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If you’re living with diabetes (either because you have diabetes or you have a loved one with diabetes), you likely already know that one of the most important tools to help you keep your diabetes under control is to eat healthfully. Hopefully, you also know that healthy eating with diabetes doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice taste, variety, or the simple, sheer pleasure of eating well.

We believe passionately that there is no such thing as a “diabetic diet.” A so-called diabetic diet is simply a nutritious, healthy eating program that balances the appropriate amounts of the key nutrients and supplies the right amount of calories for your needs.

The recipes in Diabetes Cookbook For Canadians For Dummies are suitable for anyone who wants to eat healthfully, whether or not you have diabetes. The recipes are also suitable for low-fat diets and lower sodium diets as well.

On these pages you will discover a huge variety of recipes that will not only satisfy your hunger, but will do so in a nourishing way. Breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks, party foods, treats for kids, and treats for adults – it’s all here.

And because staying healthy with diabetes is so very dependent on being empowered – the more you know, the more you can master your diabetes – we devote the first few chapters of this book to looking at key aspects of diabetes care, including the roles that nutrition, exercise, and medications can play.

About This Book

This book was written with a single overriding purpose: to help people living with diabetes prepare foods that are as tasty and enjoyable to eat as they are nutritious. We’re also hoping that as you create the recipes in this book you’ll find the time to read some (or even all) of Part I, where we examine all sorts of ways that you can use nutrition (and other strategies) to stay healthy with your diabetes.

The recipes in this book were chosen based on several guiding principles.

✔ Feature ingredients that are easy to find. (Cynthia lives in a small community and was able to readily find all the ingredients in stores in her town.)

✔ Emphasize healthy eating for a person living with diabetes – therefore, low sugar, lower fat, and lower sodium content were priorities – but they are appealing for everyone. If you don’t have diabetes, no worries: You don’t have to miss out on these recipes; you’re going to love them, too!

(We do use sugar in a number of this book’s recipes. Sugar is not a “bad word” when it comes to diabetes, although, of course, you need to limit quantities.)

✔ Have met with glowing approval (yeah, we were tough on ourselves; good simply wasn’t going to be good enough) by our diverse – and painfully honest – taste-testing panel of friends, neighbours, relatives, kids, and others.

✔ Reflect the wonderfully diverse nature of the Canadian population and the increasing desire of Canadians to try non-traditional foods.

✔ Are not only enjoyable to eat, but also enjoyable to prepare.

✔ Recipes are designated as vegetarian by using a little tomato icon.

We list the amount of carbohydrate in each recipe; this will help you as you balance out the nutrients in your diet and will be especially helpful if you’re carbohydrate counting. (The recipes refer to “Carbohydrate Choices.” Each Carbohydrate Choice consists of 15 grams of carbohydrate.) We also list the amount of sodium (avoiding excess sodium is important for everyone and especially important if you have high blood pressure), phosphorous, and potassium (avoiding excess phosphorous and potassium is important if you have kidney failure).

We’d love to hear from you. Whether it’s to tell us you especially liked one of our recipes (please!) or, perish the thought, found some cooking instruction insufficiently clear, please do share your comments with us by sending an e-mail to diabetes@ianblumer.com. (We apologize in advance, however, for our being unable to provide medical advice.)

Foolish Assumptions

We have written this book based on the assumption that you are living with diabetes (either because you have diabetes yourself or because you have a loved one with diabetes) and that, whatever your knowledge of cooking, you want to learn more. Period.

If you know nothing about cooking, you’ll find this book enables you to readily discover the basics, and if you’re already a wizard in the kitchen, you’ll discover additional recipes and food preparation ideas to meet your needs.

Icons Used in This Book

Icons act as little flags or identifiers – bookmarks, if you will – that let you know what information you’re going to find in the paragraph that follows.

This icon signifies that we’re sharing a story about a patient. These stories have been specifically selected because they contain elements that you may well relate to. (The names and other identifiers have been changed to maintain confidentiality.)

This icon lets you know we’re recommending that you speak to a member of your health care team (be it your family physician, registered dietitian, diabetes specialist, and so forth), in order to get help.

This icon lets you know that we’re about to drop some medical jargon on you. Don’t be alarmed; we then define or explain the term before we move on.

When you see this icon, it means the information is essential and you would be well served to pay special attention.

This icon indicates that we’re sharing a practical piece of information that will arm you with a time-saving or grief-avoiding measure.

This book is all about creating healthy, appealing recipes. It’s also about living healthfully with diabetes. This icon means we’re discussing a critical health issue that you shouldn’t ignore.

Beyond the Book

In addition to the material in the print or e-book you’re reading right now, this product also comes with some access-anywhere goodies on the web. Check out the free Cheat Sheet at www.dummies.com/cheatsheet/diabetescookbookforcanadians for tips on how to eat healthy at home, or when you’re out and about. You can also find links to several web-pages to help you with everything from calculating your BMI, to understanding how to read nutrition labels.

Where to Go from Here

We wrote Diabetes Cookbook For Canadians For Dummies in a format that allows you to open the book to any chapter and jump right in without feeling lost. So, if as you read this paragraph you realize it’s 6:00 at night and you have to get dinner ready pronto, feel free to flip to Part III to find a recipe that suits your fancy. Same goes if you’re looking for breakfast, lunch, or snack ideas. If, however, you’re new to diabetes, and if you don’t need to rush into the kitchen, sit back and spend some time familiarizing yourself with diabetes by reading some (or all) of Part I.

Whichever section of this book you first turn to, rest assured – there’s no “wrong” place to start your reading.