Diabetes Issues
People with Diabetes Can't Have Sugar - Just One of 16 Myths
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Jan 8, 2008 - 11:51:05 AM

(Alexandria, Virginia). For millions of people who avoid cookies, ice cream, and even grandma’s special pie because they have diabetes, there is no reason to do so any longer. “I can’t have any foods with sugar” is just one of the myths people with diabetes and their families hear every day. It has been proven that a healthy diet which also allows for an occasional treat is considered the best way to keep diabetes under control and NOTHING IS FORBIDDEN! To give people the facts about eating well with diabetes, the American Diabetes Association has published 16 Myths of a Diabetic Diet, 2nd Edition by Karen Hanson Chalmers, MS, RD, LDN, CDE and Amy Peterson Campbell, MS, RD, LDN, CDE.

16 Myths of a Diabetic Diet, 2nd Edition discusses the most common misconceptions about eating with diabetes such as:

-People with diabetes can only eat special foods from the “diabetic” section of the supermarket.

-People with diabetes should avoid potatoes, pasta, rice and bread because starchy foods raise blood glucose and cause weight gain.

-People with diabetes have to eat differently from everyone else and follow a “Diabetic Diet.”

-People with diabetes need to lose a lot of weight to control their blood sugar.

-People with diabetes shouldn’t eat out at restaurants.

Absolutely none of this is true, but people with diabetes hear this kind of advice all of the time from friends, family and sometimes even the medical community!

Each chapter provides short case studies to give an example of a commonly asked question. This is followed by a description of the “old methods” of thinking about diabetes control. The book then goes into great details about today’s thinking in keeping diabetes under control.

In a comprehensive yet easy-to-read format, 16 Myths of a Diabetic Diet, 2nd Edition shows people:

The real “diabetic diet” is just healthy.
It’s okay to have sugar--and dessert on occasion.
Counting carbohydrates and using the glycemic index is a way to manage diabetes.

Reading nutrition labels properly is a way to find the truth about what people eat.
Losing weight isn’t always necessary to stay healthy with diabetes.

Eating out, snacking between meals and having an occasional treat is not forbidden.

And much more!

As a result 16 Myths of a Diabetic Diet, 2nd Edition teaches people how to forget the old ways of thinking about diabetes and look at realistic ways to keep diabetes under control. Learn the truth about eating right with diabetes.

In the United States, 20.8 million people—7 percent of the population—have diabetes. While an estimated 14.6 million people have been diagnosed, unfortunately, 6.2 million people are unaware that they have the disease. Founded in 1940, the American Diabetes Association is the nation’s leading voluntary health organization supporting diabetes research information and advocacy. Its mission is to prevent and cure diabetes and improve the lives of people with diabetes.

16 Myths of a Diabetic Diet, 2nd Edition (ISBN #978-1-58040-287-3, $14.95, 256 pages) is available nationwide at http:store.diabetes.org, at bookstores and by calling

1-800-ADA-ORDER (1-800-232-6733). This comprehensive book gives people a realistic and reasonable way to follow a healthy diet and keep diabetes under control according to today’s guidelines while dismissing the myths of the past.

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