Diabetes Recipes:
Italian Vegetable Soup
“You’ll Never Eat Chicken Noodle Soup Again” Chowder
My Son’s Fish Soup
Diabetes Care For Ordinary People
Choices. Is it a good thing to be faced with them or not? When you have diabetes, life is metered out with choices. The big one is attitude. The attitude with which you approach the disease will significantly trickle down to everything from management and care to food and exercise.
Making that first choice is pivotal. The range is wide. You can become a motivated and involved member of your own diabetes care and the diabetes community and ride the high road. You can withdraw from accepting the responsibility for your diabetes and flip flop along the murky road. And, there is always a middle ground. The high road encompasses enthusiasm, learning about the many nuances of diabetes, seeking support, meeting challenges and gaining confidence in decision making regarding your diabetes, your health, and your life.
About now you might be asking yourself ìwhy is she waxing so philosophical today? Recently I was invited to partake in a diabetes program at Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, New Jersey. The program was geared to address sports and exercise for kids, teens and their parents.
The keynote speaker was Will Cross, intrepid adventurer, and mountaineer who took us along with him educationally, psychologically, passionately and thrillingly on his climb to the summit the top of the world, Mt. Everest. Willís presentation was spellbinding. His delivery was punctuated with excitement, motivation, and wit. We, in the audience, felt like we were there with him on his personal high road.
Willís presentation was followed with a panel discussion and Q&A session. Concerned parents had many questions about insulin adjustments for when their kids play active sports like football and soccer, and should they eat meals before games, and how often do they need to test bgís before, during and after sports events. Will Cross, Bill King (brilliant moderator of panel, type 1 pumper, marathon man), Rick Philbin (type 1 pumper, basketball player and coach and strength trainer) and I ((dance, tai chi, distance walker) answered the questions as best we could to assure kids and parents that everything is possible and dreams can come true even though you have diabetes. It’s just a matter of learning the ropes and respecting the rules.
I looked out at the audience of kids, in their salad days of life with diabetes. Among them, there may have been a few Will Crossí, but the majority were kids who will live their lives without trekking across the South Pole and climbing the tallest peaks on the planet. I also realized that Mt. Everest is a mindset, an attitude. You donít have to climb that particular mountain, but you can reach for the highest goals in your life, to be the best at what it is you like to do. Making diabetes part of those goals fits very nicely at your side, in the winnerís circle.
Nothing like a bowl of heartwarming soup to chase the autumn chill away. Itís a nice treat to come home to after a brisk bike ride or walk. Here are a few easy to make, healthy and delicious soups to add to the cyber kitchen repertoire.