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Diabetes Meal Planning: Easy as 1, 2, 3!
Diabetes Support Group Meeting Highlights
March 16, 2010
On Tuesday, March 16, 2010, JoEllen Neefe, RD, CD spoke to the Diabetes Support Group on diabetes meal planning. JoEllen discussed the many benefits of meal planning including: improving blood sugar, blood pressure, blood cholesterol, and weight management. She discussed three steps to diabetes meal planning.
Step 1: Know your meal plan.
- A general carbohydrate range for most people with diabetes can vary from 45-75 grams/meal and 15-30 grams/snack.
- Your diabetes educator or registered dietitian can help you determine how many grams of carbohydrate you need for meals and snacks.
Step 2: Know your carbohydrates.
- Most of the carbohydrates we consume come from grains, fruits, starchy vegetables, milk and yogurt, and "others".
- The amount of carbohydrates that you need in a day are based on:
- Weight
- Activity level
- What, when, and how much you eat
- What and how much diabetes medicines you take
- Your blood sugar control
- Your blood cholesterol control
Step 3: Use carbohydrate counting in meal planning.
- We reviewed the foods that contain carbohydrates and we discussed portion sizes. The group practiced carbohydrate counting using food labels and we created a sample meal plan.
To learn more about diabetes meal planning you can set up an appointment with JoEllen Neefe, RD, CD at Prairie Clinic. Our next diabetes support group meeting will be April 20, 2010 and the topic will be Kidney Care. For more information, please call Rita at 644-2458.
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