January, 19, 2004

Diabetic Cooking

Diabetes is a serious disease affecting 16 million people in this country, and you may be at risk if you are Hispanic, overweight, or do not exercise regularly. Hispanics are nearly twice as likely as non-Hispanic whites to develop this disease. The following Web sites provide recipes for those with diabetes. Several of the sites also have low-fat, low carbohydrate and ethnic recipes.

Diabetic Cooking
This Web site was developed by the publishers of Diabetic Cooking magazine. There is a recipe section that is arranged by: food category (appetizers, main dishes, soups), ethnic categories (Mexican, Chinese, Asian), main ingredient (apples, grains, pasta, pork) and recipe classification (casseroles, no bake, grilled, microwave). http://www.diabeticcooking.com/

RecipeSource
RecipeSource is the new home of SOAR: The Searchable Online Archive of Recipes. The diabetic recipes (740+) are found in the Restricted & Special Diets section, and are arranged by title. Other categories in the Restricted & Special Diets section are: baby food recipes, gluten free recipes and vegetarian recipes. The source for each recipe is provided; many are from published diabetic cookbooks. http://www.recipesource.com/special-diets/diabetic/

Diabetic Gourmet Magazine
This Web site contains a large diabetic recipe archive; the recipes include calorie count, exchanges, and information on carbohydrates, fat, sodium, cholesterol and protein. Other sections include: Diabetic Q & A, Healthy Living, Book Reviews, Tools and Calculators, Message Boards and more. On the Recipe Archive page, sign up for a Daily Diabetic Recipe, Diabetic Newsletter, or the Diabetic News. http://diabeticgourmet.com/

Diabetic-Lifestyle
The Web site is labeled as the Diabetic-Lifestyle Online Magazine, and is published by the authors (Frances Towner Giedt and Bonnie Sanders Polin, Ph.D.) of several award-winning diabetic cookbooks. Both authors have been diagnosed with diabetes. The Web site contains a recipe archive, as well as the following sections: health updates, what's hot, travel, just for kids, burning calories, cooking tips, entertaining and what's for dinner. http://www.diabetic-lifestyle.com/

Equal
This Web site contains over 150 recipes made using Equal sweetener products. Nutrition information includes: calories, carbohydrates, protein, fat, cholesterol and sodium. The pumpkin cheesecake (with ginger snap crust) recipe is a 38% calorie reduction from the traditional recipe. http://www.equal.com/

Note: There are other sugar substitute products that have recipe sections on their Web sites: Sweet'N Low (http://www.sweetnlow.com/recipes/) and SweetOne (http://www.sweetone.com/).

Fit and Fabulous
This Web site contains over 199 recipes in the diabetic recipe section. There are also a number of low-fat and low-carbohydrate recipes. Other sections include: cooking school, cookbooks, vegetarian, celebrity chefs, holidays and tips. http://www.fabulousfoods.com/fitfab/fitfab.html

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