<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Veronica,</div><div>It is indeed confusing with all of the dietary recommendations that you can find on the Internet. You want to make sure that you are getting information from reliable sources as there is a lot of misinformation out there. I will paste below a link to the diabetes plate method That is explained on the American Diabetes Association website and another good Internet resource I have found is diabetes Canada. That is the Canadian version of the American Diabetes Association and they have volumes of information about dietary recommendations for different preferences, including Mediterranean diet and vegetarian diet along with links too many recipes And weekly menus.</div><div>Patricia.</div><div><br></div><div><div style="display: block;" class=""><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://diabetes.org/food-nutrition/eating-healthy"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://diabetes.org/food-nutrition/eating-healthy" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#062737;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center" align="center"><img style="width:300px;filter:brightness(0.97);height:150px;" width="300" height="150" draggable="false" class="lp-rich-link-mediaImage" alt="Eating-healthy-hero-new-female-hands-with-spoon.jpg" src="cid:257182FC-9359-4E5B-8CA5-9E5219775924"></td></tr><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#062737" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="table-layout:fixed;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(6, 39, 55, 1);-apple-color-filter:initial;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:700;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://diabetes.org/food-nutrition/eating-healthy" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#FFFFFF" style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1);">Eating Well & Managing Diabetes | ADA</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:600;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://diabetes.org/food-nutrition/eating-healthy" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#FFFFFF" style="color: rgba(235, 235, 245, 0.6);">diabetes.org</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 19, 2025, at 10:25\u202fAM, Veronica Smith via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<span>Thank you very much for your ideas. I mean, I just don't know. I know what WW says but again they really want you to eat fake sugars and fake sugars aren't always the best thing for people. Like the stuff that comes in the blue packets, Equal, makes my head hurt. Appples paired with peanut butter and if I need to, I can use the powdered peanut butter mixed with a bit of water to make it creamy. This way I cut out the fat. In my opinion, I am getting the best of both worlds.</span><br><span>Thanks again!</span><br><span></span><br><span>Veronica </span><br><span></span><br><span>-----Original Message-----</span><br><span>From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of slery via Diabetes-Talk</span><br><span>Sent: Friday, July 18, 2025 10:09 PM</span><br><span>To: Veronica Smith via Diabetes-Talk</span><br><span>Cc: slery</span><br><span>Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Eating well as a diabetic</span><br><span></span><br><span>One key thing that has helped me, is to pair a protein with your carbs </span><br><span>or sweets. i.e. steak and potato, apple and peanut butter, nuts and </span><br><span>m&ms. There are also things that help slow the carbs. Storing your </span><br><span>potatoes in the fridge will help keep those carbs from spiking. You </span><br><span>still have the same amount of carbs, but they won't rush through your </span><br><span>system.</span><br><span></span><br><span>While the amount of information can be over-whelming, take notes one </span><br><span>meal at a time. i.e. Today you test before dinner, write down what you </span><br><span>eat with the item, amount, and carbs, 2 hours after your meal, test </span><br><span>again and keep notes. Tomorrow, or in a couple of days, track your </span><br><span>breakfast this way. Figure out what system works for you to organize </span><br><span>your notes and over time you will learn what foods spike your numbers </span><br><span>and down the road you will know how much insulin to take based on what </span><br><span>you will be eating. Follow your doctor's orders, but when you have </span><br><span>enough information, you will be ready to take that to your doctor and </span><br><span>help make decisions about your care.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I learned that my body does not handle changes to my insulin dosage well </span><br><span>and we have to only change one unit at a time and give my body around a </span><br><span>month to adjust to the change. My doctor and I are partners and have </span><br><span>learned that if I make a big objection to something, I have reasons to </span><br><span>back it up.</span><br><span></span><br><span>My suggestion of spacing out the tracking of information on meals is </span><br><span>because it becomes too consuming to track every detail of every meal and </span><br><span>snack of every day. This wears you down and does not help you understand </span><br><span>the information you are tracking and gathering. Remember, you can do </span><br><span>this and don't let anyone tell you that you can't just because you are </span><br><span>blind. This group will help you when you come across accessibility barriers.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Good luck,</span><br><span>Cindy</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 7/18/2025 3:37 PM, Veronica Smith via Diabetes-Talk wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>I know that I am not a true diabetic right now as my A1C was only a 6.2 but</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I don't want to become one as no one who has it, does. So what I am</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>wondering is what kinds of foods should I be looking at as my go to foods?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Growing up in a family where diabetes came at an older age I want to be</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>aware of what to do before it happens to me. Thanks for your suggestions!</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Veronica</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Diabetes-Talk mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Diabetes-Talk@nfbnet.org</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Diabetes-Talk:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/slerythema%40gmail.com</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Diabetes-Talk mailing list</span><br><span>Diabetes-Talk@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Diabetes-Talk:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/mad.tewe%40gmail.com</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Diabetes-Talk mailing list</span><br><span>Diabetes-Talk@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Diabetes-Talk:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/pmaddix%40comcast.net</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>