If you’ve ever had a tummy infection, you’ve probably heard of the BRAT diet. It is a bland diet recommended for recovering from a stomach/gastrointestinal infection. It gives the gut a chance to rest and reduces the amount of stool produced. What is the BRAT diet? BRAT is an acronym for: B -Bananas R -Rice A -Applesauce T -Toast Why is it recommended? The BRAT diet helps with recovery from…
I love the fast food diet–more so because I have diabetes–and I am about to tell you why you should switch to it, too, and right away! The word diet always conjures up visions of banned foods—as if you can’t eat the foods you enjoy. Diet seems synonymous with starvation. The problem with most diets is, they do have restrictions of what you can eat and cannot eat. To me,…
In spite of diabetes being a common condition among a significant part of the population, there are several misconceptions about what you can eat with diabetes. And as always, there are more diabetes diet myths than we can count! Let’s bust 10 diabetes diet myths right away! 1. Consuming too much sugar causes diabetes This is a myth. The truth is diabetes develops when our body starts losing its ability…
You’ve grown up hearing that you should eat your fruits and vegetables. Your Mom probably repeated it a zillion times. Then your teachers, at school. And of course you know you should eat your fruits and veggies. But question is: are you? Have you been listening to that gold-plated advice? Before you just wave this post away, I urge you to spend a minute to read WHY fruits and veg…
Just stroll down the aisles of your local supermarket, and you’ll be bombarded by packaged products that claim to be rich in fiber. The world is becoming more conscious of a high fiber diet; however, the answers to these two questions are not always clear: what really constitutes a high fiber diet? what are the real health benefits of including fiber in your diet? Let’s look at the answers to…