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Planning your meals is an important part of managing diabetes and can help make sure you get the nutrition you need, helps you manage your blood glucose (blood sugar), and makes shopping and meal preparation easier. The Mediterranean-style eating pattern is one of the recognized eating patterns shown to help with diabetes management. Using a Mediterranean-Style eating pattern to plan your meals can help you reach your A1C target, reduce your risk of heart events, and lower triglycerides, while offering tasty and nutritious meal options Starting with a Mediterranean-Style Eating Plan A

Herbs can take a dish from being plain to having pizzazz. Whether from your garden, window box, farmer’s market, or grocery store, fresh herbs add freshness, flavor, fragrance, and eye appeal to meals.

Are you looking for new ideas on how to add more fruits and veggies to your meals to boost their flavor, nutrients, and blood glucose (blood sugar) management benefits? Here are 20 simple ones you can start trying right away, plus tips for buying produce and a breakdown of the different types! Buying Produce The first step in eating more fruits and veggies is buying more fruits and veggies. Many types of produce can be purchased fresh at the grocery store all year long. However, fresh produce is the tastiest and cheapest when you buy it in season. To save even more money and extend the life of

Cooking with type 2 diabetes doesn’t have to be hard. Here are some easy ingredient swaps for healthier meals.

Whether you are making lunches for school or your day at the office, packing and prepping lunch can help you manage diabetes and save money. Check out the recipes below that can inspire you to get creative and are perfect for anyone to enjoy. The Diabetes Plate As your guide, follow the Diabetes Plate to pack your lunch: Half your plate (lunch) with non-starchy veggies. Use tomato slices on your sandwich; a side of carrot, celery and bell pepper strips with low fat dressing as a dip; or a side of steamed green beans One quarter of your plate (lunch) with lean proteins, like roasted chicken

When it comes to carbohydrates (carbs) and diabetes, it’s hard to make sense of all the information out there. Social media, traditional media, and even our circle of friends tend to repeat what they hear about which foods or nutrients are best to eat, or what you should avoid if you want to get healthier. In the past, fat was seen as the nutrient to avoid, but in recent years, carbs have seemed to have taken the spotlight as the “worrisome” nutrient. As with most things in the science of nutrition, this doesn’t tell the whole story. So, how many carbs should a person with diabetes eat