What is Type 2 Diabetes & How To Reduce Your Risk and Avoid It
Hooray for you! You’re curious to know more about type 2 diabetes and that’s great because the World Health Organization reports: “The number of people with diabetes has risen from …
Prediabetic Diet & Health Tips
The good news is, you’re prediabetic! While that still might be a hard pill to swallow, the fact is, a person can be prediabetic for up to 10 years before getting a type 2 diabetes diagnosis. …
Cucumber and Type 2 Diabetes
While traditional cucumbers are long and green, they can come in a variety of colors, including white and orange. They also come in various sizes and shapes, including more rounded or oval. …
Low Carb Weight Gain Diet For Diabetes
Marie says: “I love all your information and it is so helpful ……but I need to gain weight without carbs and I am having a hard time.” While weight loss is an aim that is most common for …
Pros and Cons of Diabetes Weight Loss Surgery
If you’ve struggled to lose weight, diabetes weight loss surgery may have crossed your mind, or even suggested by your doctor. Bariatric surgery is a relatively new weight loss treatment that …
9 Informative Carbohydrate and Diabetes Resources
As quoted from Diabetes UK: “All the carbohydrates you eat and drink are broken down into glucose. The type, and amount, you consume can make a difference to your blood glucose levels and diabetes …
Type 2 Diabetic 1500 Calorie Meal Plan (2 Day Sample)
When it comes to weight loss, or even just maintaining a healthy weight, 1500-1700 calories does seem to be the sweet spot for most. Of course, if you’re a very active person it could be more. …
Can Weight Loss Cure Type 2 Diabetes?
If you define cure as it’s most commonly understood: “a healing or remedy by which health is restored,” then in all accuracy, weight loss is not a “cure” for type 2 diabetes. That …
Setting Smart Goals for Your Diabetic Weight Loss Plan
Happy January!!! I hope the holidays have found you well. While I’m sure you may have eaten foods and portions outside the normal routine, I hope you’ve not gotten yourself too far in the hole in …
9 Low Carb Diabetic Diet Alternatives
What’s your favorite carb rich food? Potatoes? Rice? Pasta? Chips? No matter what it is, I guarantee there are alternative options you may not have discovered. Options that are far healthier and …
Type 2 Diabetic Medication List and Guide
While there are way too many type 2 diabetes medications to list in a single article, I will briefly describe some of the most common ones as well as their generic names and brand names in …
Understanding Prediabetes: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
What Is Prediabetes? Prediabetes is a condition where blood glucose levels are higher than normal, but not yet high enough to officially be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. And it all comes down to the …
19 Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Facts
This long list of type 2 diabetes treatment facts is here to help you get better results. According to the International Diabetes Federation, there were 415 million people with diabetes in 2015, which …
What Are Empty Carbs?
You may hear the term empty carbs or empty calories and the principles for both are the same: They are foods that provide very little nutritional value. They are “empty” in terms of what …
Top 5 Diabetic Low Carb Diet Mistakes
A diabetic low carb diet is one of the best ways to get results with blood sugar and A1C. But, when switching over you may be wondering if there is anything you might get wrong. And even if …
10 Easy Home Remedies to Stop Sugar Cravings
Nearly every single one of us comes up against the sugar cravings every now and again. For some of us, it’s on a daily basis. It’s made all the more difficult because everywhere you go sugar is …
4 Critical Drawbacks with Glycemic Index for Diabetes
Chances are, you’ve heard of Glycemic Index (GI) related to diabetes foods before. And while we often hear about how many calories, carbs, or fat a certain food item contains, few of us are familiar …
Type 2 Diabetes Prevention: How to Reduce Risk by 58-71% and Reverse Diabetes
I know what you’re thinking–this is a diabetes site and I already have diabetes so how can this info on type 2 diabetes prevention help me. Well listen up because it can. And it will be helpful …
Sodium and Diabetes
Have you ever been told you need to watch your sodium intake? Or lay off the salt shaker? Does it feel like just one more number to have to worry about? What about sea salt–is that …
7 Key Ways to Control Blood Sugar
How is your blood sugar control? More importantly, how is it compared to a year ago? Even slow progress in the right direction is a good sign. Have you set a realistic goal for your blood sugar? …
Is Oatmeal Good for Diabetics?
