What Are Some Good Recipes and Snacks for Ppl With Diabetes?
Saturday, February 14th, 2009 at
12:48 am
?CuTesT BaBy DuE 8-30-09! =)? asked:
I only get diabetes while pregnant I don’t know what that’s called. Please help. Thanks in advance.
I only get diabetes while pregnant I don’t know what that’s called. Please help. Thanks in advance.
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It’s gestational diabetes..
You get gestational diabetes.
I’m the creator of DiabeticMommy.com, a site for women with all types of diabetes, but we reach out especially to women with gestational diabetes. Check out the forum!
When I was pregnant, I didn’t really seek out “diabetic” recipes. I still don’t. I counted carbs, made it so much easier. For meals I had 30 g of carbs (or two servings) and for snacks I had 15 grams (or one serving). Of course, the amount of carbs you can have will be tailored to you, and a dietitian should tell you how many you can have.
Anyway, when I did it that way I didn’t have to seek out special recipes, I could eat whatever, just had to keep an eye on the carbs.
And I also tried to have a serving of protein with each serving of carb.
So snacks could be a piece of bread with a protein (half a sandwich with lunchmeat, egg salad, grilled chicken, etc) and sandwich veggies or a salad with a serving of croutons and some chicken. I could also have tortilla wraps with some protein inside (a piece of chicken breast, cheese, slices of ham) with some greens or mustard and a pickle. Another favorite snack would be crackers and cheese.
As far as big meals I could have some bigger versions of those above, for instance a taco would be a serving of carb and protein. I could have two or I could fit in a little rice and beans…again you may be allowed a lot more carbs than I was.
Look at the nutrition info on labels and recipes. Some sites like give the nutrition label, plus they have diabetes recipes.
If you eat at restaurants or prepared foods, check out for carb counts.
Good luck!!