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April 2012
INGREDIENTS
1 large bunch (about 1 1/4 pounds) kale, stems and center ribs discarded, leaves roughly torn
2 sheets nori, cut into 1-by-2-inch strips
1/4 cup Roasted Garlic Oil* (see below)
1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Grated zest of 1 lemon
1 comment - Posted Apr 6, 2012
August 2011
Spices not only add zing to meals, but they may also reduce the high levels of triglycerides produced by eating high-fat meals.
0 comments - Posted Aug 28, 2011
Our office manager sent us this link to a site with beautiful color photos of 10 foods that people with diabetes should avoid.
1 comment - Posted Aug 9, 2011
July 2011
Say goodbye to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's old Food Pyramid. The tapered food guide is giving way to MyPlate, a colorful visual aid that shows the rough proportions of fruit, vegetables, protein, grains, and that dairy people should consume at every meal.
0 comments - Posted Jul 2, 2011
June 2011
As prices rise, Americans are beginning to pay almost as much attention to the cost of food as they do to its taste. That's one of the findings of the 2011 Food & Health Survey, recently published by the International Food Industry Council Foundation (IFICF).
0 comments - Posted Jun 9, 2011
April 2011
After comparing results from 24 studies, researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong found little evidence that increasing soy intake improves people's blood sugar levels.
0 comments - Posted Apr 11, 2011
March 2011
You know that awful feeling when a sugar low is coming. I break out into a cold sweat, feel panicky, get nauseated, and have trouble answering extremely simple questions like "Do you need to eat?" Well, I was feeling it again, and again, and I didn't know why. That's what I hate the most: When things go wrong, but I think I've been doing everything right.
1 comment - Posted Mar 8, 2011
February 2011
According to a new study published in Diabetes Care, your finger-prick blood glucose test may be "abnormally and significantly high" if you test after handling fruit without first scrubbing your hands thoroughly and vigorously.
0 comments - Posted Feb 12, 2011
January 2011
After the American Heart Association introduced its heart healthy logo in 1995, manufacturers apparently decided that such "healthy" logos were a pretty good marketing idea. Similar logos, called front-of-the-package labels, or FoP labels, have become popular with several food manufacturers, each of which has developed its own labels using its own criteria. Now, not surprisingly, a study by the Prevention Institute has found that these labels are misleading to customers. According to the Prevention Institute's executive director, Larry Cohen, they "emphasize one healthy aspect to trick [customers] into buying something fundamentally unhealthy." Dora the Explorer Fruit Shapes, for example, prominently labels itself as "gluten free," but does not mention the fact that 58 percent of its calories come from sugar.
0 comments - Posted Jan 31, 2011
September 2010
New research findings reveal that one of America's favorite colorful fruits, blueberries, have properties that help to improve factors related to pre-diabetes and decrease inflammation in obese men and women. Chronic low-grade inflammation related to obesity contributes to insulin resistance, a major factor in the development of type 2 diabetes. "This is an excellent example of the importance of clinical trials to building our knowledge-base in helping to improve public health," said Steven Heymsfield, PBRC Executive Director
0 comments - Posted Sep 21, 2010
June 2010
WASHINGTON - In collaboration with Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) launched the Good Health ClubSM Physician Toolkit - unique educational materials designed to foster better communication between pediatricians and their patients on childhood obesity and diabetes prevention. The toolkit will be available to pediatricians in communities across the country.
0 comments - Posted Jun 11, 2010
December 2009
The dictionary defines a sugar plum as a small round or oval piece of sugary candy. But for most of us, visions of sugar plums dancing in our heads conjures up a far vaster array of sweet holiday treats. From cakes, cookies, and pies, to sugar-laced seasonal beverages, and yes, plenty of sweet confections, the holiday season is arguably the sweetest time of the year - and the most difficult when one is trying to keep carbohydrates and calories in check.
0 comments - Posted Dec 15, 2009
CHICAGO - Individuals who drink more coffee (regular or decaffeinated) or tea appear to have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to an analysis of previous studies reported in the December 14/28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. A previously published meta-analysis suggested drinking more coffee may be linked with a reduced risk, but the amount of available information has more than doubled since.
4 comments - Posted Dec 14, 2009
It's been known for some time that omega-3 fatty acids decrease the risk of heart disease, but no one has really known if one dietary source is better than another. For that reason, Lixin Meng, MS, a PhD candidate at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, designed a study to compare sources, types, amounts, and frequencies of omega-3 in diets, while taking into account gender and ethnic groups. The study was presented at the American Heart Association's 2009 Scientific Sessions.
