Defeat Diabetes with Diabetes-Friendly Recipes
By Mountain-Pacific Quality Health
April 22, 2021
One in three American adults is at risk for developing type 2 diabetes, a serious disease that can lead to complications like kidney failure, heart disease, stroke, blindness and even amputations. Type 2 diabetes prevention and management means knowing what affects the sugar levels in your blood. In addition to regular, mild exercise, a healthy diet is a big part of healthy living, with or without diabetes, and diabetes-friendly recipes and meal plans can help you track what you are eating and how to pay attention to portion sizes.
Here are some key resources where you can find thousands of recipes to help you prevent and manage diabetes!
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
The ADA is a national expert on living with diabetes and offers a variety of education and services. Its website has hundreds of recipes and meal plans available. You can sort them by ingredient, gluten-free, budget-friendly and more. The recipes feature step-by-step instructions and include important details such as calorie counts and sugar, carbohydrate and fat totals. You can even sign up to get free recipes and meal plans emailed to you.
A world-renowned health care organization, the Mayo Clinic has a website dedicated to diabetes meal planning and recipes. This website features sugar, fat and calorie counts for every recipe. The Mayo Clinic’s collection of recipes is organized by course (appetizer, bread, salad, condiments—and even dessert!) or by meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner).
While the Food Network is known for its television cooking shows and competitions, it also has a website packed with diabetes-friendly recipes. These healthy recipe ideas are created by chefs from the Food Network, and each recipe lists nutritional information such as sugar, fat and calorie counts. Check out the recipe reviews to see what people have to say about the different dishes.
Type 2 diabetes can be prevented or delayed with healthy changes to your lifestyle. The first step is learning your risk. Check out this simple, anonymous and free one-minute test from the ADA to find out whether you are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
Once you have taken the test, feel free to share it with friends and family. With 84 million Americans at risk for developing type 2 diabetes, someone you love could be at risk.
If you take the test and find out you are at risk for type 2 diabetes, talk with your doctor. Only your doctor can tell you for sure whether you have diabetes. Make an appointment as soon as possible, as early detection and treatment can decrease the risk of developing complications.
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