Meals Made Easy for Diabetes (MME) is a meal-planning curriculum for people living with diabetes and their support persons, and was developed in 2003 by the Department of Human Services, Oregon Diabetes Program, in partnership with Oregon State University Extension Service. The curriculum incorporates participatory nutrition education, food preparation activities, and tasting of foods, and includes a facilitator script, PowerPoint [...]
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A Week On This Diabetic Meal Plan Ok, so its now been 8 days following My Diabetic Diet and here are my thoughts so far. As already mentioned getting used to the diabetic eating plan, following the routine, is much easier during the week than at the weekend. I think the best advice i can give anyone starting this is don’t wait to fail to read the top tips section – use everything in there from day 1 and you will find this diabetic diet [...]
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A fruit list can contain plenty of fruit but most of them can't be bought easily. Especially since each fruit has its own season! Fruit forms an essential part of a healthy diabetic diet but it need not be so complex. There's a wide variety of seasonal fruits from the diabetic fruit list that contains the essential vitamins and minerals for diabetics, whether it's Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter! So what will you find here - on the [...]
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When first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, people immediately have questions regarding a list of foods for a diabetic to eat. They want to know which foods are safe to eat, and which foods they should stay away from. With type 1 diabetes, the body produces no insulin at all. In Type 2 diabetes, the body either produces too little insulin, or the insulin that is produced is ignored by the body's cells. Either way, the body still [...]
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