American Dietetic Association guide to eating right when you have diabetes

A handy, authoritative guide on eating well and staying healthy with diabetes From the American Dietetic Association comes this definitive guide on choosing foods to control blood sugars and an active, healthy lifestyle.

Full of easy-access boxes and lists, it provides the must-know basics of diabetes care, from designing a food plan and using blood glucose records to losing weight and carbohydrate counting.

Special features include a week of detailed sample menu plans for 1,200, 1,500, 1,800, 2,000, and 2,500 daily calorie plans; quick and easy meal ideas; tips to reduce sugar and fat in foods; ratings for high, low, and moderate glycemic index foods; a fast-food restaurant guide for eating healthy; food lists; an ethnic food guide; and a special section on preventing Type 2 diabetes.

The American Dietetic Association is the largest group of food and nutrition professionals in the world.

Maggie Powers, MS, RD, CDE (St. Paul, MN), is a registered dietitian and diabetes educator.

Her most recent book is Forbidden Foods Diabetic Cooking.