Whether we’re talking oats and oatmeal, cream of wheat, or grits, these classic breakfast items are marketed as a “heart healthy” options, but as a diabetic, are they a good choice? …
Diabetes Exercise: Walking
Welcome to Fitness Friday! Where we help provide exercise options and motivation to move more. This is a new thing we’ve added to the DMP blog because so many people kept asking about it. Your …
Type 2 Diabetes and Exercise
First things first. Exercise is something EVERYBODY should be doing! In the same way that a person shouldn’t only eat a healthy diet when they have diabetes, a person shouldn’t only exercise if …
Is a Low Carb Diet Healthy?
Here at Diabetes Meal Plans we encourage a lower carb diet because research shows it works for reducing blood sugar, A1C, weight and cholesterol. But, many of our readers who may either be new, or not …
7 Best Diabetic Foods Options
There’s loads of information hidden away in the archives on this site and we often get repeat questions about certain types of foods – pasta, bread, fruit, sweeteners and so forth. So …
Dealing with ‘sudden’ high blood sugar readings
Have you ever checked your blood sugar and found it to be 50 (2.8 mmol/l) or more points higher than you’d expected? Say it normally runs in the low 100s (5.6-7). Suddenly you see a reading of 215 …
Best Sugar Substitutes for Diabetes
Oh the sweet goodness of sugar…. Yes, our taste buds love it but our blood sugar and the belly fat doesn’t! Which is exactly why we’re going to chat about the best sugar substitutes …
Traveling with Diabetes: 7 Quick Easy Grocery Store Meals
When you’re traveling with diabetes it can be a challenge to stick to your healthy eating routine. But like Beth talked about in this article, there are many things you can do to make sure you’re …
Stress and Diabetes
I wonder how many people are old enough to remember the days of childhood when kids had the luxury of being “bored.” I reminisce of running through the neighborhood, climbing up hills, sitting with …
All About Diabetic Neuropathy
It’s that one thing no one likes to talk about when it comes to type 2 diabetes–complications. Most of us know of people who have had poorly controlled diabetes resulting in terrible …
Hypoglycemia 101
Hypoglycemia is a condition of lower than normal blood sugar (hypo=low, glycemia=blood glucose). If you have diabetes, you may be thinking, ‘Wait! Isn’t that what I want?” Not exactly. Think in terms …
I’m eating a low carb diabetic diet but I still feel hungry…
Reader question: I found that I am avoiding carbs as much as I can. Or I select small amounts hoping to balance my meals. I have keep my BS below 100 but still hungry. Where do I go from here?” …
Metformin 101: Blood sugar levels, weight, side effects
As a type 2 diabetic, you’ve probably heard of Metformin, or you might even be taking it yourself. Metformin (brand name “Glucophage” aka “glucose-eater”) is the most commonly prescribed …
Is brown sugar better than white sugar for T2 diabetics?
Reader question: “I stopped using white sugar and bought brown ones is it ok?” The short answer is: No. Brown sugar is not better than white sugar. Sugar is sugar, period! But I’m …
T2 Low Carb Diabetic Diet Case Study
I was recently gathering a collection of the latest research and came across a brilliant type 2 low carb diabetic case study that I wanted to share with you. I’m always on the lookout for low …
Reverse Type 2 Diabetes: Ignore the Common Dietary Guidelines!
Dr Sarah Hallberg is an obesity doctor who specializes in the diet we promote here at Diabetes Meal Plans – a low carb diet. Why? Because it works. I love how she first points out in the video …
Sugar, Fructose and Diabetes
Sugar, sugar, sugar!! It’s everywhere, we’re all addicted, and it really is a BIG topic of discussion – we could go on and on and on about sugar all day! But what we want to share …
T2 Diabetes Carb Counting Methods Explained
Carb counting may seem very confusing but it is actually very easy, using two simple methods. Two Ways To Count Carbs There are basically 2 ways to count carbs and they are both much easier than you …
Simple and Complex Carbohydrates 101
You’ve probably heard of simple and complex carbohydrates before, it’s something most of us are familiar with. You might have heard of complex carbs, that sugar is a carb, and …
6 Proven Ways Sugar Harms Your Body
Sugar is addictive! You probably know this is true from your own experience. And that sugar addiction is not imagined! Neuroscientist, Dr Eric Stice, has done several studies on the brain showing that …