Smart Snacking for Living With Diabetes(diet by limiting excess sugar intake sa...),Health

Date:10/29/2009

diet by limiting excess sugar intake," said Cecil. The Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom line, for example, offers treats like the Black Raspberry Bar and Krunch Lite Bar made with no sugar added reduced fat ice cream. Choosing a Sweet Freedom snack or a no sugar added reduced fat ice cream like Blue Bunny No Sugar Added Reduced Fat Banana Split Ice Cream will help keep calories and carbohydrates low, which is essential to preventing and living healthfully with diabetes.

The American Diabetes Association offers these tips on ways to incorporate treats into a healthy diet for those living with and prone to diabetes:

• Limit portion size and frequency - You don't have to cut out the foods you love to eat, just cut down portion size and treat yourself to these foods on special occasions.
• Plan ahead - People living with diabetes can include desserts in their meal plans, just plan ahead and make other meal adjustments to compensate for the dessert, like cutting back on other foods with carbohydrates at the same meal. For many people, about 45 to 60 grams of carbohydrates at meals is a good target.(1) The key to keeping your blood glucose levels on target is to substitute small portions of sweets for other carb-containing foods in your meals and snacks.
• Read the label - Foods labeled as sugar-free, no sugar added and reduced sugar may still contain carbohydrates. Sugar is only one type of carbohydrate that affects blood glucose levels, so when reading the nutrition facts on a product, read the total carbohydrate content in addition to the sugar content and serving size. Keep in mind that the total carbohydrate includes both added sugars and naturally occurring sugars, as well as starch and fiber.
  

(1) American Diabetes Association

CONTACT: Kaylan Viveros, +1-816-842-1500, kviveros@barkleyus.com,
'/>"/>

SOURCE Wells' Dairy, Inc. Copyright©2009 PR Newswire. All rights reserved

0 GOOD

Page: 1 2 3
Related medicine news :

1. Music makes you smarter
2. Zargis Cleared as Apple iPhone Developer; Medical Applications for Smartphones Planned
3. Smart for Life(TM) Cookie Diet Provides Nutrients
4. Smart Balance to Host Webcast/Conference Call on 2009 Third-Quarter Results
5. Smart for Life(TM) Center Opens in Ottawa
6. SmartOps and Wyeth Consumer to Present at SAP(R) World Tour 2009
7. California Walnuts Popular Smart Menus Program Getting Smarter
8. Smart For Life(TM) Makes Debut on BJs.com
9. VisionSync Launches a Smart iPhone First Aid App, iMobile Care
10. MSN Introduces Online Tools to Help People Make Smarter Health and Lifestyle Decisions
11. HHS Prevention and Wellness Initiative, Including Tobacco Control, Is Smart Investment in Americas Health