, and Polyphenols
- Enjoying the Taste of Bioactives
- How to Recognize Foods with Bioactives
- Chapter 9: Equipping Yourself for Success
- Stocking Your Kitchen
- Understanding Nutrition Facts Labels
- Calculating Food Choices
- Referencing the Right Resources
- Considering Exchanges
- Part 3: Eating for Pleasure and Better Health
- Chapter 10: Exposing Barriers to Healthy Eating
- Tracing Changes in the Food Environment
- Recognizing Emotional Attachments to Food
- Eating Healthier Forever
- Chapter 11: Setting Priorities and Staying on Track
- Committing to Your Future
- Adopting Better Habits
- Staying on Track
- Achieving Your Goals
- Chapter 12: Choosing the Best Food When Shopping
- Starting Healthy Meal Planning
- Making Your Menus
- Assessing the Quality of Your Food
- Unraveling Food Terminology
- Choosing the Best Foods
- Part 4: Ready, Set, Plan
- Chapter 13: Customizing Your Meals
- Laying the Foundation
- Moving Beyond Simple
- Salvaging Heirloom Recipes
- Chapter 14: Analyzing Popular Diet Plans
- Basking in the Mediterranean
- Understanding Heritage Diets
- Dining with DASH
- Preferring Plants: Vegetarian Diets
- Thinking About Low-Carb Diets
- Counting Points: Weight Watchers
- Food By Mail
- Resisting Fads
- Chapter 15: What’s on the Menu: Having a Plan for Eating Out
- Making Decisions First
- Dining Out
- Keeping It Honest
- Chapter 16: Choosing Sensible Beverages and Snacks
- Beverages
- Snacks
- Low-Carb Healthy Snacks
- Alternative Sweeteners
- Part 5: Putting It All Together: Meals to Manage Your Diabetes
- Chapter 17: Reviewing a Seven-Day Menu
- Day 1
- Day 2
- Day 3
- Day 4
- Day 5
- Day 6
- Day 7
- Snacks
- Chapter 18: Creating Delicious and Nutritious Meals
- Bountiful Breakfasts
- Looking Forward to Lunch
- Delicious Dinners
- Must-Have Base Recipes
- Part 6: The Part of Tens
- Chapter 19: Ten Diabetes “Power Foods”
- Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
- Beans
- Salmon and Tuna
- Nuts
- Oranges and Lemons
- Kale (and Other Leafy Greens)
- Dark Chocolate
- Soybeans
- Full-Fat Greek-Style Plain Yogurt
- Whole Grains: Oats and Barley
- Chapter 20: Ten Inexpensive Diabetes-Friendly Foods
- Beans
- Lentils
- Apples
- Yogurt
- Potatoes
- Bananas
- Carrots
- Eggs
- Beets
- Peanut Butter
- Chapter 21: Ten Healthful Food Swaps for Losing Weight
- Swap Bottled Dressings for Extra-Virgin Olive Oil and Vinegar or Lemon Juice
- Make Your Own Fresh Tomato Sauce
- Skip Sour Cream and Go Greek Instead
- Flavor Your Foods with Aromatics
- Use Raw Vegetables for Dipping
- Spice It Up
- Reach for a Healthier Chocolate Fix
- Choose Fresh or Frozen over Canned and Jarred
- Opt For Nutrient-Dense Foods over Processed and Packaged Foods
- Eat Fresh Fish or Legumes over Red Meat
- Appendix A: Diabetes Exchange Lists
- Carbohydrate Exchanges
- Meat and Meat Substitutes
- Fats
- Free Foods
- Sweets and Desserts
- Appendix B: Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load Values
- Appendix C: Examples of Bioactive Compounds in Foods
- Index
- About the Authors
- Connect with Dummies
- End User License Agreement