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Food and recipes

 Balancing your diet when you are diagnosed with diabetes can be challenging. Although the food choices you make and your eating habits are important in helping you manage your diabetes, you should be able to continue enjoying a wide variety of foods as part of healthy eating.

This section of the website provides you with information on how to manage your diet everyday as well as help you plan for special occasions.  It is packed with some mouthwatering recipes and plenty of tips and advice on shopping and food labelling.

Count your carbs online

Store tour - our guide to menu planning

The Glycaemic Index

Over 250 recipes to choose from


 

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  • Our guide to shopping and menu planning
  • Managing your weight
  • Our position on 'diabetic' foods
 

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Store tour - our guide to menu planning

 

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