Articles for tag: Diabetic Desserts, Holiday Desserts, Recipes for Diabetics, Shortbread Cookies

8 Simple Holiday Desserts for Diabetics

Living with diabetes can make it difficult to enjoy most holiday foods and gourmet treats. High sugar items can wreak havoc on a diabetic’s blood sugar levels, and since diabetics need to be especially careful with the sugar and carbohydrate content of each meal, many miss out on the best part of the meal-dessert! If ...

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Vegetarian Diabetic Recipes

Type 2 diabetes tops the health risk charts in consumer nations. With obesity and sedentary lifestyle rates skyrocketing, is there hope for Type 2 diabetes? Yes — a vegetarian diet. Here are recipes for vegetarian diabetics. Although these recipes are vegetarian, fish recipes are included. Many vegetarians include fish in their diet. Fish contains large ...

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Using Stevia with Diabetes

Aspartame, the sweetener found in such items as Crystal Light, and sucralose, better known as the popular sweetener Splenda, are household names, thanks to the burgeoning interest in low-carb, low-calorie sweeteners. However both these sweeteners and others also contain a number of chemicals and artificial ingredients that can be ultimately harmful. That is why more ...

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Easy Diabetic Desserts for the Holidays

If you are a diabetic, you have to watch your diet and avoid most desserts. Your favorite desserts are usually loaded with sugar and bad fats. But this holiday season, if you or one of your guests has diabetes, you and all your guests can still enjoy delicious desserts, from baked apples to gourmet tortes. ...

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A Diabetic Gift Basket: Diabetes-Safe Items and Treats

Do you have a sick diabetic friend in the hospital and you want to bring them a get-well basket, but you’re unsure of what to put into the get-well gift basket that is safe for diabetics to have? Well, you have come to the right place. I will teach you how to put together the ...

7 Great Holiday Cookie Choices for Diabetics

If you’re in charge of baking up a storm with holiday cookies, you’ll need to customize a few recipes for the diabetics on your guest list. Diabetics often forego dessert completely over the holiday season since they need to watch their sugar and carbohydrate intake; since most holiday desserts and cookies are laden with sugar ...