Eating is essential to life, but we eat for many reasons: out of hunger or habit, for pleasure, even as a way of dealing with emotions. A diagnosis of diabetes can make the simple act of eating seem overwhelmingly complicated. With education and experimentation, however, you can turn eating into a powerful diabetes management tool.
As you'll find out in this article, you can eat anything. But you have to set limits, especially when it comes to carbohydrates. The following sections will provide vital information on how to create -- and stick to -- a diabetic diet. You'll see that a traditional diabetic diet really isn't much different than a traditional weight-loss diet. You'll find out how foods affect blood glucose. You'll discover the effects of alcohol and sweeteners on a diabetic diet. You'll see that managing carbohydrates is essential to maintaining healthy glucose levels. And you'll learn how to read the messages your body is sending you.
We'll start in the next section by defining the word "diet" as it relates to people who have diabetes.
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