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Dear Dietitian
When people are diagnosed with diabetes, food is the often first thing that comes to mind. What can I eat now? How do I change my favourite recipe?
Here you will find common questions about food and how it relates to your diabetes management and answers from our New Zealand Registered Dietitian.
Our dietitian welcomes your questions and will endeavour to answer them here. Unfortunately, we are unable to answer your questions individually.
The answers here are general and you should always follow the advice of your own dietitian.
Send an email to nutrition@diabetes.org.nz or fax 04 499 7146 or post your question to:
Diabetes New Zealand
PO Box 12-441
Wellington 6144
Foods
- Why is a low sodium diet so important?
- What is an acceptable level of salt in foods?
- May I have some Christmas cake?
- Do seeds and coconut have health benefits?
- Is liquorice bad for people with high blood pressure?
- Can I drink liquorice tea?
- My son has pre-diabetes - what should he eat?
- What is energy density?
Blood glucose levels
- Should I eat snacks between meals?
- Will fruit affect my blood glucose levels?
- Why are my blood glucose readings higher in the mornings?
- Why do my blood glucose levels increase after a 98% fat-free food?
- How can a food be advertised as low GI when it hasn't been tested?