Tuesday, November 13, 2012

What Is on Your Plate? How to Put Together a Well-balanced Meal.


The Idaho Plate Method not only helps with weight loss but help control Diabetes!
NOVEMBER is Diabetes Awareness Month
For more information go to www.stopdiabetes.com

What is on your plate?


This is a great visual of how we should put our plates together! This will not only help you lose weight but also help control blood sugars if you are diabetic. 

Food Group
Sample Dinner
Vegetables
1 cup of cooked Italian vegetables
Starch
Corn-on-the-cob
Protein
3 ounces of salmon
Fruit
1/2 cup of watermelon
Dairy
1 cup of milk

For more ideas check out the website 
http://www.extension.uidaho.edu/diabetesplate/index.html 





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