Diabetes Cookbook For DummiesMillions of people worldwide live with the word "diabetes" as a part of their daily routines. One of the major weapons in a person's lifelong battle against complications of the disease is the ability to choose. You can choose to exercise every day. You can choose to take your medications. Perhaps your most effective resource is your skill at making the right food choices. The consequences of following the right diet are immediate and enormous. The Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies is both a cookbook that shows you how to prepare good-for-you, good-tasting foods in your own home and a guide to eating out in restaurants and fast-food places. With this invaluable resource, you also can load up on information on
Sixteen pages of colorful cuisine complement more than 100 imaginative and appetizing recipes in this inspiring reference, a book that brings you the good word – and delicious dishes – from great chefs and respected dieticians. Author Dr. Alan Rubin, a leading expert in diabetes treatment, shares his pioneering spirit about the disease that doesn't have to be disabling. With the Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies, you can discover the place of diet in a complete program of diabetes care. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
About This Book | 4 |
What You Dont Have to Read | 5 |
How This Book 1s Organized | 6 |
The Part of Tens | 7 |
Where to Go from Here | 8 |
Building a Healthy Lifestyle | 9 |
A Healthy Lifestyle for People with Diabetes | 11 |
Giving Shellfish a Second Chance | 196 |
Storing Shellfish Until You Cook It | 197 |
Flocking to Poultry and Game Birds | 203 |
Translating Poultry into Exchanges | 204 |
Can Jake Chicken Anywhere | 206 |
Cooking chicken with the skin or without? | 208 |
Chicken by any other name | 211 |
Good Reason to Gobble Up Turkey | 217 |
Understanding Diabetes | 12 |
Types of diabetes | 13 |
Treatment of diabetes | 15 |
Getting Your Exercise But Dont Forget to Rest | 17 |
Controlling Your Glucose | 18 |
Keeping Your Blood Pressure in the Safe Range | 19 |
Avoiding Illicit Drugs | 20 |
Paying Attention to the Rest of Your Lifestyle | 21 |
Benefiting from relationships | 22 |
The Importance of What When and How Much You Eat in Managing Diabetes | 23 |
Counting Calories | 24 |
Getting Enough Protein Not Just from Meat | 26 |
Figuring Out Your Diet | 28 |
Working with diabetic exchanges | 30 |
Counting carbohydrates and constant carbohydrates | 32 |
Monitoring Your Micronutrients | 34 |
Meal Planners to Get You Started | 37 |
Figuring four Daily Caloric Needs | 38 |
Losing Weight Rapidly at 1200 Kilocatories | 40 |
Losing Weight More Slowly at 1500 Kilocalories | 42 |
Maintaining Your Weight at 1800 Kilocalories | 44 |
Benefiting from Exercise | 45 |
Cooking Healthy Meals | 47 |
Following Your Eating Plan | 48 |
Stocking Up with the Right Ingredients | 50 |
Using the Right Tools | 51 |
Making Simple Modifications | 52 |
Taking Holiday Measures | 53 |
A Grocery Store Guide to Healthy Ingredients | 55 |
The deli counter | 57 |
Dairy case | 58 |
Frozen foods | 59 |
deciphering the Mysterious Food Label | 60 |
Calculating Exchanges from the Food Label | 61 |
Evaluating Your Selections | 62 |
Healthy Recipes That Taste Great | 63 |
The Benefits of Breakfast | 65 |
Enjoying Whole Fruit Rather than Juice | 67 |
Choosing Your Breakfast Protein | 71 |
Finding Good Protein Beyond Eggs | 73 |
Discovering FreshBaked Biscuits and Other Morning Delights | 74 |
Enjoying Something Crunchy in the Morning | 76 |
Hors dOeuvres and First Courses Off to a Good Start | 79 |
Special Spreads and Dips | 80 |
Trying tapenade | 81 |
Inventing a dip | 83 |
Savoring Salsas | 85 |
Starting with Seafood | 88 |
Making Healthy Fun Foods | 91 |
Tempting tiny tacos | 92 |
Soup Beautiful Soup | 95 |
An OldFashioned Food | 96 |
Basic Techniques | 98 |
Making Hunter Soup | 99 |
Slimming Ways to Thicken Soup | 101 |
Adding Salt to Your Soup | 104 |
Ordering Soup When You Eat Out | 106 |
Making Stocks | 109 |
Serving Soup for Dessert | 112 |
Taking Salad Seriously | 115 |
Enticingly edible endive | 120 |
Munchable mesclun | 121 |
The posh portobello | 123 |
Adding Fruit to Salads | 124 |
