Type Free eNewsletter - June, 2008
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•Type Free and You
•Family Meal Planning Mythbusters
•Type 1 Diabetes – Keeping an Eye on Overall Health
•Type 2 Diabetes – Tips for a Summer of Healthy Cookouts
Well, Summer is here with so many indoor/outdoor activities. You will be enjoying graduation parties, vacations, Family Reunions, picnics in the park, and others. With so much food and so many events, you are probably wondering how to avoid high calorie foods.
This is the time for people with diabetes to continue their healthy lifestyle of eating balanced meals, exercising, medicating, and getting enough sleep.
If you are confused or curious about how to accomplish this lifestyle, then visit ImTypeFree.com.
Picnic Foods
Type Free is here to answer this and all of your questions to make caring for your health with diabetes as easy as 1, 2, 3. We also give you some tips on:
•Preparing Diabetes-friendly meals for the entire family;
•Controlling your blood sugar with good nutrition and exercise
•How to enjoy Healthy Cookouts.
And yes, we continue to talk about walking. As little as 30 minutes is all we suggest. Now you can relax and start enjoying a healthy life.
Our Type Free eNewsletter offers useful and fun information for people with diabetes and those who are affected by it. Type Free brings you the vital solutions you need to stay on top of managing this disease, with information about food and nutrition, the value and importance of exercise, your medications, and much more.
Nutrition & Exercise
We also invite you to talk. We want to know where you need help or guidance and where you might want to share your valuable knowledge and insights. To share your opinion, go to www.ImTypeFree.com and register for our Forums.
At Type Free’s “Interactive Corner,” we have quizzes, puzzles, and games that let you test your knowledge about carbohydrates, nutrition, digestion, and diabetes.
So log on now to www.ImTypeFree.com and check it out. We hope you visit often!
Eddy Stephens,
co-Founder and
Ann-Marie Stephens
CEO and Co-Founder
Type 2 Diabetes: Family Meal Planning Mythbusters
When one person in the family has Diabetes, it can seem difficult to try to cook a Diabetes-friendly meal for the whole family that is low in sugar and carbohydrates, but still tastes good.
Often, families will prepare a separate meal for the Diabetic family member. However, it is possible to prepare a healthy meal for the whole family without hurting a Diabetic diet.
Read Family Meal Planning Mythbusters
Type 1 Diabetes – Keeping an Eye on Overall Health
In order to stay healthy, it is important to eat well, exercise, and get plenty of sleep. However, Diabetics have an extra set of concerns that they should tend to. Learn some quick tips for over health management that will get you thinking about how you can manage your own overall health while treating your Diabetes.
Read Keeping an Eye on Overall Health
Grilled Fish
Nearly everyone will go to a cookout or host their own cookout this summer. Cookouts often include large amounts of potato chips, potato salad, burgers, hotdogs, sodas, ice cream, and other high-fat, high-calorie foods. However, your cookouts do not have to be unhealthy.
Read Tips for a Summer of Healthy Cookouts
Please share this eNewsletter with a friend or family member. After you’ve read it, we hope you start to incorporate some of our ideas and suggestions right away. Over time, you’ll be amazed at your results.