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Not the Fat but the Carbs!

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Gary Taubes has written a new book entitled Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease . He does indeed challenge the conventional wisdom. He contends that it isn’t fat making Americans fat and causing cancer, heart disease and other terminal ailments but it is refined carbohydrates. I am inclined to agree with him. Ever since American started eating fat-free foods (which happen to have even more carbs than the fat containing versions), they’ve been gaining even more weight! Needless to say, Taubes’ position is pretty controversial. Unlike the doctors, dietitians and nutritionists of … Continue reading →

Can A Vegetarian Diet Help Diabetics?

Changing to a vegetarian diet may not be a cure for diabetes, but it may offer some health benefits over a non-vegetarian diet. There are different types of vegetarian diets — some allow dairy products and/or eggs; others do not — and your dietician and doctor can help you choose a diet that is right for you. A vegan diet is the strictest vegetarian diet out there. Vegans eat no meat and no products that come from animals. That means no dairy and no eggs. In general, vegan diets are low in saturated fats and cholesterol. But switching from a … Continue reading →

Low Carb Swaps for Diabetics

If you have diabetes, your enemy isn’t just sugar. Carbohydrates can turn to sugar in the bloodstream, driving your blood glucose levels through the roof. When your body has too much sugar, it stores the excess as fat. Once the extra sugar goes into storage, your blood sugar level drops again. The American Diabetes Association suggests eating between 45 and 75 grams of carbohydrates at each meal and 15 to 30 grams of carbohydrates at snack time. This doesn’t mean you have to say goodbye to carbs entirely, but you do have to make smart choices. Swap regular white or … Continue reading →

Foods That Are Good For Your Teeth

The food you eat helps build a strong, healthy body — that includes your teeth! Adding a few simple things to your diet can help your choppers stay strong and healthy. Watch when you eat your carbs. Carbohydrates break down into sugars, which can be converted to plaque in the mouth. Plaque is the primary cause of gum disease and cavities! If you snack on carbs like chips, cookies, and crackers, foods can get caught between teeth and under the gum line, making it easy for bacteria to get to work. If you eat your carbs at mealtimes, you’ll be … Continue reading →

What is the Glycemic Index?

The Glycemic index is a way to rank carbohydrates according to how they behave in our bodies. Foods that have the least effect on our insulin and blood sugar levels have a very low glycemic index. Foods that send our blood sugar sky high then lead to a crash a few hours later, have a very high glycemic index. For people with diabetes, a low glycemic index diet is crucial to help control the disease. It also helps in weight loss because foods with a low glycemic index are those that are digested slowly and therefore since they are absorbed … Continue reading →

TODAY ONLY – FREE TCBY Yogurt

Are you on a reduced fat diet? Love the taste of ice cream, but can’t tolerate all that cream? Frozen yogurt is a great alternative. TCBY’s yogurt is 96% fat free. They even have no sugar added yogurt for those of us watching our sugar intake. Maybe you just like the taste of frozen yogurt better. I’ve always thought that it has a heartier feel to it than ice cream. It doesn’t melt as quickly either. If you like frozen yogurt, from 5 – 8 PM today, TCBY will be giving out a free quart of their Premium Pre-Packed Yogurt … Continue reading →

Reading Food Labels When You Have Diabetes

If you have diabetes, it isn’t enough to just watch your sugars. Reading the labels on your favorite foods can help you understand your blood sugar fluctuations and manage your diabetes better. Step One: Read the Ingredients Ingredients on the label are listed in descending order. The thing at the top of the list is in your food in the largest amount; each successive item is in a smaller amount than the one before it. Look for healthy ingredients like whole grains and monounsaturated fats. Know your sugars — anything that ends in -ose like lactose and sucrose or -tol … Continue reading →

A Diet To Cure Diabetes?

A doctor in Kansas is taking a not-so-radical approach to diabetes. Most physicians abandoned the idea of a carbohydrate-free diet for diabetic patients back in the 1930s. Now Doctor Mary Vernon and other doctors are prescribing a carb-free diet and seeing their patients go through amazing changes. Vernon says that removing carbohydrates from a diabetic person’s diet can reverse symptoms and free them from a life of injections and medications. Since 1980, diabetes has increased in the United States by 47 percent. Diabetes is a leading cause of heart disease and comes with other possible complications like vision problems, nerve … Continue reading →