{"id":22871,"date":"2015-08-27T08:40:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T13:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ou.org\/life\/?p=22871"},"modified":"2015-08-27T08:40:52","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T13:40:52","slug":"linda_gassenheimer_diabetes_myths_realities_and_beef_skillet_supper_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/health\/physical-health\/linda_gassenheimer_diabetes_myths_realities_and_beef_skillet_supper_\/","title":{"rendered":"Diabetes Myths, Realities and a Beef Skillet Supper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to Linda&#8217;s <b><a title=\"Food Talk\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ouradio.org\/ouradio\/channel\/C1544\/\">Food Talk<\/a><\/b> show on OURadio.org!<\/p>\n<p>So many of us are touched by diabetes \u2013 either through friends, families or ourselves. Wherever I go to promote my latest book <i>Mix \u2018n\u2019 Match Meals in Minutes for People with Diabetes<\/i>, I hear my father has diabetes or my sister or I\u2019ve just become pre-diabetic. When I saw these latest statistics from the American Diabetes Association (ADA), I can understand why so many respond this way. Over 70 million adults and children have diabetes or are pre-diabetic.<\/p>\n<p>Another point the ADA make is that people with diabetes have the same nutritional needs as everyone else.<\/p>\n<p>There is much confusion about what to eat. Here are some tips:<\/p>\n<p>IS IT TRUE THAT PEOPLE WITH DIABETES CAN&#8217;T EAT CHOCOLATE OR SWEETS?<\/p>\n<p>Eaten in small amounts as part of a healthy meal and exercise plan, you can have chocolate. Dark chocolate has some beneficial attributes. Sweets containing mostly sugar have little value.<\/p>\n<p>FRUIT IS HEALTHY. CAN I EAT AS MUCH AS I WANT?<\/p>\n<p>Fruit contains fiber, vitamins and minerals and should be included in your meal plan. Fruit also contains carbohydrates, so moderation is important.<\/p>\n<p>ARE SNACKS LOW IN FAT SUCH AS AIR-POPPED POPCORN OK?<\/p>\n<p>Low-fat foods still have calories. Calories count. Keep the portion sizes small.<\/p>\n<p>CAN I DRINK ALCOHOL?<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s best to minimize alcohol consumption, the ADA recommends a limit of 1 drink a day for women and 2 drinks for men. A drink is a 5-ounce glass of wine, 12-ounce glass of light beer, or 1-1\/2 ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits.<\/p>\n<p>Some general eating tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eat lots of non-starchy vegetables such as broccoli, spinach, green beans<\/li>\n<li>Choose whole grain foods, such as brown rice and whole wheat pasta, instead of processed grains<\/li>\n<li>Eat fish 2 to 3 times a week<\/li>\n<li>Eat lean meats. Remove skin from chicken and turkey<\/li>\n<li>Drink water or calorie-free drinks instead of regular soda, fruit punch and other sugar-sweetened drinks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So what\u2019s for dinner? This is a one-pot meal based on ingredients you can pick up in the supermarket and assemble at home in just minutes. It follows the newest guidelines from the American Diabetes Association<\/p>\n<p><i><b>Linda Gassenheimer<\/b> is the author of fourteen cookbooks including her newest, <\/i>Prevention\u2019s Fit and Fast Meals in Minutes<i> and <\/i>Mix \u2018n Match Meals in Minutes for People with Diabetes<i>. Email Linda at dinnerinminutes@ou.org. You can visit Linda on her web page at www.DinnerInMinutes.com.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to Linda&#8217;s Food Talk show on OURadio.org! So many of us are touched by diabetes \u2013 either through friends, families or ourselves. Wherever I go to promote my latest book Mix \u2018n\u2019 Match Meals in Minutes for People with Diabetes, I hear my father has diabetes or my sister or I\u2019ve just become pre-diabetic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":545,"featured_media":45215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cooking","category-physical-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Diabetes Myths, Realities and a Beef Skillet Supper<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Eating tips for diabetics plus answers to commonly asked questions such as chocolate and alcohol from Linda Gassenheimer\" \/>\n<meta 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