Transcript taking ownership of your diabetes

UNIT THREE LESSON 9
Think Your Plate
Objectives
At the end of the lesson, participants should be able to:
1. Explain the importance of making the right food choices
2. Explain how the plate method can help in making healthy
food choices
3. Set goals that relate to following a diabetes meal plan
4. Describe feelings and experiences of eating related to
having diabetes
5. Identify ways to modify everyday recipes to fit into the
diabetes meal plan
L-esson
Think Your Plate
 Making the right food choices is a great way for people
with diabetes to control their blood sugar and reduce
the risks of complications
What Does Healthy Eating Mean
if I Have Diabetes?
 Eating the right amount of whole-grain foods,
vegetables, fruits, low-fat or fat-free milk and milk
products, lean cuts of meat and fish, poultry, or beans
each day
What Does Healthy Eating Mean if I
Have Diabetes?
 Paying attention to portion
size or the amount of food
you eat in one sitting
What Does Healthy Eating Mean if I
Have Diabetes?
 Eating three small meals and two healthy snacks each
day
What Does Healthy Eating Mean if I
Have Diabetes?
 Planning meals ahead of
time
 Having healthy foods, such
as fruit and vegetables,
available in the home
Healthy Eating
 Why is eating healthy important for someone with
diabetes?
 Helps manage blood glucose
 Reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke, eye disease,
and other complications
 Helps manage moods and feelings
 Gives energy throughout the day
How Can I Think My Plate?
 Begin with a 9-inch dinner plate
9 inches
How Can I Think My Plate?
 Fill half of the plate with non-starchy vegetables, such as
green salad, cooked or raw broccoli, carrots, green
beans, and cauliflower
Veggies
How Can I Think My Plate?
 The other half of your plate will be divided into two
equal parts
Veggies
How Can I Think My Plate?
 In one of the small sections, add a starchy food such as
pasta, rice, and cooked beans, or a starchy vegetable
Veggies
Starchy
Food
How Can I Think My Plate?
 In the other small section of this half of your plate, put
your protein—chicken, turkey, fish, beef, pork, eggs, tofu
Veggies
Starchy
Food
Meat
How Can I Think My Plate?
 Add an 8-ounce glass of fat-free or low-fat milk
 Add a serving of fruit. Choose 1 small fresh fruit, 1 cup of
melon (cantaloupe or honey dew) or ½ cup canned fruit
(in its own juice)
Fruit
Veggies
Starchy
Food
Meat
Milk
Where Do Sweets
and Dessert Fit?
 Dessert should replace
similar servings of starchy
food, fruit or milk
 Eat small servings
 Use only as a treat or for
a special occasion
 Desserts and sweets raise
blood glucose quickly
What Do I Do For Breakfast?
 Use a quarter of your plate for protein, such as one
hard-boiled or scrambled egg
 Use a quarter of your plate for cereal or bread
 Add fruit as shown in the picture
 Add milk as shown in the picture
What Do I Do For Breakfast?
FRUIT
DAIRY
PROTEIN
(i.e. 1 hard
boiled egg or
scrambled eggs)
CEREAL
AND BREAD
EMPTY
How Can I Make This Work?
 Have a glass of water before
you begin to eat
 Eat slowly
 Enjoy the taste of the food
 Eat your vegetables first
Remember
 The plate method is only a guide
 You still need to monitor your blood glucose level
E-mpowerment
Diabetes Education Series: Think Your Plate
Diabetes Education Series
 Describe your experiences of eating related to
diabetes.
 What was most difficult for you?
 What are ways that you could overcome some of these
difficulties?
A-ction
Did you accomplish the goal you set last week?
Set a goal to practice using portion sizes from the
Think Your Plate method.
R-eal-Life Problem Solving
Desiree’s Story
Desiree’s Story
Questions about
Desiree’s Story
 What is Desiree’s problem?
 What other information would you need to help
her?
 What are some ways in which she can solve her
problem?
 What would work best for Desiree in this situation?
 What would you do if you were in Desiree’s
situation?
Questions About
Desiree’s Story
 Please find the Real-Life Problem Solving handout for
this lesson in your folder
 These questions will help with your understanding of
Desiree’s story
N-utrition
Menu
Low-Fat Chicken and Dumplings
Tomato Cucumber Salad
Cranberry Applesauce Squares
See You Next Week!
 Topic : Monitoring Blood
Glucose
 Keep cultivating the good
habits you started!
Author: Ingrid Adams, Ph.D., Assistant Professor , Nutrition and
Food Science, University of Kentucky
Other Contributors
Margaret E. Cook-Newell, Ph.D., R.D., L.D., CDE
Irene Hong-McAtee, MD, MCR
Adrienne Glodt, B.S., Graduate Student
Date:
Hazel Forsythe, Ph.D., R.D., L.D., CFCS
Stephen D. Perry, M.S., R.D., L.D.
References:
Pam Sigler, M.S.
Laura Hieronymus, MSEd, APRN, BC-ADM, CDE
Lynn Blankenship, M.S., Metcalfe County
Cheryl Case, M.S., Harrison County
Theresa Scott, M.A., Floyd County
Ann Hollon, M.A., Wolfe County
Tamara Thomas, M.S., Franklin County
Rusty Manseau, B.A., Graphic Artist