2 comments - Posted Dec 2, 2009
November 2009
Do you ever stand in the fruit and vegetable section of your food store and wonder if it's really worth it to buy organic produce? Or do you wonder which conventionally grown items you can buy to save money and which items you should absolutely buy organic? I sure do. And I always resent standing there at the market, having to choose between a piece of fruit that has been exposed to chemicals and one that hasn't. Who should have to make a choice like that? Especially if you are taking that food home to your children. No one wants to eat poison.
3 comments - Posted Nov 13, 2009
September 2009
Juice extracted from North American lowbush blueberries, biotransformed with bacteria from the skin of the fruit, holds great promise as an anti-obesity and anti-diabetic agent. The study, published in the International Journal of Obesity, was conducted by researchers from the Université de Montréal, the Institut Armand-Frappier and the Université de Moncton who tested the effects of biotransformed juices compared to regular blueberry drinks on mice.
3 comments - Posted Sep 10, 2009
Here's a sweet bit of news: Drinking sugar-free beverages sweetened with low-calorie sweeteners increases "dietary restraint," the ability of people to maintain long-term weight loss.
5 comments - Posted Sep 7, 2009
August 2009
Everyone knows that eating only high fat food is unhealthy way down the road, but we don't really worry that eating a burger will hurt us by next week. Unfortunately, however, it turns out that a high fat diet damages our health (and our brain functioning) a lot sooner than we would like to think. In fact, new research shows that the effects are felt within only ten days. As far as I'm concerned, this was already shown conclusively in the film "Super Size Me," in which director Morgan Spurlock personally examined the effects of fast food on the human body. For one month, he ate only at McDonald's, ordering everything on the menu and "super-sizing" his order whenever asked. Right before our eyes, Spurlock began looking sicker and sicker.
12 comments - Posted Aug 28, 2009
A study of the sugar consumption habits of 30,000 Americans by the American Dietetic Association concludes that race/ethnicity, family income and education levels are important factors in how much sugar a person eats.
1 comment - Posted Aug 8, 2009
May 2009
Sometimes complex problems have simple answers. Take the alarming rise in obesity in the United States since 1970. Researchers have speculated in the past that the cause might be a combination of factors, perhaps a lack of exercise working in concert with the spread of cheap high-calorie junk food.
3 comments - Posted May 23, 2009
March 2009
Obesity has long been accepted as a risk factor for diabetes. The results of four recently published studies, however, have revealed that the real risk factor may be the insecticides present in that fat. The initial investigations showed that the expected association between obesity and diabetes/insulin resistance was absent in people who had low levels of organochlorine insecticides in their blood (1, 2). However, the expected association between obesity and diabetes/insulin resistance increased with levels of these insecticides. In the last year, two additional studies have linked these insecticides with diabetes (3, 4).
10 comments - Posted Mar 13, 2009
September 2008
Originally ice cream consisted of milk, cream, sugar, flavoring and lots of air. But modern brands adhering to this original recipe are few and far between.
1 comment - Posted Sep 22, 2008
July 2008
The Los Angeles City Council has voted unanimously to ban the opening of new fast food restaurants in South Los Angeles (aka “South Central”) and nearby neighborhoods.
0 comments - Posted Jul 31, 2008
Nine out of ten regular food items aimed specifically at children have a poor nutritional content because of high levels of sugar, fat or sodium, according to a detailed study of 367 products published in the July issue of the UK-based journal, Obesity Reviews.
2 comments - Posted Jul 17, 2008
May 2008
The Diabetes Health staff recently sampled a new kind of healthy snack, and we loved them!
1 comment - Posted May 22, 2008
BOZEMAN, Mont. (April 30, 2008) – Governor Brian Schweitzer appeared at Montana State University Tuesday to celebrate Montana’s scientific contribution to the development of barley varieties that serve as a natural way to help manage diabetes, heart disease and obesity.
3 comments - Posted May 8, 2008
April 2008
Carol Whitton of Coral Springs, Florida, discovered that her blood sugar often increased sharply after she drank a diet soda while dining in a restaurant. So she started to test her diet drinks for sugar, a practice she learned from watching the “Living With Diabetes” television program.
29 comments - Posted Apr 28, 2008
As food costs rise and more and more “diabetic” foods appear on grocery shelves, the American Diabetic Association has published 13 commonsense tips on how to eat more cheaply and still manage diabetes.
