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Being diagnosed with any illness can cause a great deal of anxiety, particularly if this also forces you to change your food and eating habits. Enjoying eating is a natural need and for most of us eating is part of our daily routine.

When you are required to change your lifestyle and also adapt your eating habits for the sake of better health and quality of life, you may become discouraged if you do not have the knowledge and skills to prepare these meals, especially if you have always been of the opinion that healthier food is insipid and tasteless.

At the request of Tafelberg Publishers I selected the best recipes from my two previous cookbooks, South African Cookbook for Diabetes and Insulin Resistance Parts 1 and 2, and added new information, as well as other tried-and-trusted recipes. The purpose of the recipes in this book is to help you prepare meals for the entire family that not only have a lower glycaemic index (GI), but also contain less fat and fewer kilojoules, and are healthy and easy to prepare.

Notwithstanding the title, these recipes are also safe and suitable for controlling increased blood fats, such as cholesterol and triglycerides, increased blood pressure, gout and low blood sugar, and promoting healthy slimming.

Thanks to my daily consultations with patients I am very aware of the tendency among South Africans to eat fatty takeaways and junk food when time is limited to prepare meals. Consequently most of the recipes in this book are intended for easy and nutritious meals, between-meal and late-night snacks, which are prepared with ingredients that are generally familiar, available and affordable.

This cookbook does not replace a visit to a dietitian. When you have your meal plan that has been calculated according to your personal and unique needs, you will be able to put the recipes and information in the book to much better use to control your blood sugar levels.

I hope that this book will help you to enjoy tasty and nutritious meals that will control your blood sugar and blood fat levels and will promote good health and the best quality of life for you.

Enjoy!

Hilda Lategan RD (SA)