Cookbook Review: “Latin Comfort Foods Made Healthy” by Ingrid Hoffman

I can’t speak for other parts of the country, but here in California — especially Sothern California — Mexican food, and to some degree other Latin culture foods

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Book Review: “Diabetes Meal Planning Made Easy” by Hope Warshaw

More than a third of American adults have prediabetes (I’ve been flirting with it off and on for over a year now) and more than 20 million Americans

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Cookbook Review: “Diabetes Superfoods Cookbook and Meal Planner” by Cassandra Verdi and Stephanie Dunbar

The growing trend of “superfoods” touches every area of cuisine — including diabetes management. A superfood is a food assumed to confer health benefits resulting from an exceptional

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Book Review: “The Paleo Diabetes Diet Solution” by Jill Hillhouse

I have a friend with diabetes who swears by the Paleo diet in managing her blood sugar and losing weight. And, given its emphasis on avoiding processed food

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How to Get Started on the Mediterranean Diet

By now you’ve probably heard a lot about the Mediterranean Diet. This eating pattern was named the best overall diet of 2019 and has been linked to preventing

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Orange, Asparagus, and Avocado Salad

This Spanish salad recipe, provided by Amy Riolo comes from The Mediterranean Diabetes Cookbook, 2nd Edition: A Flavorful, Heart-Healthy Approach to Cooking, is both gluten-free and vegan. Serves:

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Cookbook Review: “Mr. Food Test Kitchen Guilt-Free Comfort Favorites” by Multiple Authors

Comfort foods bring to mind happy memories filled with flavor and contentment. Alas, so many comfort foods are comfort foods because of the high salt, fat, or carb

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Cookbook Review: The All-Natural Diabetes Cookbook

The All-Natural Diabetes Cookbook: The Whole Food Approach to Great Taste and Healthy Eating by Jackie Newgent R.D. is a collection of plant-based, nutritiously well-rounded, simple-to-fix recipes. Now

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Cookbook Review: The Italian Diabetes Cookbook

With all the pasta that Italian cuisine is famous for, you’d think it would be the last type of cuisine recommended for folks with diabetes. But, according to

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Cookbook Review: What Do I Eat Now?

If you’ve been recently diagnosed with diabetes, you may be confused about what you can or cannot eat. The American Diabetes Association and authors Tami A. Ross, RDN,

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