7 comments - Posted Apr 16, 2008
March 2008
What is the secret of effective weight management? When a person develops type 2 diabetes, this is a critical question. Losing weight is one of the most successful ways of dealing with this disorder. This is the challenge that I faced when I diagnosed as diabetic about 15 years ago.
2 comments - Posted Mar 7, 2008
Don’t make a run on the tea section of your neighborhood supermarket just yet, but keep this in mind: Scientists at the Neurosciences Institute of the University of Dundee in Scotland say that drinking black tea could help combat diabetes.
0 comments - Posted Mar 6, 2008
December 2007
Not too long ago most of us figured that salt was the white stuff you poured out of the box that had the cute little girl with the umbrella on it. Occasionally we might have heard somebody mutter something about "sea salt" or "kosher salt," but for most of us it was all the same thing.
5 comments - Posted Dec 24, 2007
Diabetes Essentials is a group of four nutritional supplements recently released by Nutrition 21. They include Diachrome Blood Sugar Health capsules; the same product in a drink powder called Nutrition to Go; Multivitamin Nutrition to Go powder; and Heart Health tablets.
4 comments - Posted Dec 10, 2007
It's really true: dark chocolate makes your coronary arteries open up and increases heart blood flow. In a two-week trial, 39 adults ate either 550 milligrams per day of dark chocolate (with a cocoa content of 70 percent or greater), which is full of flavonoids, or the same amount of white chocolate, which has no flavonoids.
1 comment - Posted Dec 9, 2007
November 2007
Over the course of the year, we meticulously update all our charts to bring you the most accurate information about hundreds of products, services, and medications. Now we've gathered every one of those charts, from humble lancets to sophisticated continuous glucose monitors, into one handy place.
1 comment - Posted Nov 26, 2007
SoLo Gi® Low Glycemic bars are delicious. We can vouch for that because we've eaten our way through all five flavors. And because they're clinically validated to have a very low glycemic index, they don't raise your blood sugar like other snack bars.
0 comments - Posted Nov 11, 2007
We recently taste-tested some of these robust little cookies, and my, are they good. Natasha, a long-time Russian baker, makes them with almond meal instead of flour so that people with celiac disease can enjoy them.
2 comments - Posted Nov 3, 2007
October 2007
Stevia is a natural sweetener made from the leaves of a South American herb, Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni, commonly known as sweetleaf or sugarleaf.
7 comments - Posted Oct 24, 2007
Saul Katz is one charismatic health bar maker, a fascinating talker and visionary who makes health bars seem like the most important thing in the world. In 1989, he began his quest to create a "functional food" that would combine science, nature, and great taste in a snack bar. Not only did he want his bar to promote health, enhance performance, and prevent disease; he also dreamed of air-dropping his bars to disaster victims in need of a good self-contained meal. It's taken over a decade of intense scientific alchemy to achieve, but he's managed to do it all.
1 comment - Posted Oct 1, 2007
July 2007
A Frappuccino from Starbucks is delicious, no doubt about it, but it can have close to five hundred calories if you go for all the options, and over sixty hefty grams of carbohydrates. Not a good idea if you have diabetes, but then again, depriving yourself is no fun either. What to do, what to do….
1 comment - Posted Jul 25, 2007
June 2007
In a recent University of Michigan study, rats bred to develop high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and impaired glucose tolerance received a diet that included at least one percent freeze-dried powdered whole tart cherries for a period of ninety days.
0 comments - Posted Jun 15, 2007
April 2007
We are a nation of fatties, according to the World Health Organization, but we’re not the fattest in the world. That dubious honor goes to seven Pacific Island nations, whose population of the rotund varies from 78 percent in Palau to a staggering 94 percent in the (geographically) tiny island nation of Nauru. Nearly 31 percent of Nauruians have type 2 diabetes.
0 comments - Posted Apr 30, 2007
Caramel Sin, Inc., has concocted a line of condiments called Fools, natural fruit-based spreads and relishes with no added sweeteners of any sort. They were created by a foodie/filmmaker who’s found fans for his Fools among Hollywood’s finest.
0 comments - Posted Apr 23, 2007
Curious Cookie makes some really good cookies. I had intended to eat one while writing this review, but curiously, there were none left. The staff had eaten the entire sample pack.
1 comment - Posted Apr 23, 2007
Miracle Muffins have truly created a miracle—they’ve managed to make a muffin mix without any traditional muffin ingredients. Miracle muffins contain no flour, sugar, butter, or oil. Just add water, mix, and bake, and you’ve got a dozen fiber-full muffins in any one of several unusual flavors, including black cherry and cinnamon green tea.