Having Salad as a Main Course | 126 |
Shouting off seafood | 129 |
Making the most of meat | 133 |
Stocking Up on Grains and Legumes | 137 |
Introducing Whole Grains | 138 |
Pleasing pilafs | 139 |
When only white rice will do | 142 |
Enjoying Grain in the Form of Pasta | 146 |
Developing a Liking for Legumes | 151 |
Adding Veggies to Your Meals | 159 |
Translating Vegetable Servings into Exchanges | 160 |
Adding Starchy Vegetables to Your Diet | 163 |
Choosing foods That Contain Soluble Fiber | 164 |
Getting to like parsnips | 164 |
Playing it safe with carrots | 164 |
Giving okra a try | 167 |
Cooking Veggies with a Minimum of Fat | 168 |
Baking | 170 |
Braising | 172 |
Including Vegetables Phytonutrients | 173 |
Dipping into Dark Leafy Greens | 174 |
The More Vegetables the Merrier | 176 |
Boning Up on Fish Cookery | 181 |
Good Reasons to Serve Fish | 182 |
Shopping for Fresh Fish | 185 |
Choosing Fish That Is Safe to Eat | 186 |
Preparing Fish in Healthy Ways | 188 |
Extra gentle cooking | 191 |
Grilling for great flavor | 193 |
Cook Up Game Birds as a Special Treat | 219 |
Creating Balanced Meals with Meats | 223 |
Where Theres Meat Theres Fat | 224 |
Cooking Techniques That Minimize Fat | 226 |
Grilling | 227 |
Broiling | 230 |
Sauteing | 232 |
Cooking Meats with Moist Heat | 234 |
Breaking the Rules | 236 |
Having a Little Bite | 239 |
Turning a Sandwich into a Meal | 240 |
Creating ScaledDown Meals | 243 |
Dressing up toast | 244 |
Making your own fast food | 245 |
Snacking on hors doeuvres | 250 |
Savoring fancy foods | 251 |
Smart Ways to Include Dessert in a Diabetic Diet | 253 |
Finishing a Meat with Fruit | 254 |
Serving Fruit with Wine and Spirits | 257 |
Turning Fruit into an Ice | 260 |
Making Healthy Baked Goods | 261 |
Decorating with dessert Sauces | 262 |
Being Adventurous with Flavor | 263 |
Eating Out for the Person with Diabetes | 265 |
Eating Smart While Eating Out | 267 |
Beginning the Dining Experience | 269 |
Ordering from the Menu | 270 |
Planning at Each Meal and in Specific Kinds of Restaurants | 272 |
Seafood | 273 |
Japanese food | 274 |
Finishing with Dessert | 275 |
Stopping for Fast Food | 277 |
Stopping on the Way to Yosemite | 278 |
Stopping for Breakfast on the Way to Lake Tahoe | 282 |
Eating Well between San Francisco and Los Angeles | 284 |
Heading to Las Vegas to See the Shows | 288 |
Finding the Sun in Phoenix | 290 |
The Part of Tens | 293 |
Ten Simple Steps to Improve Your Diet | 295 |
Eating Every Meal | 296 |
Drinking Water Throughout the Day | 297 |
Leaving Out the Salt | 298 |
Using Vegetables Throughout the Day | 299 |
Removing the Attached Fat | 300 |
Ten Easy Substitutions in Your Eating Plan | 301 |
Choosing Fruits to Replace Sweets | 302 |
Making the Right Fat Selections | 303 |
Catching Fresh Fish | 304 |
Choosing the Least Fatty Meats | 305 |
Playing With Portions | 306 |
Finding Free Foods | 307 |
Ten Strategies to Normalize Your Blood Glucose | 309 |
Knowing Your Blood Glucose | 310 |
Taking Your Medications | 311 |
Planning for the Unexpected | 312 |
Brushing Off Dental Problems | 313 |
Utilizing the Experts | 314 |
Ten Tactics for Teaching Children with Diabetes Healthy Eating Habits | 315 |
Setting an Example | 316 |
Ensuring Good Restaurant Eating | 317 |
Involving the Child with the Dietitian | 318 |
Monitoring TV Food Ads with Your Child | 319 |
Teaching the Meaning of Portions | 320 |
Appendixes | 321 |
Restaurant Descriptions | 323 |
Restaurant Descriptions | 324 |
Aquavit | 325 |
Barbetta | 326 |
Capitol Grill | 327 |
Etnas Elderberry House | 328 |
Heartbeat | 329 |
Osteria Del Mondo | 330 |
The Dining Room at the RitzCarlton San Francisco | 331 |
Spiaggia | 332 |
Striped Bass | 333 |
Vijs Restaurant | 334 |
Denver | 335 |
San Francisco | 336 |
Exchange Lists | 337 |
Meat and meat substitutes list | 339 |
Fruit list | 341 |
Milk list | 343 |
Vegetable list | 344 |
Fats list | 345 |
Free foods | 346 |
A Glossary of Key Cooking Terms | 349 |
Conversions of Weights Measures and Sugar Substitutes | 353 |
Sugar Substitutes | 354 |
Sweeteners without kilocalories | 355 |
Other Recipe Sources for People with Diabetes | 357 |
Ten Recipe Web Sites for People with Diabetes | 358 |
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