The Diabetic Newsletter - February 14, 2011 - Volume XII; Issue #4

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> February 14, 2011 - Volume XII; Issue #4

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> TABLE OF CONTENTS:

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> In The News

> Active Community Discussions

> Feature Recipes:

> - Italian Spinach Dip

> - Avocado and Mango Salsa (w)

> - Tossed Garden Salad

> - Salmon Pasta Salad with Mint and Lemon Vinaigrette (w)

> - Strip Steaks with Broiled Asparagus

> - 's Pasta with Arugula (w)

> - Angel Pecan Cupcakes

> - Chewy Pineapple Pecan Squares (w)

> Diabetes 101:

> - A Pedometer May Tell The Future of Your Health

> - Walking for Exercise: A Step in the Right Direction (w)

> Food and Cooking:

> - Fusion Cooking For Everyday

> - Cabbage Salad, Sichuan-Style (w)

> Diabetes Q and A:

> - I have been overweight for most of my life. Will losing

> weight at this point really make a difference in my risk?

> - Normal Weight but Obese? (w)

> Diabetes Related Explanations & Definitions

> Special Sponsor's Message: Neuropathy Treatment Group

> Newsletter Information; Removal Link

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> This week's recipes appear courtesy of " The Complete Idiot's

> Guide to Terrific Diabetic Meals. " You can find more info here:

> http://diabeticgourmet.com/book_archive/details/76.shtml

>

> =========================

> IN THE NEWS

> =========================

>

> Leptin Resistance May Prevent Severe

> Lung Disease in Patients with Diabetes

> http://thediabeticnews.com/news/1705.shtml

>

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> ACTIVE COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS

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> THIS WEEK'S RECIPES

> =========================

> View our recipe archive at http://DiabeticGourmet.com/recipes

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>

> ITALIAN SPINACH DIP

> Yield: 8 servings

> Source: " The Complete Idiot's Guide to Terrific Diabetic Meals "

> Info: http://diabeticgourmet.com/book_archive/details/76.shtml

> Print: http://diabeticgourmet.com/recipes/html/749.shtml

>

> INGREDIENTS

>

> - 1 cup frozen cut leaf spinach

> - 1 (3 ounce) package nonfat cream cheese, cut into pieces

> - 1/2 cup nonfat sour cream

> - 1 tablespoon zesty no salt added Italian dressing mix

> - Assorted vegetables such as sliced carrots, jicama,

> broccoli, zucchini, cauliflower, green pepper, radishes

>

> DIRECTIONS

>

> Place spinach in a microwave-safe medium bowl. Cover

> with plastic wrap and vent. Microwave on high power

> for 3 to 4 minutes or until hot. Drain well and chop.

>

> Add cream cheese to spinach and stir until cream cheese is

> softened. Add sour cream and dressing mix, blending well.

> Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or until chilled.

> Serve with assorted vegetables.

>

> Nutritional Information Per Serving (2 tablespoons):

> Glycemic Index: 27, Glycemic Load: 1, Calories: 33, Protein: 3 g,

> Carbohydrate: 4 g, Dietary Fiber: 1 g, Fat: 0 g,

> Saturated Fat: 0 g, Cholesterol: 1 g, Sodium: 201 mg

> Diabetic Exchanges: 1/2 Vegetable, 1/2 Very Lean Meat

>

> Also Try: " Avocado and Mango Salsa "

> http://diabeticgourmet.com/recipes/html/703.shtml

>

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>

> TOSSED GARDEN SALAD

> Yield: 4 servings

> Source: " The Complete Idiot's Guide to Terrific Diabetic Meals "

> Book: http://diabeticgourmet.com/book_archive/details/76.shtml

> Print: http://diabeticgourmet.com/recipes/html/748.shtml

>

> INGREDIENTS

>

> - 6 cups bite-size pieces romain or red leaf lettuce

> - 2/3 cup cucumber, peeled and chopped

> - 3/4 cup tomato, chopped

> - 1/4 cup chopped red onion

> - 1/4 cup raisins

> - 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds, toasted

> - 1 ounce or 2 tablespoons blue cheese, crumbled

> - 1/4 cup bottled nonfat French dressing

>

> DIRECTIONS

>

> Toss lettuce, cucumber, tomato, and onion in a large bowl.

> Sprinkle with raisins, sunflower seeds, and cheese. Pour

> dressing over salad, tossing to coat. Serve immediately.

