Diabetes Meals on the Run : Fast, Healthy Menus Using Convenience Foods

by Betty Wedman-St. Louis

Overview

From fast foods to frozen entrees to deli takeout to salad bars, there is an abundance of tasty, convenient meal options catering to our hurry-up lifestyles. But as a person with diabetes you must follow strict nutritional guidelines and things can be quite a bit more complicated. Written by a leading national diabetes educator, Diabetes Meals on the Run is the first-ever guide to adapting fast foods and convenience foods to a diabetes nutrition regimen.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780809297887
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	05/24/2002
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	1,152,153
Product dimensions:	(w) x (h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Betty Wedman-St. Louis, Ph.D., R.D., L.D., is a former president of the American Association of Diabetes Educators. She is the author of four other books on diabetes and nutrition and lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Table of Contents

	Preface	ix
	Acknowledgments	xi
	Introduction	1
Chapter 1	Diabetes Meal Planning Basics	5
Chapter 2	Food Safety	11
Chapter 3	Reading the Nutrition Label	15
Chapter 4	Menus for Quick Meals	23
Chapter 5	Recipes for Quick Meals	37
Chapter 6	Menus Featuring Prepared Foods	83
Chapter 7	Prepared-Food Comparisons	99
	Cereals	100
	Frozen Breakfast Items	102
	Fruit Juice and Drinks	104
	Salads	106
	Salad Dressings	107
	Complete Prepared Meals	109
	Main-Dish Kits	113
	Frozen Seafood Items	115
	Macaroni and Cheese	118
	Skillet Meals	119
	Pizza	120
	Cheese	122
	Vegetarian Meal Choices	123
	Meal Accompaniments	128
	Pasta Sauces	130
	Seasoned Coating Mixes for Main Dishes	132
	Baking Mixes	133
	Cookies	135
	Sweets and Treats	137
	Snack Bars	140
Chapter 8	Caution: Restaurant Meals	143
Chapter 9	Deli and Sub Meals	149
Chapter 10	Fast-Food Comparisons	153
	Arby's	154
	Boston Market	155
	Burger King	156
	Dairy Queen	157
	Domino's	158
	Hardee's	159
	Kentucky Fried Chicken	160
	Long John Silver's	160
	McDonald's	161
	Pizza Hut	162
	Subway	163
	Taco Bell	164
	Wendy's	165
	Appendix	167
	Food Label Terms	167
	Exchange List for Meal Planning	168
	Starch List	169
	Fruit List	171
	Milk List	173
	Other Carbohydrates	174
	Meat and Meat Substitutes List	176
	Fat List	178
	Glossary	181
	References	187
	Index	191