Online tool helps diabetics plan meals

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Menus matter: Proper meal planning helps improve blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol numbers. | File photo

Did You Know?

Meal planning helps improve blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol numbers. Additionally, by losing 7 percent of your body weight (15 pounds if you weigh 200 pounds) through diet and 150 minutes of physical activity per week, you can reduce your risk for developing type 2 diabetes by 58 percent.

— The American Diabetes Association

Looking for healthy recipes to lose weight, manage your diabetes or prevent the development of type 2 diabetes?

The American Diabetes Association has launched the online nutrition resource, My Food Advisor: Recipes for Healthy Living. This online tool features recipes, a meal plan, and other healthy tips each month, accessible to those who register.

Those who register will receive a free monthly e-newsletter to notify them when new content is available, and to link them back to the Recipes for Healthy Living microsite.

Visit www.diabetes.org/RFHL.

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