Category: Nutrition

Heart-Healthy Food and Recipes

The risks of developing heart disease are higher with diabetes. Reduce those risks with our heart-healthy recipes and nutrition tips.

Five Calorie-Counting Apps to Help You Achieve Your Goals

There are a multitude of calorie-counting apps to help you with your dietary goals. Here are some you should try today.

How to Enjoy Your Favorite Foods with Type 2 Diabetes

Living with type 2 diabetes doesn't mean choosing between flavor and health.

The Alcohol and Diabetes Guide

Alcohol and diabetes: do they mix? The short answer is yes, you can drink if you have diabetes. But before you drink, it's a good idea to educate yourself on how drinking can impact your body and...

Six Ways to Make Healthy Eating Easy

Taylor Riggs, registered dietician and food enthusiast, has just published her cookbook Real Food, Real Simple. In addition to dozens of scrumptious paleo-friendly and gluten-free recipes, she has som...

8 Low-Carb Substitutes for People with Diabetes

Yes, people with diabetes can eat anything—but you might appreciate reducing the carbs when possible…and when they’re delicious!

Fast Food Nutrition Guide

Don’t have time or energy to make dinner? Here’s a guide on choosing popular fast food options when living with diabetes.

Glycemic Index and Type 2 Diabetes

The phrase “glycemic index” can seem intimidating when first learning about what a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes entails. It sounds prohibitively technical and obscure, a phrase meant perhaps for p...

Understanding Portion Sizes

Not only do you have to eat healthy and be careful to choose or to prefer certain foods versus others, but you must also be very careful with serving sizes.

How to Calculate Insulin Dosing for Meals

Taking insulin before meals? Learn how to calculate how much you need before eating using these easy tips.