Healthy eating with diabetes involves keeping your meals correctly balanced. Therefore, it is important to try to derive as much nutrition from your meals as possible.  Eating a variety of different foods helps to ensure that you are getting all of the nutrients you need.  It is also important, however, to not to eat too large of portions. Therefore, it is best to strategically plan your meals beforehand.

In order to help you keep your meals balanced, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) provides advice in the “Create Your Plate” section of their website, Diabetes.org. Basically, this section informs you of how to fill your plate at each meal to make certain that your diet is balanced. The website states that you should begin by dividing your plate in half. Half off the plate should be filled with non-starch vegetables such as carrots or broccoli. One-fourth of the plate should be …

It is vital for diabetics to learn how to go about eating with diabetes. Planning meals are going to be essential to your health for the rest of your life. One of the major things to keep in mind is to keep your carbohydrate intake low; this, in turn, will keep your blood sugar down. Also, try to eat at the same time of day every day to eliminate fluctuations and keep your blood sugar level predictable.

If you would like advice on diabetes and eating, it is best to talk to your physician or a dietitian. There are also a lot of books out there on diabetes eating. One that is currently receiving good review is The Diabetes Food and Nutrition Bible: A Complete Guide to Planning, Shopping, Cooking, and Eating.

Another great way to begin eating for diabetes is to buy a good diabetic cook book. …