Posts Tagged ‘Healthy Eating’

*+-My most favourite topics on food to talk about as a dietitian are the Glycemic Index (GI) and nutritional quality of carbohydrates. So I’ve decided to write a series of blogs through November covering various components of these, especially since November is World Diabetes Month. Today, I’ll focus on the benefits of the GI and…

*+-The reason for my blog today is to try to help settle some of the confusion that has been stirred up recently in the media about fats and sugars to reassure our readers about their food choices to help avoid cardiovascular disease (CVD). It is an important topic for us because diabetes has a very…

*+-With recent evidence highlighting nutritional inadequacies in people with type 1 diabetes, particularly in adolescent years, and Dr Sue Shepherd’s PhD work also highlighting nutritional inadequacies and excesses in people diagnosed with coeliac disease, it seemed sensible to present the new Guidelines for Healthy Eating relating them to those of us with these chronic conditions.…

*+-Diabetes is Not a Game of Perfect Balance is my favourite word when I think about my diabetes. I always think of trying to maintain a balance between a ‘normal’ life and my target for great diabetes control. I believe the key to such a delicate balance is moderation. Life is so full of extremes.…