0 comments - Posted Apr 23, 2007
March 2007
Researchers from Penn State, published in the February 7, 2007 Cell Metabolism, have discovered that when mice are deprived of only a single amino acid, their metabolisms are fooled into thinking they are starving. In response, they stop synthesizing new fats and they use up all their fat stores, losing 97 percent of their body fat in the process.
0 comments - Posted Mar 15, 2007
New York, NY - According to NY Department of Health and Mental Hygiene report released January 30, 2007, one in eight adults in New York City has diabetes. Among those, African Americans have one of the highest rates at nearly 14.5%. Nationwide 2.6 million African Americans over the age of 20 have diabetes. That’s 10 African Americans for every 6 white Americans with diabetes. Of the 2.8 million African Americans with diabetes, only 1.5 million have been diagnosed. An estimated 730,000 don’t even know they have the disease!
0 comments - Posted Mar 13, 2007
BOSTON - March 1, 2007 - A new study from Joslin Diabetes Center may shed light on why some people can eat excessive amounts of food and not gain weight or develop type 2 diabetes, while others are more likely to develop obesity and this most common form of diabetes on any diet.
0 comments - Posted Mar 7, 2007
February 2007
On December 5, 2006, the New York City Board of Health officially voted to ban trans fats from New York City food establishments and mobile food unit commissaries.
0 comments - Posted Feb 1, 2007
Dreamfields Healthy Living Pasta has introduced two new pasta products—lasagna and rotini. Both became available last spring in supermarkets nationwide, and they join the existing Dreamfields line that includes spaghetti, elbows, penne rigate, and linguine.
0 comments - Posted Feb 1, 2007
The Almased Turbo Diet, according to its manufacturer, is a “stimulant free” diet that teaches the body to “think thin.”
1 comment - Posted Feb 1, 2007
October 2006
With the month of Halloween upon us, so begins the time of year when tempting food and nutritional delicacies will line the aisles of retail outlets everywhere.
0 comments - Posted Oct 1, 2006
August 2006
Stevia is a bush native to South America that has been used for centuries by the natives of Paraguay, where it’s grown primarily as a sweetener and for medicinal uses. The stevia leaf is usually a component of Paraguayan teas, including the widely popular beverage yerba mate.
3 comments - Posted Aug 1, 2006
July 2006
Living Protein is a non-soy plant-based protein supplement manufactured by Living Fuel, Inc., in Tampa, Fla.
1 comment - Posted Jul 1, 2006
Sweet Simplicity is a new sweetener on the market made from erythritol (an all-natural sugar alcohol found in grapes, pears and even some soy products), fructose (found in a variety of fruits and in honey) and natural flavors.
0 comments - Posted Jul 1, 2006
Tumaro’s announces the availability of its new Soy-Full Heart flatbreads.
0 comments - Posted Jul 1, 2006
Television chef and food personality Emeril Lagasse has teamed up with B&G Foods, Inc., to develop three all-natural cooking stocks.
0 comments - Posted Jul 1, 2006
Suté International, Inc., has introduced its new Oat Pasta, a pre-cooked pasta made with whole oats and wheat. When rehydrated in hot water for 10 minutes or in cold water for two hours, it’s a ready-to-eat pasta with a nutty flavor. It contains 2 grams of soluble fiber per serving.
0 comments - Posted Jul 1, 2006
“The Ultimate Calorie, Carb and Fat-Gram Counter: Quick, Easy Meal Planning Using Counts for Your Favorite Foods” (Small Steps Press, 2006) is a new book by Lea Ann Holzmeister, RD, CDE.
0 comments - Posted Jul 1, 2006
June 2006
Pump Wear, Inc., of Latham, New York, has introduced the Carb Chain.
0 comments - Posted Jun 1, 2006
If you’ve ever tried a sugar-free food product but didn’t care for the sugar alcohols, Eat Well Be Well Foods, Inc., of Hood River, Oregon, has a suggestion for you.
0 comments - Posted Jun 1, 2006
May 2006
Walden Farms Calorie-Free Salad Dressing is available in 16 varieties.
0 comments - Posted May 1, 2006
Cumberland Packing Corporation, the makers of Sweet’N Low sweetener, have re-launched two Sweet’N Low flavored syrups.
