By
AmyT on
April 19, 2012
After the whole Paula Deen controversy earlier this year, we were interested in seeing what her “Diabetes In a New Light” cooking campaign was going to be all about. That chance arose recently when Indiana-based fellow D-blogger and journalist Mike Hoskins took a bus ride to Chicago, where one of Paula’s sons was doing a cooking demonstration showing their new “diabetes friendly” Southern recipes. Mike had the chance to not only watch the demo and…
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During March, for National Nutrition Month, I posted a review of gluten-free protein bars, which caught the attention of fellow writer and D-advocate Jessica Apple, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the diabetes magazine ASweetLife. She felt all the nutrition bars were packed with “way too much carb” and was surprised by my emphasis on their fat content. Why? Because many people associate fat in food with weight gain. But this is a fallacy, she says, especially…
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Sometimes it feels like there’s a new revolutionary diet or list of superfoods being “discovered” every other day, especially during Spring, when everyone is getting ready for swimsuit season! Weight issues plague both people with type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes, but some of these diets can be tricky to understand. When you have diabetes and are trying to balance blood sugars, it can be difficult to know whether any given diet is a…
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By
WilD on
March 26, 2012
Continuing with our food theme for National Nutrition Month, here’s another eye-opener for you…
By D’Mine Columnist / Correspondent Wil Dubois
If it’s organic it must be more nutritious, right?
Probably not. And even if it is, what you have in your shopping cart isn’t as organic as you think it is.
Well, even if it’s not nutritious, it’s still worth paying more money to avoid chemicals, right?
Ummm… probably not. More on that in…
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By
WilD on
March 24, 2012
Welcome back to our weekly advice column, Ask D’Mine, with your host, veteran type 1 and diabetes community educator Wil Dubois. In honor of National Food Month (OK, technically, it’s National Nutrition Month), today we’re tackling a couple ’a food kinda questions. Sorta. Well, if you consider soda and candy to be foods that is…
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Marco from New Mexico, type 1, writes: I’ve noticed recently…
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