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B. Smith’s Healthy Menu Makeovers
B. Smith Creates a Diabetes-Friendly
Specialty for Dallas
Tim Arduino and his family knew that a meal prepared by his mom always meant authentic Italian food at its best. After being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2005, Tim thought his days of enjoying authentic Italian meals were over and he has since found it difficult to prepare diabetes-friendly dishes that still taste great.
B. came to Dallas to show Tim that small changes in his diet can have a big effect on managing his diabetes successfully. For the main course of Tim’s Healthy Menu Makeover, B. and Tim worked together to modify one of his favorite dishes, spitini, so that he and his family could enjoy a diabetes-friendly version. His mother’s recipe for spitini was made healthier by using reduced-fat cheeses, lean cuts of meat and by adding a variety of seasonings and vegetables. To complete the meal, B. prepared a favorite dessert of the Arduino household—homemade mango ice cream—by making simple substitutions in the recipe, including using sugar and egg substitutes, low-fat evaporated milk and fat-free yogurt.
Featured recipes from B.’s Dallas Makeover
Diabetes in Dallas
Approximately 1.3 million adults in Texas have been diagnosed with diabetes and an additional 418,134 adults are estimated to have undiagnosed diabetes. In Texas, diabetes was the sixth leading cause of death from 2002 through 2004 and the total cost of hospitalizations attributed to the disease was estimated to be $3.7 billion in 2003.
Source: Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas Diabetes Council, Diabetes and Disparity: A Plan to Prevent and Control Diabetes in Texas, 2008–2009.
Patient Tools
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Daily Glucose Tracker
Use this handy grid to record glucose levels quickly and easily. -
Exercise Journal
People with diabetes say that they are more likely to remain motivated when they keep track of their physical activity. This simple, easy-to-use tool can help. - View More Patient Tools >>>