I may be the last would-be weight watcher in the country to discover the South Beach Diet. The cover of the book by Dr. Arthur Agatston, MD, brags that it’s a New York Times bestseller, and it even sports a pop-out button stating “lose belly fat first.” Definitely not my usual thing.
But my hubby read the book last year and hasn’t stopped talking about it since. “It’s the only diet that’s sensible, that teaches…
I met Hope Warshaw a couple of years ago at the annual ADA conference, when I interviewed her on eating with diabetes. She’s smart, down-to-earth, and witty. Just the kind of expert you wish you could take home with you!
A Guest Post by Hope Warshaw, registered dietitian, CDE, and famous food author
As you put carbohydrate counting into everyday practice do you go from one wild ass guess to the next? That’s understandable! At…
I get loads of cookbooks sent to me to review. Luckily, I love to cook. But honestly, who the heck has time to make a fancy meal from scratch more than once or twice a week? I’m pretty good at the slap-dash — you know, throwing things together from Trader Joe’s and elsewhere that make a decent meal.
For months, I’ve been guiltily surveying the piles of diabetic cookbooks in my office, however, feeling compelled…
Clearly, many of you are not into detailed logging of your diabetes records. Honestly, I’m not that diligent with the logging either. But I do love to have a close look at all the newest tools on the market for managing diabetes. Anything that can help with carb-counting is of particular interest, because I’m so imperfect at that. So I was quite intrigued when I stumbled on HealthSimple, a set of clear and simple products…
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See that apple? That’s 38.42 carbs. Exactly. I know, ’cause I’ve got my own Weigh Station nowadays. Bully for me! I can eat fruit again
So the honest truth is, despite suggesting the tactic to others who are newly diagnosed, I personally bypassed the initial food-weighing phase altogether. The idea, of course, is to weigh and measure your food carefully for a while, until you get very familiar with what’s what. Then you can move…