Posts Tagged ‘heart health’

*+-Nuts are a fascinating food, and for us with diabetes they tick so many of our healthy eating boxes – fibre, nutrients, good fats, satiety and more! Today we’ll take a closer look at the reasons behind all those good stories with a focus on our D-health (remembering to choose unsalted ones). It’s important to…

*+-So, the Moveable Feast of Eostre, the goddess of spring fertility, is upon us once again. It’s Easter. We have a full moon, rabbits & chickens, chocolate & sweet fruit buns with a cross baked into the top. For some religions, there are other, more sombre & deeply significant symbols associated with this part of…

*+-As it’s Easter next weekend I thought a good topic to talk about might be eggs – not choccy eggs but chiccy eggs Reason being that many people choose to avoid meat over the Easter period for religious reasons and eggs are an eggcellent way to help you meet your protein another nutrient requirements. We’ll…

*+-With diabetes it’s important that we consider all the nutrients that contain energy (macronutrients) and understand what their roles are and how to ensure that we have enough of them for our Wellbeing. Protein is one of the four macronutrients that also include carbohydrates, fats and alcohol. Also, as protein is one of the 5…

*+-So often I refer to the Australian Dietary Guidelines, and today’s blog is no exception as I thought that Grains would be a great topic to explore as they’re so helpful for our diabetes management, weight management, avoidance of cardiovascular disease and to help us maximise nutritional requirements! I’ll first look at why grains are…