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Being diagnosed with diabetes presents a whole new series of
challenges; but living with diabetes is easier now than it ever has
been. There are specialty foods, easier methods of testing blood
sugar and less painful ways of getting the insulin you need. By
altering your lifestyle and improving your eating habits, you can
control your diabetes and not let the disease control you. Start in
the kitchen with new, healthy recipes; its time for a change, so
grab one of the new diabetic cookbooks and fire up the stove.
The diabetic cookbooks that are available range from general
cooking to specialty recipes. You can get books written by
professional chefs or certified nutritionists, Betty Crocker or
famous physicians. Regional diabetes associations and groups have
compiled recipes for published collections and the American Diabetes
Association has thrown its hat into the ring with an award-winning
edition that teaches the “eating whole” concept and has recipes for
everyone, not just diabetics.
Most, if not all, of the cookbooks are geared towards today’s
fast-paced lifestyle. In addition to recipes with a limited number
of ingredients and recipes that are super easy to prepare, they also
have tables of food exchanges and substitutions you can make in your
favorite recipes. Even the ones that offer the most drastic changes,
the ones promoting recipes for “whole life,” natural foods or buying
local, offer it up in the most palatable fashion. They use easy to
find ingredients, trying to stick with the freshest and healthiest
choices. These cookbooks are designed to keep you from having to hit
the frozen food aisles for those expensive, tasteless,
over-processed offerings.
Diabetic cookbooks that are popular today have recipes that could
be found in any cookbook. The authors of these books aren’t writing
and creating for a disease; their audience is a person with a
disease. But their writing is not just for people with diabetes, but
also for those who feel they may become diabetic if they don’t make
some changes. Or maybe are just ready to make some healthy lifestyle
choices.
When you are in the cookbook section of your local bookstore,
also look for meal planners and menu planners. These handy guides
for putting recipes together and making healthy choices are great to
have around.
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