Your Daily Install takes something happening now, looks at what happened before, and gives you one thing to do at home.
Print the worksheet and add it to your Household Resilience Network binder.
What’s happening now?
November is National Diabetes Month. A lot of food advice asks you to keep numbers in your head while you’re making dinner. The plate gives you something you can see while you serve it.
The diabetes plate method starts with how much room each food takes. That can help you plan one familiar meal before you shop or open the fridge.
Has this happened before?
In 1992, the USDA’s Food Guide Pyramid put foods in layers. In 2011, the USDA introduced MyPlate. Its shape looked like something you could set on your own table.
What happened next?
MyPlate and the diabetes plate method are different guides. Both show why the picture helps. You can look down at a meal and see what needs a little more room.
Brushed. Rinsed. Reaching for a mint?
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What can I do?
Try this with one dinner. Fill half a nine-inch plate with non-starchy vegetables such as green beans or broccoli. Use a quarter for a protein food and a quarter for a carb food, such as brown rice. If you have a meal plan from your care team, use that plan. Write down one meal that fits.
Build One Dinner From the Plate Up
Date: __________________
Meal I already make
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Vegetables for half
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Protein for a quarter
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Carb food for a quarter
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Give your plate a fresh handful
The greens you use most are a good place to start. See how to choose a crop for a small spot and pick a little as you need it.
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Stay steady,
James Williamson
Freedom Health Daily
P.S. Which vegetable is easiest to add to a meal you already make? Hit reply and tell me.
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