0 comments - Posted May 1, 2006
February 2006
Dolce Food Corporation has introduced new flavors for its low-carb, low-fat, low-calorie Dolce Futuro ice cream. Dolce Futuro is now available in:
0 comments - Posted Feb 1, 2006
With the introduction of its new Solo Low GI bars, Solo GI Nutrition of Alberta, Canada, has coined the phrase “Slooow carbs.”
0 comments - Posted Feb 1, 2006
January 2006
PBM Products of Gordonsville, Virginia, has launched GlucoBurst, a fast-acting, paraben-free glucose gel sold in single-serving packets.
0 comments - Posted Jan 1, 2006
McNeil Nutritionals, LLC, the maker of Splenda products, announces their all-new Splenda Brown Sugar Blend—a reduced-calorie brown sugar product that blends brown sugar with Splenda (sucralose).
1 comment - Posted Jan 1, 2006
Fifty 50 Foods is now offering a line of sugar-free and low-calorie fruit spreads that have only five calories per tablespoon.
0 comments - Posted Jan 1, 2006
Heritage Family Specialty Foods, Inc., of Grand Prairie, Texas, now offers ImiTaters—an all-natural, low-carbohydrate, low-calorie mashed potato alternative.
0 comments - Posted Jan 1, 2006
November 2005
Enterex Diabetic meal replacement drinks now come in new aluminum containers.
0 comments - Posted Nov 1, 2005
Ampalaya (Momordica charantia), also known as bitter melon or bitter gourd, is a medicinal herb that is traditionally used as a home remedy for various illnesses. For diabetics, it has been demonstrated to have blood glucose-lowering qualities, according to studies published in a 1999 issue of the Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin.
0 comments - Posted Nov 1, 2005
True Lemon, a new flavoring powder for drinking water, is made with all-natural ingredients, has no calories or carbohydrates and contains no sweeteners, preservatives or sodium. The manufacturer, Grand Brands, says True Lemon, “It adds only a refreshing lemon taste to water. True Lemon consumers find that they increase their water consumption because True Lemon enlivens plain water’s taste without changing it into another beverage.”
0 comments - Posted Nov 1, 2005
October 2005
Just in time for tricks and treats, Hershey’s has reformulated its line of sugar-free candies to offer consumers “a richer, creamier taste and texture.”
0 comments - Posted Oct 1, 2005
The makers of Glucerna bars and shakes have introduced enhanced shake flavors and redesigned packaging.
0 comments - Posted Oct 1, 2005
In hospitalized people with type 2 diabetes, Glucerna was found to have a “neutral effect on [blood glucose] control and lipid metabolism . . . compared with a high-carbohydrate and a lower-fat formula.”
0 comments - Posted Oct 1, 2005
The makers of ExtendBar announced new products, benefits and flavors at the August 2005 American Association of Diabetes Educators conference in Washington, D.C.
0 comments - Posted Oct 1, 2005
August 2005
Low-carb guru and best-selling cookbook author Dana Carpender’s latest offering is “Low-Carb Smoothies: More Than 50 Fabulous Recipes the Whole Family Will Love.”
0 comments - Posted Aug 1, 2005
July 2005
On April 19, 2005, the USDA Food Guide Pyramid was given a facelift for the first time in 13 years.
0 comments - Posted Jul 1, 2005
March 2005
Have you seen the movie “Super Size Me”?
0 comments - Posted Mar 1, 2005
Veronica Atkins, the widow of the late low-carb pioneer Robert Atkins, MD, is coauthor with Stephanie Nathanson of the new “Atkins for Life Low-Carb Cookbook.”
0 comments - Posted Mar 1, 2005
Vitasoy USA of Ayer, Massachusetts, is offering what it calls “the first fiber-smart, calcium-smart, calorie-smart and carb-smart soymilk.”
0 comments - Posted Mar 1, 2005
On January 12, 2005, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) published their new Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
0 comments - Posted Mar 1, 2005
February 2005
For many years, people with diabetes have had to follow meal plans that limit their consumption of sweet treats, making them feel like outlaws for enjoying a piece of pie or candy.
0 comments - Posted Feb 1, 2005
Containing no refined white sugar, artificial sweeteners, preservatives or trans fats, Sweet Abandon Personal Cakes are sweetened with fructose, which, according to Benchmark Foods, the manufacturer of the cakes, has a slower effect on the rise of blood glucose.
0 comments - Posted Feb 1, 2005
December 2004
Maple Grove Farms of Vermont offers a pancake and waffle mix that has only 100 calories, 2 grams of fat and 11 grams of carbohydrate per serving and no trans fats.
