Amanda Clark is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian at Great Ideas in Nutrition and creator of the Portion Perfection range. She’s kindly written a how-to for those wanting to get the best from her wonderful products.  If you've ever found yourself struggling with portion control or navigating the complexities of managing diabetes...

Try this free Shredded chicken noodle salad with green miso recipe from the Thermomix Cooking for Diabetes. With a focus on wholefoods and unprocessed ingredients, this book includes 70 delicious recipes covering every occasion from breakfast lunch, dinner to entertaining and sweets.

Comparing portions, serving sizes and serves By Dale Cooke Accredited Practising Dietitian Most people treat a whole apple as one serve, but if it was a processed and packaged food, the manufacturer might choose to call it one-and-a-half serves. Sounds silly, doesn’t it? But packaging serving sizes aren’t always logical. What is...

Your eyes are at work from the moment you wake up, to the moment you close them to go to sleep. Your vision allows you to be aware of your surroundings, and 80% of everything you learn is through your sight.   For people living with diabetes, vision loss is a major complication....

It’s quite easy to feel hostage to your bed on those cold Winter mornings. The alarm goes off, but you hit snooze and you snuggle back under the covers. Likewise, as the sun starts to set and the temperature drops, your afternoon walk feels less appealing. So how can you maintain a...

Self-monitoring your blood glucose levels (BGLs) is an important part of managing diabetes because keeping your BGLs in target range helps lower your risk of diabetes-related complications. One of the most important, and often frustrating, factors in managing diabetes is understanding what makes your BGLs go up and down. Food, exercise, stress,...

If you have diabetes, you are at an increased risk for developing heart disease. This is also referred to as cardiovascular disease (CVD) or coronary disease, and can lead to heart attacks and strokes. When blood glucose levels remain high for prolonged periods of time, it can damage blood vessels and lead...

In theory, eating healthy food every day at the work or home office should be simple. Pack a healthy lunch and away you go. However, in reality it may not be that easy. Work stress and/or access to unhealthy foods, can easily sabotage our healthy eating habits and impact blood glucose levels....