Diabetic Guide To Chinese Food
How can you stay healthy and still enjoy going out for Chinese food? It’s easy – you just need to know what to look out for!
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Diabetic Guide To The American Buffet Table
How can you stay healthy and still enjoy eating out – especially at a buffet? You can do it by planning ahead, choosing wisely and watching how much you eat.
Mint Around The World
Mint is related to basil, thyme, oregano, rosemary and sage. It shows up in dishes all over the Mediterranean, where it originated. Includes recipe for Mint Tabbouleh.
The Challenge of Halloween for Kids with Diabetes
Kids with diabetes face a challenge on Halloween: what to do with all the candy. While their friends are busy consuming their trick-or-treat booty, kids with diabetes must be more careful.
Keeping Fit with Fabulous Fall Soups
When the weather turns brisk, there’s nothing cozier than a big bowl of hot soup. Autumn is the perfect time to warm the kitchen with stove-cooked soups made with the season’s harvest.
Pumpkin Perfection
As widespread and scary as jack-o-lanterns are this time of year, it’s important to remember that pumpkins are more than just a decorative item.
Pumpkin Selection, Preparation, and Nutrition
Learn how to select the perfect pumpkin, different ways to prepare and cook it, how to puree it, and get the nutritional content for fresh and canned pumpkin.
Cole Slaw Goes Global
Traditionally, cole slaw is shredded cabbage swimming in a sharp-sweet, creamy dressing loaded with mayonnaise and sugar. But more recently, the influence of newly-introduced ingredients from around the globe have inspired dozens of new versions.
Weight Control: It’s Not All or Nothing
The most recent report on weight control, issued by the National Institutes of Health, strongly counters the common “all or nothing” attitude of many dieters.
Don’t Cheat Yourself…Go Whole Grain
Whole grains can be helpful in controlling blood sugar and insulin levels in people with diabetes, and a new study has suggested that including whole grains regularly may even help prevent diabetes.
Focus on Fiber For Fitness
Perhaps more than any other nutrition practice, good fiber intake is important to our daily quality of life.
A Cup is a Cup is a Cup
How big is big? What is a serving? Why does one serving of salad dressing equal two tablespoons but one helping of cereal fills an eight-ounce cup?
Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Are They Good Fats??
Omega-3 fatty acids have been making sensational nutritional headlines recently, which seems to be at odds with health news about fat intake. What are these fatty acids?
Heart Protective Benefits of Red Wine Remain Uncertain; Physicians Urged to Rely on Proven Ways to Lower Risk
Top medical authorities are cautioning the nation’s health care professionals to downplay the popular but unproven supposition that drinking red wine can help ward off heart attacks.
