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Living with diabetes can take the pleasure out of eating due to dietary restrictions. But diabetes-friendly food does not have to be bland.
Anyone who is living with diabetes, or knows someone who is, understands the frustration of trying to find meals that both taste good, and comply with the dietary restrictions that diabetes places on people.
Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases. People suffering from diabetes have high blood sugar either because their pancreas is not producing enough insulin, or because their cells are not responding to the insulin that is produced. People with diabetes have to follow a strict diet in order to keep their disease under control, and keep themselves healthy. They have to eat foods that do not produce spikes in blood sugar, in order to keep their blood sugar and insulin levels stable. These restrictions make eating prepared food hard for people with the disease. Common foods like pizza, burgers, French fries, commercial baked goods, frozen dinners, deli meat and smoothies are all off limits for diabetics.
However, cooking meals at home is also an unpleasant task. There are very few diabetic-friendly recipes out there that actually taste good, and eating meal after meal of cardboard-tasting flavorless food is tiring. As recipes cut down on sodium and sugars for the health reasons, flavor is also sacrificed. As diabetics struggle to find options they can eat at every meal, food becomes no longer enjoyable. Doctors and dieticians put so much focus on telling diabetics what they can’t eat, that what they can eat is ignored.
However, there are diabetic cookbooks out there that provide delicious, mouth watering meals, that are diabetic-friendly, and don’t require slaving in the kitchen for hours. For those who have suffered with the disease for a long time and have given up hope on eating good tasting food again, these cookbooks can be life changing.
One of the best diabetic cookbooks on the market today is The Ultimate Diabetic Cookbook.The cookbook contains more than 250 recipes for all courses. It also has tips on how to transform your favorite recipes pre-diabetes without sacrificing the flavor, and staple groceries to keep around that will allow you to make a delicious meal at a moment’s notice, even when you don’t have time to run to the grocery store. The cookbook even has an extensive dessert section, with recipes for delicious chocolate soufflés, and almond apricot biscotti. The book also has recipes for diabetic friendly alcoholic drinks like mojitos.
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