>

> Nutritional Information Per Serving (2 cups salad):

> Glycemic Index: 41, Glycemic Load: 8, Calories: 132, Protein: 5 g,

> Carbohydrate: 20 g, Dietary Fiber: 2-1/2 g, Fat: 3 g,

> Saturated Fat: 1 g, Cholesterol: 5 mg, Sodium: 229 mg

> Diabetic Exchanges: 2 Vegetable, 1/2 Fruit, 1/4 High-Fat Meat, 1/2 Fat

>

> Also Try: " Salmon Pasta Salad with Mint and Lemon Vinaigrette "

> http://diabeticgourmet.com/recipes/html/579.shtml

>

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>

> STRIP STEAKS WITH BROILED ASPARAGUS

> Yield: 2 servings

> Source: " The Complete Idiot's Guide to Terrific Diabetic Meals "

> Book: http://diabeticgourmet.com/book_archive/details/76.shtml

> Print: http://diabeticgourmet.com/recipes/html/747.shtml

>

> Serving size: 3 ounces cooked beef top loin steak with

> 2 tablespoons sauce and four spears of asparagus

>

> INGREDIENTS

>

> - Vegetable oil cooking spray

> - 1 (8 ounces) boneless beef top loin (strip) steak,

> cut about 3/4-inch thick, trimmed of all fat

> - 1 or 2 cloves of garlic, coarsely chopped

> - 1/2 teaspoon cracked or coarsely ground black pepper

> - 8 - 10 (6 ounces) thin asparagus spears, trimmed

> - 2 teaspoons garlic-flavored olive oil or regular olive oil

>

> Sauce:

>

> - 1/2 cup low-salt beef broth

> - 1 tablespoon dry white wine

> - 1/4 teaspoon Dijon mustard

>

> DIRECTIONS

>

> Rub steak on both sides with a mixture of garlic and pepper.

> Place asparagus in shallow dish and drizzle with oil.

>

> For sauce, in a medium skillet stir together broth and wine.

> Cook over high heat for 4 to 5 minutes or until mixture is

> reduced in volume to 1/4 cup. Whisk in mustard. Remove from

> heat and keep warm.

>

> Preheat the broiler. Spray an unheated broiler pan with cooking

> spray and place steak on it. Broil 3 to 4 inches from the heat

> for 8 to 10 minutes for medium rare or 10 to 12 minutes for

> medium, turning once and place asparagus into the pan next

> to the steak for the last two minutes of broiling.

>

> Spoon sauce onto a plate. Cut steak in half crosswise

> and place atop sauce. Top with asparagus spears.

>

> Nutritional Information Per Serving:

> Glycemic Index: (not significant), Glycemic Load: (not significant),

> Calories: 226, Protein: 26 g, Carbohydrate: 3 g, Dietary Fiber: 1 g,

> Fat: 11 g, Cholesterol: 67 mg, Sodium: 58 mg

> Diabetic Exchanges: 3 Medium-Fat Meat, 1 Fat, 1/2 Vegetable

>

> Also Try: " 's Pasta with Arugula "

> http://diabeticgourmet.com/recipes/html/660.shtml

>

> ---------------------

>

> ANGEL PECAN CUPCAKES

> Yield: 12 servings

> Source: " The Complete Idiot's Guide to Terrific Diabetic Meals "

> Book: http://diabeticgourmet.com/book_archive/details/76.shtml

> Print: http://diabeticgourmet.com/recipes/html/746.shtml

>

> INGREDIENTS

>

> - 2 eggs, separated

> - 1/4 cup hot tap water

> - 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

> - 3/4 cup fructose

> - 1/8 teaspoon salt

> - 1/2 cup cake flour

> - 3/4 teaspoon low-salt baking powder

> - 1/2 cup chopped pecans

>

> DIRECTIONS

>

> Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

>

> In a medium bowl, with an electric mixer, beat egg yolks,

> hot water, and vanilla together until very thick and pale.

>

> Slowly beat in 1/2 cup fructose and set aside. In a small

> bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Add salt, and continue

> beating until whites hold soft peaks.

>

> Gradually add remaining 1/4 cup fructose to egg whites,

> beating until stiff but not dry. Stir 1/3 of whites into

> yolks, and sift flour and baking powder over egg mixture.

> Add pecans and remaining whites, and gently fold until blended.

>

> Place 12 paper liners in a 12-cup muffin pan. Spoon batter

> evenly into cups, and bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick

> inserted into a cupcake comes out clean.

