Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies

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John Wiley & Sons, Jan 27, 2015 - Cooking - 416 pages
Discover how to eat a well-balanced diabetic diet

Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies gives you everything you need to create healthy and diabetic-friendly meals. In this revised and updated edition, you'll discover how easy it is to manage diabetes through diet. With tons of new recipes—many of them vegetarian—and the latest information on diabetes testing, monitoring, and maintenance, this book will help guide you down a path to a healthier you.

With an anticipated price tag close to $3.4 billion annually by the year 2020, diabetes is one of the costliest health hazards in the U.S. If you're one of the 25.8 million Americans suffering from diabetes, this hands-on, friendly guide arms you with the most up-to-date nutritional information and shows you how to start cooking—and eating—your way to better health.

  • Offers 100+ new and revised diabetic recipes for every meal of the day
  • Features changes in fat, carbohydrate, and protein recommendations that parallel the meal plan recommendations of the American Diabetes Association
  • Covers how to make smart choices when eating out, shopping for food, and setting up a diabetic kitchen
  • Introduces ways to involve diabetic children in meal planning and preparation

If you're diabetic and want to learn how to make lifestyle changes that count, Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies shows you how the food you eat can help treat, prevent, and manage diabetes.

 

Contents

Introduction 1
3
How What You Eat Affects Your Diabetes
19
Lentil Soup with Spinach PotatoLeek Soup
24
Planning Meals for Your Weight Goal Chapter 4 Eating What You Like 37
37
Stocking Up with the Right Ingredients
56
How the Supermarket Can Help
61
The bakery Produce
62
Deciphering the Mysterious Food Label Making Good Choices
68
Black Bean Pie Chawan Mushi Egg Custard and Clams
227
Poultry Moist and Delicious
229
Chicken Scampi
234
Eating Meat Occasionally
243
Filling your freezer with treats
258
Selecting seafood
265
Making Room for Dessert
271
Eating Healthy Away from Home
280

The Benefits of Breakfast
73
Stocking Up on Baked Goods
79
Hors dOeuvres and First Courses Off to a Good Start
91
The Benefits of Soup
109
Serving Up Soups with Stocks and Other Essentials
113
Creating Creamy Concoctions
121
The Versatility of Salads
129
Stocking Up on Grains and Legumes
153
Letting Legumes into Your Diet
166
Southwestern Hummus
171
The Key Role of Vegetables
173
Blanching vegetables for optimum taste and nutrition
181
Giving Veggies the Gourmet Treatment
191
Asian Vegetable StirFry
193
Expanding Your Meal Options with Vegetarian Entrees
197
with Creamy Polenta
202
Fish Good Protein Good Fat
205
Eating Healthy Away from Home
287
Georgia Down the West Side of the State
305
The Part of Tens
313
Your Eating Habits
315
Avoiding HighFat Dairy Products and Added Fat in Recipes
329
Ten Keys to a Normal Blood Glucose
333
Appendixes Appendix A Restaurant Descriptions
349
Appendixes
350
Rock Shrimp Ceviche
351
Rathbuns
355
Restaurant Descriptions Appendix B Glossary of Key Cooking Terms
361
Other Recipe Sources for People with Diabetes
369
Index
373
Grilled Ahi Tuna with Asian Slaw
379
Oriental Beef and Noodle Salad
381
RotisserieRoasted Turkey Breast
382

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About the author (2015)

Dr. Alan L. Rubin is one of the leading authorities on diabetes and the author of many books, including Diabetes For Dummies, Type 1 Diabetes For Dummies, and Prediabetes For Dummies.

Cait James, MS, has counseled clients in individualized nutrition and personal fitness plans in health clubs.

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