[Diabetes-Talk] {Spam?} Diet information

[TALey at ups.com]

Hi Jean, 

One resource on the web I like a lot is www.DirectionsForMe.org

This site specializes in providing all the information on the package label for many thousands of foods as well as a variety of consumer products such as over the counter medications. For instance, if you have a particular frozen dinner you need the nutrition information for, or the cooking instructions for, you can type the brand and key words into the search box and find the item in the search results. When you click on the item in the search results you go to a page with all the information on the package, including instructions, warnings, nutrition info, etc. And it is all accessible! The site was designed specifically for the blind person using a screen reader. The database is quite extensive, it is fun just to search through the categories, or to type a key word and see all the products that match. And it includes so much more than just food products. 

I know you are primarily interested in cooking from scratch and whole foods, so I did a quick test on two items, red potatoes and boneless chicken breasts. 

In both cases the search results included a product that was simply the whole food. For example, for red potatoes, the results included many packaged foods that included red potatoes, but one of the first five items was also a bag of uncooked red potatoes, just like you would purchase in the produce aisle at your grocer. The same was true when I searched for boneless chicken breast. 

In both cases, it provided a table with the serving size and all the relevant nutrition information. 

Hope this helps.

Tom


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Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] {Spam?} Diet information

Hello everyone, 

First, I will say up front that I do not have diabetes. I am, however, looking for information on eating well with respect to preserving and maintaining kidney health. While diet considerations are different, they are related. I am not looking for specific diet suggestions. What I am looking for are comprehensive lists of foods so that I can track protein, carbs, fats, and overall calories. For kidney health, protein is what I need to manage right now. 

I thought that this group might be a good group to turn to, as I know diabetics track food nutrients. i do not eat a lot of packaged food, but prefer to cook more from scratch and focus on whole foods. For example, I might want to know X amount of chicken has how much protein, etc.? I’m also looking for information on daily requirements and serving sizes so that my nutrient balance is more in line. 

Are there any good resources either in braille, on the Internet, or as an iPhone app where I can look up foods by amount to determine nutrient content? I do not live in the U.S., so please don’t recommend anything from the Library  of Congress. 

If this forum is only for diabetics, please let me know, and I will unsubscribe. Thanks. 

Jean
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