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Eating healthy food is important for everyone. For people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, and obesity, nutrition plays an even greater role in managing day-to-day health.

For those with diabetes, food can be especially tricky – it can be hard to know how a particular food might affect your blood sugar. But, food can also be key to keeping you healthy and keeping your blood sugar levels in range.

Unfortunately, everyone’s body is different and there is no easy answer to the question of what to eat with diabetes. You’ll have to find a way of eating that is healthy for you and fits who you are and your lifestyle.

Here you’ll find all sorts of articles on healthy eating, including how food might affect glucose levels, recommendations and strategies, and delicious recipes.

A new bill would put limits on fast food calories, fat, and sugar in kids’ meals.
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New two-year study suggests red wine is beneficial for cholesterol levels.
Hello there from San Francisco! I wanted to weigh in, so to speak, on Adam Brown’s valuable column this month . His in-depth inquiry shows what a “low-carb” and “non-low...
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Another move from northern California to combat childhood obesity.
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Major organizations make it clear: diabetes education is critical!
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Why the FDA may change its definition of healthy, and how it could impact people with diabetes. Plus, what's coming to nutrition labels?
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Tripling my carbs --> 5 fewer hours in-range per day, 64% more insulin (!), & more lessons learned.
The First Lady’s ongoing initiatives to improve children’s nutrition, health, and wellbeing
Portion control, increasing the nutritional content of meals, and more
The bold new recommendation for children and their parents
Tax revenue will be invested in primary school sports in England.
Revolution Foods, Plum Organics, and Kurbo Health: resources to bring nutrition education and meals to children in need.
80 days, 5 lbs of weight loss, and my strongest blood glucose numbers ever?

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