Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents at a Glance; Recipes at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I Getting Started with Diabetes & Cooking; Chapter 1 Diabetes 101: Discovering the Basics; Examining the Types of Diabetes; Type 1 diabetes; Type 2 diabetes; Gestational diabetes; Investigating How Diabetes Is Diagnosed; Looking at Target Blood Glucose Levels; Understanding How High and Low Blood Glucose Can Make You Feel; High blood glucose; Low blood glucose

Controlling Your Blood Glucose through NutritionWatching your carbohydrate intake; Timing when you eat; Getting nutritional assistance: How a dietitian can help; Finding a registered dietitian; Exercise and Blood Glucose; Taking Oral Medications to Help Control Your Blood Glucose; Using Insulin to Help Control Your Blood Glucose; Looking at the types of insulin; Using insulin and nutrition together: A recipe for success; Carbohydrate counting; Chapter 2 You Are What You Eat; What Is a "Diabetic Diet"?; Exploring the Key Ingredients; Carbohydrates; Protein; Fat

Getting Enough Vitamins, Minerals, and WaterMunching on minerals; Vitality through vitamins; What about water?; Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide; Chapter 3 You Are How You Eat; Keeping Portions under Control; Timing Is Everything; Balancing Out a Meal's Ingredients; Eating Vegetarian; Sorting Out Snacks; Artificial sweeteners; Sugar alcohols; Alcohol; Healthy Eating at Home; Healthy Eating When You're Away from Home; Healthy eating in restaurants; Healthy eating at vending machines; Healthy eating at the convenience store; Healthy eating at friends' homes

Healthy eating at parties and celebrationsChapter 4 Staying Healthy through Nutrition; Weight‐Loss Strategies; Knowing if you're overweight; Reviewing the benefits from weight loss if you're overweight; Being skeptical about fad diets; Checking out healthy weight‐loss ­strategies; Modifying your behaviour; Considering volumetrics; Looking at ways your attempts at losing weight can be sabotaged; Diabetes and the Glycemic Index; Healthy Eating if You Have Gestational Diabetes; The Lowdown on High Blood Pressure and Nutrition; Helping Control Your Lipids with Nutrition

Nutrition Strategies if You Have Kidney FailurePart II Cooking and Meal-Planning Essentials; Chapter 5 Getting Equipped; Covering Basic Cooking Equipment; Pots, pans, and plates; Handy tools; Other useful equipment; Speaking the Cooking Lingo; Chapter 6 Successful Food Shopping; Saving Money on Staples; Buying fruits and vegetables; Moo-ving to the dairy section; Picking poultry; Seeking alternate sources of protein; Going fishing; Smart Shopping; Plan your week's menu ahead of time; Make a list; Estimate your food needs; Be a grocery-store guru; Buy in bulk; Peruse the perishables

Menu Planning