Let's chat about how to reduce carbohydrates in your diet. LISTEN READ Reducing carbohydrates in your overall diet is a good idea because out of all the macronutrients, it is the one that causes the most problems. In fact focusing on healthy carbohydrates and managing what you eat can improve your health dramatically, regulate your … [Read more...]
Is Sucralose Good For You?
Sucralose is an artificial sweetener commonly known by the name Splenda. It tastes pretty much like sugar and is now used in products and marketed to people for weight loss, diabetes, and overall health benefits. But is sucralose good for you? That’s an interesting question and after I recently wrote an article about the best sugar substitutes … [Read more...]
Best Diabetic Sugar Substitute
When it comes to managing your diabetes, it is best to cut out as much sugar as possible. The main reason for this is that sugar provides zero nutritional value! Sugar is also easy to overconsume, and will cause more rapid rises in blood sugar response than other healthier forms of carbohydrate. So what is the best diabetic sugar … [Read more...]
Type 2 Diabetes and Inflammation
Inflammation is involved in type 2 diabetes as both a cause and a consequence, meaning that initially inflammation may trigger the development of diabetes, but also once you have diabetes, ongoing systemic inflammation contributes to your condition. Increased Inflammation Precedes Type 2 Diabetes Before type 2 diabetes develops there is increased … [Read more...]
Can A Diabetic Eat Eggs?
There is a lot of confusion out there about what a diabetic can eat and can't eat and eggs happen to be one of those foods, right? You might have been told by someone not to eat them because they are high in cholesterol. Or you might have been told not to eat the egg yolks because of this reason. Well whether you’re a diabetic or not, the answer … [Read more...]
Blood Test for Insulin Resistance / Prediabetes
Insulin resistance, also known as prediabetes, is a precursor for the development of type 2 diabetes. Insulin resistance can be present for 5-10 years leading up to a diagnosis, so it makes sense to have it tested. Yet most doctors will not automatically send you for a blood test for insulin resistance unless you ask. More commonly they are … [Read more...]
Diabetic Carb Counting Tutorial
This diabetic carb couting tutorial is part of our T2 Diabetes Nutrition and Health Series covering a whole range of topics. So be sure to click on the image to subscribe to the series :) We've got a short video tutorial to show you just how easy it is to count carbs or you can also read the video transcript below. Diabetic Carb Counting … [Read more...]
How many carbohydrates should a diabetic eat?
This post is part of the T2 Diabetes Nutrition & Health Series. Here's what we are going to cover from Nov 10th-28th: Information on type 2 diabetes Can a diabetic eat eggs? 5 tips to control type 2 diabetes How many carbs to eat A carb counting tutorial We’ll talk about numbers Testing for insulin resistance and pre-diabetes The best … [Read more...]
Diabetes Diet: Nutrition & Health Series
Over the next couple of weeks here on the GFE Blog we are doing a BIG feature to bring more awareness to diabetes. In particular the focus will be around type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes / insulin resistance. This health series will run from Monday 10th Nov-Sat 22nd Nov so we are going to be jam packed full of info on type 2 diabetes and … [Read more...]
Type 2 Diabetes Diet Food List
Now some of the diabetes diet information presented below may be slightly different to what you are used to seeing. That's because there are quite a few flaws in the common diet prescription for type 2 diabetes. In our work with clients we've discovered that a 'real food' approach to eating has helped control type 2 diabetes the most. That's … [Read more...]
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