Dining for Diabetics

Diabetes is a disease that affects numerous persons in Jamaica. Many of us know a family member or friend who is living with this illness. As such, I felt compelled today to write about foods, which are good for a diabetic because much to my alarm, it seems to be all too common. It is often touted as a lifestyle disease, and I wonder if the national love for starches and sugar is the culprit.

Diabetes mellitus is defined as a group of diseases characterised by high glucose levels due to defects which affect the body's ability to produce and use insulin. There are three main variants of the illness: Type 1 (Juvenile, mostly children), Type 2 (Gestational, developed during pregnancy). You are all aware I am not a medical doctor, so please forgive my liberties in undertaking such a weighty subject, but I am only going to write from a food-centric versus medical perspective.

Balsamic Chicken with Herbed Peas and Escallion

Pinto Bean Soup with Ham.

Baked Granola Apples

One of the biggest questions diabetics ask is what to eat. When first diagnosed, many believe that their days of eating pleasurable foods are doomed. This is not the case. Although challenging, diabetics can

Dining for Diabetics

Diabetes is a disease that affects numerous persons in Jamaica. Many of us know a family member or friend who is living with this illness. As such, I felt compelled today to write about foods, which are good for a diabetic because much to my alarm, it seems to be all too common. It is often touted as a lifestyle disease, and I wonder if the national love for starches and sugar is the culprit.

Diabetes mellitus is defined as a group of diseases characterised by high glucose levels due to defects which affect the body's ability to produce and use insulin. There are three main variants of the illness: Type 1 (Juvenile, mostly children), Type 2 (Gestational, developed during pregnancy). You are all aware I am not a medical doctor, so please forgive my liberties in undertaking such a weighty subject, but I am only going to write from a food-centric versus medical perspective.

Balsamic Chicken with Herbed Peas and Escallion

Pinto Bean Soup with Ham.

Baked Granola Apples

One of the biggest questions diabetics ask is what to eat. When first diagnosed, many believe that their days of eating pleasurable foods are doomed. This is not the case. Although challenging, diabetics can

Dining for Diabetics

Diabetes is a disease that affects numerous persons in Jamaica. Many of us know a family member or friend who is living with this illness. As such, I felt compelled today to write about foods, which are good for a diabetic because much to my alarm, it seems to be all too common. It is often touted as a lifestyle disease, and I wonder if the national love for starches and sugar is the culprit.

Diabetes mellitus is defined as a group of diseases characterised by high glucose levels due to defects which affect the body's ability to produce and use insulin. There are three main variants of the illness: Type 1 (Juvenile, mostly children), Type 2 (Gestational, developed during pregnancy). You are all aware I am not a medical doctor, so please forgive my liberties in undertaking such a weighty subject, but I am only going to write from a food-centric versus medical perspective.

Balsamic Chicken with Herbed Peas and Escallion

Pinto Bean Soup with Ham.

Baked Granola Apples

One of the biggest questions diabetics ask is what to eat. When first diagnosed, many believe that their days of eating pleasurable foods are doomed. This is not the case. Although challenging, diabetics can

Dining for Diabetics

Diabetes is a disease that affects numerous persons in Jamaica. Many of us know a family member or friend who is living with this illness. As such, I felt compelled today to write about foods, which are good for a diabetic because much to my alarm, it seems to be all too common. It is often touted as a lifestyle disease, and I wonder if the national love for starches and sugar is the culprit.

Diabetes mellitus is defined as a group of diseases characterised by high glucose levels due to defects which affect the body's ability to produce and use insulin. There are three main variants of the illness: Type 1 (Juvenile, mostly children), Type 2 (Gestational, developed during pregnancy). You are all aware I am not a medical doctor, so please forgive my liberties in undertaking such a weighty subject, but I am only going to write from a food-centric versus medical perspective.

Balsamic Chicken with Herbed Peas and Escallion

Pinto Bean Soup with Ham.

Baked Granola Apples

One of the biggest questions diabetics ask is what to eat. When first diagnosed, many believe that their days of eating pleasurable foods are doomed. This is not the case. Although challenging, diabetics can

Dining for Diabetics

Diabetes is a disease that affects numerous persons in Jamaica. Many of us know a family member or friend who is living with this illness. As such, I felt compelled today to write about foods, which are good for a diabetic because much to my alarm, it seems to be all too common. It is often touted as a lifestyle disease, and I wonder if the national love for starches and sugar is the culprit.

Diabetes mellitus is defined as a group of diseases characterised by high glucose levels due to defects which affect the body's ability to produce and use insulin. There are three main variants of the illness: Type 1 (Juvenile, mostly children), Type 2 (Gestational, developed during pregnancy). You are all aware I am not a medical doctor, so please forgive my liberties in undertaking such a weighty subject, but I am only going to write from a food-centric versus medical perspective.

Balsamic Chicken with Herbed Peas and Escallion

Pinto Bean Soup with Ham.

Baked Granola Apples

One of the biggest questions diabetics ask is what to eat. When first diagnosed, many believe that their days of eating pleasurable foods are doomed. This is not the case. Although challenging, diabetics can

Dining for Diabetics

Diabetes is a disease that affects numerous persons in Jamaica. Many of us know a family member or friend who is living with this illness. As such, I felt compelled today to write about foods, which are good for a diabetic because much to my alarm, it seems to be all too common. It is often touted as a lifestyle disease, and I wonder if the national love for starches and sugar is the culprit.

Diabetes mellitus is defined as a group of diseases characterised by high glucose levels due to defects which affect the body's ability to produce and use insulin. There are three main variants of the illness: Type 1 (Juvenile, mostly children), Type 2 (Gestational, developed during pregnancy). You are all aware I am not a medical doctor, so please forgive my liberties in undertaking such a weighty subject, but I am only going to write from a food-centric versus medical perspective.

Balsamic Chicken with Herbed Peas and Escallion

Pinto Bean Soup with Ham.

Baked Granola Apples

One of the biggest questions diabetics ask is what to eat. When first diagnosed, many believe that their days of eating pleasurable foods are doomed. This is not the case. Although challenging, diabetics can

Like Fine Wine... — Seniors keep busy in the kitchen

We all have memories of our grandmother’s home cooking â€" the aromas from her pot wafting throughout the house.

Homemade delicacies these days are few and far between, with processed foods taking precedence because of convenience. Well, the ladies who know best are back in the kitchen, through an initiative founded by the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC).

NCSC Parish Organiser
Beverly Edwards gives
out samples of the
pumpkin punch.

Marva Morris from the Red Hills Senior Citizens’ Club
made a lovely orange marmalade.

Gizzadas lined neatly in a row, courtesy of Angela Dudley from
Riverton Meadows.

Sasha Dixon