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Welcome To Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat with Diabetes. By Michelle May, MD & Megrette Fletcher M.Ed, RD, CDE

Diabetes and mindful eating making healthier choices

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Wondering how to make healthier choices, mindfully - without driving up your blood sugar? This powerpoint presentation can help. Come explore how to use the Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat plate in meal planning.

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WelcomeTo Eat What You Love, Love What

You Eat with Diabetes.By Michelle May, MD &

Megrette Fletcher M.Ed, RD, CDE

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Let’s learn about Making Healthier Choices

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Carbohydrateshave the single greatest effect

on your blood sugar.

You already learned that

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You also know that “Eating Around the Plate” can provide

Balance, Moderation and Variety.

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The Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat with Diabetes Plate

Using this diagram, lets review how to “Eat Around the Plate.”

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Try to “Eat Around The Plate”

Start with Low Carbohydrate

vegetables

Add Protein

Then add Carbohydrates

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The Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat with Diabetes

Making healthier choices is easy with the Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat with Diabeteslist of foods, shown here.

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The Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat with Diabetes Plate

This list follows the same counter clock wise, food selection method described as “Eat Around the Plate.”

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The Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat with Diabetes Plate

This chart list low carbohydrate foods on the top, and carbohydrate containing foods on the bottom.

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The Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat with Diabetes Plate

Start meal planning by selecting foods from the top of this list and work your way towards the bottom.

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The Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat with Diabetes Plate

How much should I eat?When you eat Mindfully no one is telling you

what to do. Use your hunger to guide your portion

choices.A little hunger, a little amount of food.

A larger hunger, a larger amount of food.a• a

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The Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat with Diabetes Plate

Many people find that choosing to eat more low carbohydrates vegetables and healthy protein, can fill their hunger without driving up blood sugar levels.

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The Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat

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Nutrition Informationis a tool, not a weapon,

for better health.

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Join us as we teach you more than WHAT to eat.

. Liscover

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Mindful Eating can help you understand

WHY you are eating.

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And help you become Aware

CuriousEngaged

Mindful

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By Michelle May, MDMegrette Fletcher MEd, RD, CDE

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