Follow These Eating Guidelines and You'll Never 'Diet' Again

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us Follow These Eating Guidelines and You'll Never 'Diet' Again Eating a healthy diet is tricky for everyone. With so much information out there, it's difficult to understand how best to diet, especially when it comes to diabetes. Should you avoid carbohydrates, eat a low carbohydrate diet, avoid fruit? Whether you are trying to lose weight, prevent diabetes, eat healthy with diabetes or make meals for someone you love, you can get all the information you need here...  Barbie Cervoni, RD, CDE Type 2 Diabetes Expert Know Your Carbohydrates When it comes to diabetes management, carbohydrates are the nutrient that impact blood sugars the most. When eaten, carbohydrates get metabolized and turn into glucose, or sugar. Glucose is your body's primary source of energy. However, people with diabetes... READ NOW Share Get Started Eating Fiber Rich Foods Using This Meal Plan Research shows that people who consume high fiber diets are at a decreased risk of developing heart disease, and certain cancers, plus have better blood sugar control. Where can you get this beneficial fiber? It's found in foods such as... READ NOW Share Eat Healthy Forever Instead of calling your meal plan a 'diet,' think of yourself as adopting a healthy lifestyle. You are choosing to eat healthy food because it tastes good and is good for your body. How you eat on a daily basis determines your health, and today is the day to adopt a healthy eating plan - one that you’ll adhere to. Keep these tips in mind to stay motivated for a healthy diet... READ NOW Share Get Cooking with These Delicious and Easy Recipes Looking for ideas for breakfast, lunch and dinner? We've got you covered - choose from an assortment of recipes, including things like: tuna walnut salad, moo shu chicken or spaghetti squash with sauteed vegetables...  READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • 5 Things Everyone Should Know About Nutrition • Improve Handgrip Strength with this Simple Exercise • Ideas for Stocking an Emergency Food Pantry • 7 Mind Games and Strategies for Long Runs and Races • Does shaving or waxing "down there" affect STD risk? Maybe • Hate Bad Advice About Fibromyalgia & ME/CFS? Heres How to Handle It! • Your Fibromyalgia Questions Answered! • 6 Tips for Running a Faster Race Advertisement About Health   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Type 2 Diabetes newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved