Eating Healthy

There are many ways to define “plant-based” but if you’re not eating eggs, fish, dairy, or meat it’s important to know where to find protein.

Hi there, Toby Smithson here with DiabetesEveryDay. Thanks for joining me today. Remember to hit the subscribe button. I post a new video on diabetes management every week.

Just in time for the holidays, we can thank Marlene Koch for this healthy pumpkin treat. I’ll just say 9 grams of carbohydrate in this dessert and that should send you to the grocery store today.

Welcome to Diabetes Everyday. I’m Toby and I have a pumpkin season dessert recipe for you today. Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Squares comes from my friend Marlene Koch’s book Eat More of What You Love. Marlene has a series of books, and even though they aren’t specifically for diabetes most of her recipes fit right in. Remember, eating healthy for diabetes is mostly just regular healthy eating with an eye on carbohydrates.

Thanksgiving is upon us, and it’s a certainty that this holiday in 2020 will be unique. For many, there will be no gathering of family or friends, at least in person. For those who do gather, there will likely be extra precautions and unique worries. Either way, this iconic holiday where eating is the focal social event will have some added stress. But whichever way your holiday plans go I have some strategies to share that can help you enjoy the traditional foods and manage your blood glucose effectively. And below I’m posting 7 fantastic recipes. Ready?

Here’s a fantastic and healthy grilled veggie collard green wrap recipe borrowed from my friend and fellow registered dietitian nutritionist Kathy Siegel from her new book The 30-Minute Clean Eating Cookbook. This plant-based wrap brings a variety of tastes and lots of color to your plate.

Hi everyone. Welcome to Diabetes Everyday. I’m Toby. Don’t forget to subscribe if you haven’t already. I’m thinking I owe you a healthy recipe video, and since I don’t develop recipes very often, we’re going to borrow one from one of my amazing recipe-developing dietitian friends. This recipe is from Kathy Siegel’s new book The 30-Minute Clean Eating Cookbook and it seems like a perfect fit for me now that I’m living in the South.

Intermittent fasting for diabetes is a trending eating plan which divides time into “fasting” time and “eating” time. The simplest example might be eating only between 8:00AM and 6:00 PM, then fasting until 8:00AM the next day. But the options are many. This eating pattern has shown some success, but there are some important things to watch out for.

Do you love sweets? The good news is you can fit sweets in moderation into a healthy eating plan for diabetes. The bad news is that you may be getting hidden sugar in prepared and packaged food without even knowing — all the carbs, none of the pleasure. Let’s learn how to find that hidden sugar?