0 comments - Posted Dec 1, 2004
Caution: Always confer with your healthcare provider before taking supplements. In some cases supplements may interact with other medications or cause low blood glucose (hypoglycemia).
1 comment - Posted Dec 1, 2004
With the cold and flu season upon us, what is a person with diabetes to do when it comes to all those sugar-laden cough syrups? Which over-the-counter (OTC) choice is right for you? Scot-Tussin Sugar-Free medicines are distributed nationwide through many outlets, including the largest wholesale drug companies as well as drug store chains such as CVS.
0 comments - Posted Dec 1, 2004
Baja Bob’s of San Diego, California, has introduced the first line of low-carb martini mixes.
0 comments - Posted Dec 1, 2004
November 2004
In August 2004, Equal introduced its Sugar Lite From Equal brand.
0 comments - Posted Nov 1, 2004
Developed specifically for people with diabetes by endocrinologist Francine Kaufman, ExtendBar now has a new formula, available in Chocolate Delight and Peanut Delight flavors.
0 comments - Posted Nov 1, 2004
October 2004
Every November is National Diabetes Month. So wouldn’t it make sense that October be National Pre-Diabetes Month?
0 comments - Posted Oct 1, 2004
September 2004
A new report out by the NDP Group—a provider of food consumption patterns at restaurants and at home—found that despite all the attention low-carb eating is getting, actual carb consumption is higher than expected in the United States.
0 comments - Posted Sep 1, 2004
August 2004
Ala Carb cheesecakes can be found in the freezer section of major grocers, wholesale club outlets and health and natural food stores. They are available in packages of four individually wrapped 3-ounce cheesecakes for a suggested retail price of $9.99.
0 comments - Posted Aug 1, 2004
Low Carb Creations has introduced its line of Carb Olé tortillas. The gordita-style whole-wheat tortillas are the first of several products the company plans to launch under its Carb Olé label over the next several months.
0 comments - Posted Aug 1, 2004
July 2004
Good Humor-Breyers is offering two free brochures for those of us who love ice cream.
0 comments - Posted Jul 1, 2004
Pepperidge Farm has announced that it has transitioned its entire line of Goldfish crackers to be free of trans fatty acids.
0 comments - Posted Jul 1, 2004
June 2004
Allied Domecq Spirits and Kahlua recently announced a licensing agreement with Seattle-based Da Vinci Gourmet, the maker of flavored syrups and sauces for specialty coffee and tea drinks and sodas.
0 comments - Posted Jun 1, 2004
Containing only 10 calories and 2 grams of sugar per 6.76-ounce serving, Kool-Aid Jammers 10 Tropical Punch is a new option for kids with diabetes.
0 comments - Posted Jun 1, 2004
“Are those new wraps at Subway good for me?” “If I make applesauce with Splenda, can I eat all I want?” “How do I count the carbohydrates in low-carb yogurt?” Do questions like these cross your mind every time you dine out, set foot in the supermarket or flip through a recipe book?
0 comments - Posted Jun 1, 2004
My Deluxe Calorie Diary, a free Excel-based spreadsheet program designed by Thomas M. Manger, MD, PhD, allows users to record all their daily meals and snacks and instantly learn their totals for calories, carbohydrates, fats and proteins.
0 comments - Posted Jun 1, 2004
April 2004
Clif Bar Inc. of Berkeley, California, has introduced a low-carb snack made especially for women.
0 comments - Posted Apr 1, 2004
Do you want your food purchases to be trans fat free in 2004? If so, you’d better get your passport ready and head to Denmark.
0 comments - Posted Apr 1, 2004
It’s a good bet that the Mad Hatter, the March Hare and the Dormouse didn’t have to worry about body-fat composition, considering all the tea drinking they did in “Alice in Wonderland.”
0 comments - Posted Apr 1, 2004
March 2004
Eating a low-fat diet that includes the controversial fat substitute olestra (Olean) produced improvement in cardiovascular risk factors in a recent study—an effect largely explained by the participants’ weight loss.
0 comments - Posted Mar 1, 2004
A September 2003 decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Oregon determined that eating is a “major life activity,” for the purpose of establishing a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
0 comments - Posted Mar 1, 2004
March 2003
It's okay to have another cup of coffee. In fact, have the whole pot.
