By Megrette Fletcher M.Ed, RD, CDCES Co-Author of Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat with Diabetes It had been about a year since I last saw Richard. He came into our session as would any friend I hadn’t seen in a while. Light chatter filled the air as I gathered the necessary information …
By Megrette Fletcher M.Ed, RD, CDCES and Michelle May, M.D. Authors of Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat with Diabetes In this third post in our series about butter vs. margarine, we’re going to take a look at your choices to answer the question, “What do I have?” First, let’s put this into …
By Megrette Fletcher M.Ed, RD, CDCES and Michelle May, M.D. Authors of Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat with Diabetes In our last post, “Is Butter Bad? Is Margarine Better? “, we introduced three important questions to ask when deciding what to eat: What do I want? What do I need? What do …
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By Megrette Fletcher M.Ed, RD, CDCES and Michelle May, M.D. Authors of Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat with Diabetes “Should I eat margarine instead of butter-even if I don’t like it?” “Is butter bad?” “I’m confused by all of the choices when I shop for butter or margarine. Which one is better?” …
Okay, so maybe you already know that your diet could use some help. The reason your diet is a bit lackluster is often complex. However, the following are the three most common explanations that clients share with me. Lack of awareness. You may not really know what to eat, or maybe you simply forget to …
By Megrette Fletcher, M.Ed., RD, CDCES I got an email today from Will, my 52-year-old patient who started on insulin last week. One evening he made a note that he “ate really bad stuff.” This was followed by a comment on the morning blood glucose reading: “Remember… I ate really bad stuff last night.” I cannot …
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By Megrette Fletcher M.Ed., RD., CDCES Have you ever wondered if you could enjoy eating healthy foods? So many of my clients tell me, “Oh, I don’t like that!” and when I try to learn why by asking, “What don’t you like about this food?” they often get a puzzled look on their face. “The …
By Megrette Fletcher, M.Ed., RD, CDCES Mindful eating can simplistically be explained as fostering both attention and intention. Don’t be surprised to discover that your intentions are dynamic and shift during the change process. This makes identifying them far more complex than you might initially realize. One minute they are clear, the next minute clouded …
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By Megrette Fletcher, M.Ed., R.D., CDCES Next in our series of posts about how eating affects your blood sugar…fiber. Fiber is indigestible complex carbohydrate, meaning that your body can’t break down the chemical links between the glucose molecules. Therefore, fiber helps fill you up and increases satiety but doesn’t raise your blood sugar or provide energy in …
If you have diabetes, you’ve probably wondered, “How do carbs affect my blood sugars?” Carbohydrates raise blood sugars–but they help stabilize them too…
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