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The Most Important Part of a Food Label (especially if you want to lose weight!)

Published on October 25, 2010 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

Today’s article is a continuation of recent one dealing with Food Labels. Don’t you just love questions and answers? There are many parts of a food label: serving size servings per container calories or kilojoules calories or kilojoules from fat total fat saturated fat trans fat cholesterol sodium total carbohydrate dietary Fiber protein What are [...]

How Much Carbohydrate in a Meal is Too Much?

Published on September 23, 2010 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

This is a question that is asked frequently by diabetics. The answer is: It depends. If you’re a diabetic that is only 5’1” tall, then 30 grams carbohydrate a meal can help you gain a little better blood sugar control in many cases. But if you’re 6’1” tall, then 45 to 60 grams per meal [...]

Does The Insulin Index Diet Really Work to Help Diabetics Lose Weight?

Published on March 9, 2010 By Beverleigh Piepers RN

Have you been looking at the Insulin Index Diet site, if so, you may have noticed several articles pointing out the hormone insulin does not just transport sugar, it also transports fat. In fact, insulin is about 300 times more efficient at taking free fatty acids out of your bloodstream than it is at taking [...]