| Over the last few years my own diet has changed | | | | thing that can show the biggest increase in loss of |
| dramatically. As someone who is blessed with a | | | | weight. Some diets in fact jsut focus on this point, |
| naturally slim frame I have never had to diet to lose | | | | and are ery successful. Wholemeal (especially |
| weight, but I maintain my current healthy weight with | | | | stoneground wholemeal) is so good for you and has |
| a great diet/eating plan. In fact, if you do plan on | | | | so much more flavour in it that switching is much |
| losing more than about a stone in weight then I | | | | easier than you think. Most people are really surprised |
| would visit your doctor for more tips on how to do | | | | at the ranges you can get in you supermarket, again |
| this without risk.To tell you that how I maintain | | | | remember that the bread that is best for you is the |
| weight is perfect would be totally wrong of me, but | | | | one that is freshest with least perservatives or |
| I can advise you to follow my steps because I know | | | | added ingredients. Also, brown or basmati rice is |
| what works and what doesn't. But before I really | | | | great with a lovely nutty texture. Wholemeal pasta is |
| begin I must also say that I have been brought up | | | | great and for your potatoes I would totally |
| by great parents who taught me to eat everything, | | | | recommend the smaller new potatoes.3. Stop drinking |
| and so I do! If there is something that you don't like, | | | | cocktails, start drinking wine. |
| there are loads of other diabetic recipes and ideas | | | | Cocktails are full of sugar, colourants and |
| that you will eat and appreciate.I am a student and I | | | | preservatives. As a student I have had loads of |
| like to buy fresh and organic produce from where I | | | | practice at going out and not drinking cocktails, so |
| live. I believe that this is important because it can be | | | | my drink of choice is Malibu and Diet Coke if I feel I |
| the most good for your body and contain more | | | | have to drink something and I make it last all night. I |
| nutrients and vitamins than most supermarket | | | | can then top up with Diet Coke (which has almost no |
| produce. I like to source food from my fortnightly | | | | sugar in it) and it looks as though I am drinking Malibu, |
| farmers market in town, which sells amazing meat | | | | who is to know. If you are out at a restaurant, red |
| and dairy produce and fresh in season fruit and | | | | wine is much better than anything else you can |
| vegetables. This is another important thing to | | | | order, (except water of course!) and it has been |
| remember, that eating fruit and veg in their season | | | | proven that the anti-oxidants in red wine are great |
| means that they will taste better as well as doing | | | | for keeping a healthy heart. The recommended |
| you good. I have a lot of influence from Western | | | | amount is one glass a day with your evening meal.4. |
| European cuisine (mainly France and Italy) as you will | | | | Start cooking more fruit and vegetables. |
| tell, but I do not profess to be a chef and everything | | | | Fresh fruit and vegetables are a great way to get all |
| is easy to make and very convenient.I have read | | | | the vitamins and minerals you need. And there are so |
| countless diet books and diabetic recipe/diet books, | | | | many different ways in which to cook vegetables, |
| and I came to a conclusion that I think really works. I | | | | but I find that raw is the best follwed closely by |
| fused all the good things from the diets (but not | | | | steamed. Both of these ways preserve all their |
| from every diet) and sort of put together my own | | | | natural goodness aswell. I will follow this post with |
| one. We will call this the Juvenile Diabetes Healthy | | | | another diabetes recipes post.5. Drink more water. |
| Diet.The "rules" that I would lay down are as | | | | I know you have heard people say this many times |
| follows:1. Cut back on snacks and then change the | | | | before, but the benefits of drinking more water are |
| type of snacks you eat. | | | | endless. A few tips on how to get more water into |
| Certainly my biggest downfall although it wasn't | | | | your day are firstly to put bottles of water at all the |
| really apparent to me. When I first started at | | | | places you go in the house or work. So keep one in |
| University, I had little or no routine which meant that | | | | your desk, on your desk, a glass in the kitchen, the |
| filling my day was difficult and popping into the | | | | bedroom, the sitting room, etc. Try and drink all |
| kitchen for a snack, no matter how healthy it felt, | | | | these glasses up and you will be well on your way to |
| was a regular occurence. This is one of the hardest | | | | 8 glasses a day. The trick is to add a glass every |
| things to do for some people, but establishing a great | | | | few days or so, if you try to drink all that water in |
| routine is essential to great diabetes care. The types | | | | one go you won't be so inclined to drink 8 glasses |
| of snacks to be eating are unsalted nuts, dried | | | | again, trust me! Have a go, it's amazing how great |
| unsweetened fruit, fresh fruit, fresh veg (I love fresh | | | | you will feel.For further tips on living with diabetes, |
| red pepper and cucumber), dark chocolate (richer and | | | | visit Juvenile Diabetes blogspotThis article was |
| nicer and you only want 2 squares usually).2. Cut | | | | submitted by Alissa Carter, she is also owner of the |
| back on white flour, embrace wholemeal carbs. | | | | Prom dresses website. |
| This is the most essential part of your diet, and the | | | | |