Diabetic Recipe Index
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Food Tips of the Week
Dieting made easy
One useful tip is to drink plenty of water. From time to time at some stage in a hectic morning, you guess that you want a snack but in fact you might just need a refreshing glass of water or orange squash. The feelings of needing food and needing a drink are quite similar, but one of the two can lead to a broken diet and the other is ok.
Some low carbohydrate diet pointers:
* Use soya flour or baking mix.
When you require flour for baking, substitute it with soya flour or a soya baking mix such as Atkins baking mix. In most cases, you can change your favorite recipes that use standard wheat flour to use these low carb alternatives.
* Fiber is essential
Cutting the carbohydrates in your meals usually leads to reduction in fiber as well. Look out for reduced carbohydrate recipes that are fiber-rich balance the equation.
Flavonoid foods
(inlcudes citrus fruits, brussels sprouts, scarlet runner bean and cayenne)
The flavonoids found in these natural foods are thought by nutritionalists to have properties in fighting cancer.
Nutritionalists researching the medical effects of flavonoids think they also have many other benefits to our health, amongst them, antiviral and antioxidant powers.
Most also have a low calorie count, so should be a part of every weight loss program.
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