Brian Wansink loaned me the title for this article. I borrowed it from his forthcoming book, Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More That We Think. [Read more →]

To live a good life with diabetes has to mean first that we control our blood glucose. But it also means enjoying the good things in life. [Read more →]

Community Supported Agriculture or CSA connects us to a local source of our food in season. While this makes sense for everyone, it is even more important for people with diabetes. [Read more →]

Unless we know where we are going, we aren’t likely to get where we want to go. This is as true for testing our blood glucose as it is for driving, walking, or anything else in life. [Read more →]

Lately I have been eating a lot of beans. They are an almost perfect food for people with diabetes, because they have a lot of protein and so little effect on our blood glucose level.

But beans aren’t perfect because the protein they have is incomplete. They lack some essential amino acids. [Read more →]

I don’t know why I never thought of it before. But in the last couple of weeks I have been eating bowlfuls of a great barley cereal that is perfect for people with diabetes. It is really easy to make, tastes great, and is certainly healthy. [Read more →]