>

> Nutritional Information Per Serving (1 cupcake):

> Glycemic Index: 30, Glycemic Load: 6, Calories: 112, Protein: 3 g,

> Carbohydrate: 20 g, Dietary Fiber: Less than 1/2 g, Fat: 4 g,

> Saturated Fat: Less than 1 g, Cholesterol: 35 mg, Sodium: 27 g

> Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 Starch

>

> Also Try: " Chewy Pineapple Pecan Squares "

> http://diabeticgourmet.com/recipes/html/151.shtml

>

> =========================

> DIABETES 101:

> =========================

>

> A PEDOMETER MAY TELL

> THE FUTURE OF YOUR HEALTH

>

> By , MS, RD, CDN

>

> If you wonder what the future holds for you, you may want

> to look at a pedometer. Recent studies emphasize that the

> amount of exercise you get independently affects your

> long-term health, no matter what your weight, blood

> cholesterol, or blood pressure may be.

>

> Although weight control can help lower your risk for both heart

> disease and cancer, so can exercise. For all weight levels, a

> lifestyle with at least 3.5 hours of exercise a week lowers the

> risk of death 25 to 30 percent, according to a recent study of

> more than 116,000 women. In an earlier study, men's fitness test

> scores had more impact on their risk of death during the next

> 10 years than being overweight or obese.

>

> Regular exercise can help lower the risk of several cancers.

> In a study of women after menopause, participants who had a

> history of regular vigorous exercise at age 35 had a 14% less

> risk of breast cancer than less active ones. Women who were

> walking briskly for 30 minutes three to five times a week,

> or did a similar activity for the same amount of time, at

> the start of the study faced an 18 percent lower breast

> cancer risk over the next four to five years.

>

> Exercise can also help people with type 2 diabetes. Many of

> these people suffer from heart disease. A recent Finnish study

> followed men and women with diabetes who were aged 25 to 74

> for almost 19 years. People with at least moderate levels of

> physical activity were less likely to die from heart disease

> or any other cause than less active adults. The benefits of

> exercise applied to a wide range of people: overweight or not,

> with or without high blood pressure, and nonsmokers or smokers.

>

> As these studies show, exercise can help protect us from

> illness. But our quality of life depends on much more. It

> includes the ability to walk enough for errands or trips,

> carry packages or suitcases, and climb stairs easily. A new

> study from the U.K. links the ability to perform such routine

> activities with regular physical activity in middle age. In

> this study, 2.5 hours of moderate exercise (such as biking or

> leisurely swimming), or one hour of vigorous activity (such

> as running or swimming laps) per week was protective.

>

> Unfortunately, most of the healthy middle-aged people who began

> the study did not meet these minimum standards. Nine years

> later, most of them had developed some physical limitations.

>

> Experts often recommend physical activity in terms of time.

> The most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans from the

> U.S. Department of Agriculture repeat advice from the American

> Institute for Cancer Research that we should aim for at least

> one hour of moderate activity every day. Of course, those who

> have been sedentary will benefit from any increase in activity.

> These people should try for 30 minutes a day most days of the

> week, until they can do more.

>

> Another way to measure physical activity is to use a pedometer.

> This device clips on your waistband and counts the steps you

> take. A new study compares the actual physical activity between

> women who followed a 30-minute guideline and women who tried to

> reach 10,000 steps a day. Before the study, both groups walked

> less than 7,000 steps each day. The women who aimed for

> 30 minutes of exercise reached 9,505 steps on the days in

> which they included a 30-minute walk. But on the days without

> this walk, they reached less than 5,600 steps a day.

>

> In contrast, the women who tried for 10,000 steps averaged

> 11,775 steps when they met their goal. Even when they fell

> short, however, they still averaged 7,780 steps.

>

> Perhaps a time goal leaves us vulnerable to an all-or-nothing

> attitude. If we can't fit in 30 minutes or an hour of exercise,

> we may give up. Wearing a pedometer, on the other hand, may help

> us see how seizing each opportunity to be active adds up for our health.

