Month: March 2018

Good Nuts, Bad Nuts

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Since I wrote the article about Good Fruit, Bad Fruit, some people have been asking me to do additional articles about other groups of foods, so I decided to pick nuts and seeds as my next category. Nuts and seeds are typically high in fiber and protein but, they are also high in carbohydrates, fat and calories,…

Learning Portion Control

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As one of the three main focuses in reversing my diabetes, learning portion control was probably one of the hardest things I had to learn. Before Diabetes I love food, I love to eat food, especially homemade comfort food. Each Sunday is my opportunity to cook dinner for the family. I really love and enjoy…

Walden Farms Salad Dressings

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If you are interested in this product, we suggest that you get it here … The promise is this “No Calories, No Fat, No Carbs, No Gluten, and No Sugar“ Upon seeing this for the first time, I thought to myself all of the ‘NO’ must mean that it has NO TASTE! Stumbling Along One Saturday…

Diabetic Food Options

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I was having a discussion with my wife the other day about what I feel is the lack of diabetic food options in comparison to other alternative food options like Gluten or Peanut allergy. By the Numbers I started looking into the numbers and I found that about 29.1 million people in the United States…

120 Day Reversal

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As I sat in my hospital bed on November 6, 2017 wondering how was I going to deal with finding out that I was a new Type 2 Diabetic, thinking about all that my father had gone through as a Type 2 Diabetic, and how this condition had affected numerous people within my family, I…

Cinnamon Rolls for Breakfast

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Seriously? I know this is a site for diabetics, so what is am I doing talking about cinnamon rolls for breakfast? Don’t cinnamon rolls have way too much sugar, and if you take out the sugar, the flavor disappears? Well, I don’t eat normal cinnamon rolls, or not at least like the really sugary with…

Good Fruit, Bad Fruit

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When I first became a diabetic, people would tell me to stay away from fruit, “It’s high in sugar and carbohydrates”. While this is true for some fruits, most fruits, eaten in correct quantities are great for diabetics. To help myself, and others to make better fruit choices, I have ranked the most common fruits…