Help Control Diabetes with Healthy Food Choices and a FREE Meal Planner

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Knowing what to eat when you have diabetes can be confusing but there are some basic principles that have stood the test of time. Here are a few tips on making healthful food choices for you and your family.

• * Eat lots of vegetables and fruits.  Eat non-starchy vegetables like spinach, carrots, broccoli or green beans with meals.
• * Choose whole grain foods over processed grain products.
• * Include dried beans (like kidney or pinto beans) and lentils into your meals.
• * Include fish in your meals at least a couple of times a week.
• * Choose lean meats like cuts of beef and pork that end in “loin” such as pork loin and sirloin. Remove the skin from chicken and turkey.
• * Choose non-fat dairy like skim milk, non-fat yogurt and non-fat cheese.
• * Choose water and calorie-free “diet” drinks instead of regular soda, fruit punch, sweet tea and other sugar-sweetened drinks.
• * Choose liquid oils for cooking instead of solid fats that can be high in saturated and trans fats. Remember that fats are high in calories. If you’re trying to lose weight, watch your portion sizes of added fats.
• * Cut back on high calorie snack foods and desserts like chips, cookies, cakes, and full-fat ice cream.
• * Eating too much of even healthful foods can lead to weight gain. Watch your portion sizes.

Diabetes Meal Plans

Whether you need to lose weight, gain weight, or stay where you are, your meal plan can help. A healthy diet is a way of eating that that reduces risk for complications such as heart disease and stroke.  If you are in need of a little help, you can get a FREE Diabetes Meal Planner to help you out a bit.