From our family to yours…we wanted to wish everybody a Happy, Healthy and Safe Thanksgiving! This is the kickoff to the Holiday Season and as a person with Type 1 Diabetes, I am frequently asked how I handle eating during this time of year and still control my blood sugars. My approach is simple. First, I maintain my exercise program! Exercise is part of the blood sugar control program. Second, I never say or let it be said, that I cannot have a certain food. I do not forbid myself from eating anything. I do continue to watch portion sizes and keep track of the amount of carbohydrate that I have eaten. And, I check my blood sugars more often to help me identify how my body is reacting to the foods I’ve had. Checking blood sugars allows me to better dose my insulin and maintain control. Most importantly, I try to shift the focus from the foods to the people. To me Thanksgiving is about sharing memories about the past year and looking toward the future. Cherish the time with one another and enjoy the love, laughter and warmth the Holidays can bring.
It’s Your Health. It’s Your Life. Make That Change!
~ John
It’s almost the end of January which means it’s a good time to check and make sure you’re staying on track with the health and fitness resolutions that you had in mind on December 31st. How is your progress going? If you have not yet been successful, you are not alone!
Here is an easy egg & potato recipe to start your day. Eggs are an excellent & inexpensive source of high quality protein. Each has about 80 calories & 7 grams of protein. They are a great source of vitamins A & D, iron, the carotenoids, lutein & zeaxanthin (help to reduce risk age-related macular degeneration) & choline (helps improve brain function). The most common question that we get about eggs is, “But, don’t they raise cholesterol?”. To answer that, the most recent research has found that egg consumption is not associated with an increase in cholesterol levels. Actually, a diet lower in saturated fats is a more effective recommendation for the prevention & treatment of high cholesterol. Thus, it is more important to limit the high saturated fats foods that are commonly served with the egg (bacon, sausage) or cooked with the egg (butter) than the actual egg. Prepare your eggs without fat (boiled) or use non-stick spray or olive oil when cooking to help keep saturated fat intake low.
This Vegetarian Beer Chili is a perfect Meatless Monday recipe because it’s so easy & cooks in only 20 minutes. Add a beer for best flavor. Enjoy!
m added Caffeine! Not what I was expecting from an Orange Juice. OJ by itself provides you with enough calories in the form of carbohydrate to give you a tremendous amount of energy. Why add caffeine?
“100% Orange Juice”. While it is 100% juice, caffeine has still been added and I’ve never seen caffeine in OJ before. And, the last time I checked, caffeine was not a NATURAL ingredient in oranges. We normally buy the HomeMaker brand of orange juice because of the taste, the quality and the cost. However, when seeing their new offering, I was disappointed.
a child that drinks 12 ounces of OJ at time. What happens there? I was impressed to see that the company did add a warning box, highlighted in red, on the Nutrition Facts side of the box stating that children, pregnant or nursing women, and persons sensitive to caffeine should not drink it.
But my feelings are that they don’t need to confuse the public by mixing the caffeine added OJ in with the regular versions. One of suggestion was to add a statement indicating that caffeine has been added to the OJ. Maybe a bit more prominent by adding it to the sign on the front of the container, like I did in the photo.
you’ve been able to keep those resolutions! Many times we start to falter as we move deeper into January and February. We often have a tough time making and maintaining change. Why? It doesn’t have to be that way! Things change every day. We are just not always aware of the changes going on around us. The sun rises in the East and sets in the West day after day. What’s different about the rising and setting of the sun? The time is different. It never rises and sets at exactly the same each day! We just don’t perceive the difference until it hits us how dark it is at 4:30 pm on the Winter Solstice. The gradual change makes it more difficult to distinguish the changes. (Take heart, the sun shines a little longer each day now!)
ercise more. Specify what that means to you. How do you define eating healthier or exercising more?