0 comments - Posted Mar 1, 2003
February 2003
Go ahead—have that peanut butter sandwich. Findings from the Harvard University Nurses' Health Study suggest that women who eat several servings of nuts or peanut butter a week can lower their risk of getting type 2 diabetes by as much as 27 percent. The Nurses' Health Study followed nearly 84,000 female nurses for 16 years beginning in 1980.
0 comments - Posted Feb 1, 2003
December 2002
With more flavors of calorie-free syrup than Baskin-Robbins has ice cream, Da Vinci Gourmet sugar-free flavored syrups can add flavor to your dishes and drinks in more than 30 ways—from almond to white chocolate and a plethora of flavors from the mundane to the esoteric.
0 comments - Posted Dec 1, 2002
LeCarb frozen desserts, which have 3 grams of sugars per serving—compared to 14 grams in regular ice cream—are now available at Wal-Mart Supercenters across the country and at Brookshire's, Super 1 Foods and Ole Foods stores in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi.
0 comments - Posted Dec 1, 2002
A food ingredient long regarded as a "silent killer" may be brought to justice next spring.
0 comments - Posted Dec 1, 2002
November 2002
7-Eleven began test-marketing Crystal Light Raspberry Ice Slurpees at 7-Eleven stores in Detroit, Michigan, and Kansas City, Missouri, in July, with plans to expand to stores across the country that offer at least six Slurpee flavor barrels. 7-Eleven had previously added Crystal Light Lemonade to its array of Slurpee flavors.
0 comments - Posted Nov 1, 2002
August 2002
Now you can have your shakes and drink ‘em, too! Carbolite Foods is introducing new high-protein, low-carbohydrate, whey-based shake mixes to give consumers choices in addition to the company's soy-based vanilla- and chocolate-flavored mixes.
0 comments - Posted Aug 1, 2002
July 2002
Medifast, Inc., of Owing Mills, Maryland, is launching a new line of meal-replacement products designed for people with diabetes. The Medifast Plus for Diabetics line features soy-based foods and includes products such as shakes, bars, soups, oatmeal, chili and ready-to-drink beverages that are low in sugar, fat, calories and carbohydrates and are also low on the glycemic index, according to a Medifast news release.
0 comments - Posted Jul 1, 2002
November 2001
I was a 325-pound chef; a cooking machine with rave reviews; a man given to extremes. Then, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Suddenly, I had to change my diet and I was stunned and beside myself with concern. I have always had a lover's quarrel with food, but now I had to search for alternative ingredients that would appease my taste buds while being nutritious and beneficial for a diabetic diet.
0 comments - Posted Nov 1, 2001
If only all those high-carb foods like pasta and pastries weren't so high on the glycemic index, you could eat them more often.
0 comments - Posted Nov 1, 2001
July 2001
Kelly Van Horn, RD, CDE, of Sammamish, Washington, received the Creative Nutrition Education Award from the American Dietetic Association for her innovative product that teaches educators and their patients about nutrition.
0 comments - Posted Jul 1, 2001
On April 30, The Kamut Association of North America announced that its Kamut Pasta was awarded the Low-Glycemic Seal of Approval by the The Glycemic Research Institute of Washington, D.C.
0 comments - Posted Jul 1, 2001
June 2001
Very Fine Products of Littleton, Massachusetts has announced the arrival of Fruit2OPlus, a new line of flavored spring water enriched with vitamins and herbs.
0 comments - Posted Jun 1, 2001
March 2001
Life Services of Neptune, New Jersey, now manufactures a high-protein/low-carbohydrate macaroni and cheese dinner called KETO Macaroni and Cheese. Each serving contains five grams of carbohydrate.
0 comments - Posted Mar 1, 2001
Guylian USA of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, has introduced the Guylian's No-Sugar-Added chocolate bar, designed specifically for people with diabetes who love chocolate but can do without the bland taste of some sugar-free chocolate delicacies.
0 comments - Posted Mar 1, 2001
October 2000
In late July, Sorbee International of Philadelphia introduced a full line of its sugar-free grocery products in hopes of enhancing diabetic consumer's options.
0 comments - Posted Oct 1, 2000
Stewart's Beverages of Denver has introduced a new gourmet soft drink called "S," which is sweetened with a blend of the low-calorie sweeteners ACE K and Splenda. According to Stewart's marketing director, Ellen Gibson, "S" is a safe diet drink for people with diabetes, pregnant women and people on low-sodium diets.
0 comments - Posted Oct 1, 2000
September 2000
Sugar Busters Ice Cream, manufactured by Marigold Foods of Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been introduced nationally as a new dessert option for people with diabetes.
