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 | Can you believe it, it's almost back to school time for kids, adults, and the parents who care for them. Here is some information that you may find helpful. Included are lunch and breakfast ideas as well as a diabetes checklist for keeping children safe at school. | |
5 Great Diabetic Brown-Bag Lunch Ideas
Whether you're headed back to school or brown-bagging it at work, these diabetic lunch ideas will have you anticipating your lunch break all morning! Packing a lunch rather than buying gives you a little extra planning time to pick foods that will be compliant with your meal plan. Changing up your lunch on a daily basis, also helps you stick to your plan by preventing boredom.
| Lunchbox Ideas
School cafeterias are usually filled with nutritional landmines. Traditional school lunches often contain starchy, higher calorie foods, such as nachos with chili and cheese sauce, pizza or chicken nuggets. Many items may have trans fats or corn syrup sweeteners in them. Plus, the a la carte selections are often chips, packaged cookies and other processed snacks. It's better to bring a lunch from home rather than rely on the cafeteria selections at school.
| What to Eat for Breakfast When You Have Diabetes
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Sometimes it's also the hardest meal to put together, especially if you work. Add diabetes to the mix, and figuring out what to eat can be downright impossible.
| Back to School Diabetes Checklist
Nutrition is very important in managing diabetes. Not only what you eat, but how much you eat and when you eat influences your blood sugar. Meals should be at regular times with planned snacks. They should be low fat, high fiber foods with a limited amount of simple carbohydrates. Here are meal plans, recipes and advice on managing nutrition.
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