Your guide to Manage Your diabetes With Confidence: Practical Advice and Tips for Shopping, Cooking and Eating, Plus Advice on Budgeting and Meal Planning

This book has been written using current research evidence and will give you the key information you need when making choices about what to eat and drink. It's full of practical advice and tips for shopping, cooking and eating, plus advice on budgeting and meal planning.

Every recipe has been nutritionally analyzed by a dietitian, so you know how many calories, carbohydrates (carbs), sugars, fats, salt and fibre each one contains.

Your guide to Manage Your diabetes With Confidence features the following:

• Eating well with diabetes- There are different types of diabetes, so there isn't a one-size-fits-all way of eating for everyone with diabetes. But we've come up with tips that you can use to help you make healthier food choices.
• What is a healthy diet?- If you think that healthy eating must be complicated and boring, think again. As well as managing diabetes, the foods you choose to eat make a real difference to how well you feel and how much energy you have each day.
• Carbs and diabetes - Our blood glucose levels are most affected by the amount and type of carbs we eat. That is why you need to be aware of the sources of carbs in your diet and to keep an eye on the amounts you eat, if you have diabetes.

4. Lifestyle

• How to eat well on a budget - When money's tight, it can seem hard to think of ways to trim your food bill and still provide healthy meals for the family. But it is possible.
• Eating out with diabetes- Whether you grab lunch on the go, enjoy a Friday night takeaway or celebrate a special occasion at a restaurant, it's great to eat a meal that you haven't cooked yourself - and diabetes is no barrier to that.
• Religious fasting- Fasting is an important part of many religions. As well as abstinence from food and sometimes drink, fasting is also a time of reflection, prayer and purification.
• Alcohol and other drinks- Water forms a substantial part of the human body, so it makes sense to drink enough fluid every day to stay hydrated and healthy. Water, tea, coffee and milk all count. We also get fluid from food, especially fruit and vegetables.
• What's your healthy weight? - Whether overweight or obese, those extra pounds can cause problems with our health, whether we have diabetes or not. Excess weight is linked with heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke and some cancers - as well as Type 2 diabetes.
• Popular weight-loss plans

5. Family food

• Family cooking- Now you've done the food shopping, it's time to start cooking. The whole family can play their part and, when the meal is ready, you can all relax together and enjoy it.
• Breakfast- Start the day the right way with these healthy, filling and delicious breakfasts.
• Lunch- At home, school or work, a filling and nutritious lunch will help you keep your energy levels high all afternoon. Try these recipes and swaps.
• Dinner- At the end of a busy day, it's great to sit down as a family and catch up over a meal. Keep it healthy by trying these tasty recipes and swaps.
• Snacks
• Snack ideas - Not everyone with diabetes requires regular snacks. If you treat your diabetes with insulin or certain Type 2 medication, you may need a snack to prevent a hypo.
• Food swap ideas
• Meal plans- Eating nutritious, healthy and delicious food is that bit easier with our meal planners.

We welcome your feedback. If any information in this guide has been particularly helpful or would like to suggest any improvements, please leave a comment. Thanks.