0 comments - Posted Sep 1, 2000
August 2000
If you have been disappointed by the taste of sugar-free candies and cookies in past years, try them again. Some newer products taste so good that they are marketed to anyone who is willing to eat a little healthier, as long as this doesn’t mean having to give up foods they enjoy. Many packages don’t even mention diabetes benefits.
0 comments - Posted Aug 1, 2000
June 2000
Health Care Products of Amityville, New York, announced the availability of DiabetiSweet "Measure for Measure," the first-ever bulk sweetener that completely replaces sugar in baking and cooking.
0 comments - Posted Jun 1, 2000
November 1999
Artificial sweetener Splenda is gradually making its way to many sugar-free products on the market. Tropicana Twister Light drinks are the latest to sweeten with Splenda.
0 comments - Posted Nov 1, 1999
Balance Bar Company has added a new line called Balance Outdoor, bars designed to sustain energy during outdoor activities. Balance Outdoor bars follow the 40-30-30 plan: 40 percent carbohydrates, 30 percent protein and 30 percent fat. In comparison, most sports energy bars are 75 percent or more carbohydrates and low in fat.
0 comments - Posted Nov 1, 1999
September 1999
Another bedtime nutrition bar for people with diabetes came on the market in June. The Extend Bar is a long-acting carbohydrate snack that lasts for up to nine hours, and helps prevent episodes of hypoglycemia.
0 comments - Posted Sep 1, 1999
July 1999
A new iced tea with exotic, natural flavors could be just what you're looking for to escape the summer heat. Honest Tea is all natural, brewed in spring water, and has about 5 grams of carbohydrate and 34 calories or less per serving, depending on the flavor.
0 comments - Posted Jul 1, 1999
June 1999
The trick to a bedtime snack is to eat just enough to sustain blood sugar while not overeating.
0 comments - Posted Jun 1, 1999
March 1999
For every study saying aspartame is harmful, another says it is not. Hundreds of studies throughout the world have been performed with aspartame. Here's just a tiny sample of contradictory studies, with a summary of their conclusions.
0 comments - Posted Mar 1, 1999
September 1998
Just when you thought you had artificial sweeteners all figured out and had settled on a particular brand, the sweetener scene is changing again.
1 comment - Posted Sep 1, 1998
May 1998
Each of the following foods is rated by how much additional food people ate after consuming them to satisfy their hunger. Tip: If you want to lose weight, avoid the lower numbers!
0 comments - Posted May 1, 1998
August 1996
A new book which may revolutionize the way people with diabetes analyze food is being published out of Australia and Canada. The book, The G.I. Factor: The Glycaemic Index Solution, is a definitive look at an underutilized tool.
0 comments - Posted Aug 1, 1996
April 1996
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Procter & Gamble's "fake fat" product, olestra, as an additive to chips and other snack foods.
0 comments - Posted Apr 1, 1996
March 1996
Fiber-we've heard it's good for us, but what exactly does that mean? What do people with diabetes need to do to make sure they're getting the right type of fiber in the right amounts? Don't worry-help is on the way.
0 comments - Posted Mar 1, 1996
Go to any bookstore and look at the diet and cookbook section. You'll find book after book of lowfat diet plans and cookbooks. Go to any market and you'll see shelf after shelf of lowfat products. You'd think the lowfat lifestyle was the only way to go. The Fickle Finger of food facts can't abide by this. It just has to swivel in the opposite direction. And strangely enough, that swivel is starting right here in Diabetesland.
0 comments - Posted Mar 1, 1996
January 1996
There's no such thing as a fat-free lunch. Not yet, anyway.
0 comments - Posted Jan 1, 1996
Q: Where can I get a list of "free" foods that people with diabetes can eat, and what types of snacks are available? It would be nice to be able to eat something and feel confident about what it will do to my BGs.
0 comments - Posted Jan 1, 1996
September 1991
For the past 10 years, I have been telling people with diabetes to drink fruit juice only if they are having a hypoglycemic reaction. My feelings on this issue have now been backed up in a recent study published in the Diabetes Educator (volume 17, number 4). Marilyn Sullivan, MS, RD, CDE and Robert Scott, MD found that both fruit juice and decaffeinated cola raised patients blood sugar at a similar rate. They concluded by stating: "When it comes time to revise the Diabetic Exchange Lists for Meal Planning, the authors may want to reconsider listing fruit juices as acceptable choices from the fruit list to be used in routine meal planning."
0 comments - Posted Sep 1, 1991