>

> YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY READING:

>

> Walking for Exercise: A Step in the Right Direction

> http://diabeticgourmet.com/articles/107.shtml

>

> =========================

> FOOD AND COOKING

> =========================

>

> FUSION COOKING FOR EVERYDAY

>

> By Dana i

>

> There was once a time when fusion simply meant the combining

> of two or more things into one. Today, " fusion cooking, " the

> marrying of ingredients and techniques from different culinary

> cultures, is featured in many restaurants as if it were a

> new phenomenon. But, historically speaking, fusion cooking

> has been going on since Western traders first traveled the

> Silk Route to China and colonialism met local culture across

> the East, Africa and in the Americas.

>

> In America's colonial era, British settlers used Indian corn

> when traditional ingredients were scarce to make the English

> dishes they were accustomed to, a strategy Pilgrims no doubt

> thought of as " making do, " not an innovative culinary technique.

>

> Louisiana's Creole cuisine, a blend of French and Spanish

> cooking and local ingredients often those brought from

> Africa via the Caribbean might arguably be considered the

> first fusion cooking in America to establish an independent

> and sophisticated culinary invention.

>

> Immigrants from around the globe have contributed new prepared

> foods, leading to cross-fertilization of ideas on how to combine

> ingredients and adapt new techniques in cooking, baking and

> roasting. And an upsurge in international travel after World

> War II introduced American tourists to new cuisines.

>

> Although fusion cooking as a marketing concept made a big

> media splash in the 1970s when French chefs began using Asian

> ingredients, the globalization of food products has allowed

> American cooks to use new foods in preparing familiar dishes.

> Today, fusion cooking is so common we do it at home.

>

> Americans who have never traveled to Japan might use imported

> panko, Japanese breadcrumbs, to achieve a crispier texture for

> breaded meats in Western dishes. A European-style sauce may

> include chipotle chile to add a smoky nuance. Some ingredients,

> such as soy sauce, have become so popularized they are now as

> common and accepted as ketchup, which we think of as " pure

> American " but in fact started out as a Malay fish sauce.

>

> This shrimp saute, using chipotle chile, Asian pear, and

> annatto, a frequent flavoring in Hispanic dishes, is a

> fusion dish you can easily make in the kitchen. (Paprika

> can replace the annatto, if desired.)

>

> SHRIMP WITH ASIAN PEAR, RED PEPPERS AND PEAS

>

> Makes 4 servings.

>

> Ingredients

>

> - 2 Tbsp. canola oil

> - 2 tsp. annatto seeds or 1 tsp. ground*

> - 1 medium onion, chopped

> - 1 red bell pepper, cored and diced

> - 1 medium Asian pear, cored and diced

> - 3/4 lb. medium or small shrimp, shelled

> - 1 Tbsp. tomato paste

> - 1/4 tsp. ground chipotle chile, or 1/2 canned

> - 1 tsp. salt

> - 1/3 cup orange juice

> - 1 cup pigeon or cow peas, canned or frozen

>

> Directions

>

> In a small saucepan, heat the oil and annatto over medium

> heat until the oil is deep orange, 4-5 minutes. Finely

> strain the oil into a small bowl. Discard the annatto seeds.

>

> Heat 1 Tbsp. of the annatto-flavored canola oil, in a

> large skillet over medium-high heat. Saute the onion until

> translucent, 4 minutes. Add the pepper and Asian pear.

> Saute 3 minutes.

>

> Add the shrimp and cook, stirring, until they are red, about

> 3 minutes. Mix in the tomato paste, chipotle, the paprika, if

> using, salt, orange juice and peas. Cook until shrimp are opaque

> in the center, 3 to 5 minutes. Serve, accompanied by brown rice.

>

> *If you cannot find annatto, substitute 1 tsp. ground paprika.

>

> Nutritional Information Per Serving (1/4 of recipe):

> 248 calories; 9g fat; less than 1 g. saturated fat;

> 21g carbohydrate; 22 g protein, 4g fiber, 311 mg sodium

> Diabetic Exchanges: 3 Medium-Fat Meat, 2 Fruit, 1 Vegetable

>

> Print Version:

> http://diabeticgourmet.com/articles/511.shtml

>

> You May Also Enjoy:

>

> Cabbage Salad, Sichuan-Style

> http://diabeticgourmet.com/articles/566.shtml

>

> =========================

> DIABETES RELATED DEFINITIONS

> AND EXPLANATIONS

> =========================

>

> OVERT DIABETES:

> Diabetes in the person who shows clear signs of the

> disease such as a great thirst and the need to urinate often.

>

> LANCET:

> A fine, sharp-pointed blade or needle for pricking the skin.

>

> RISK FACTOR:

> Anything that raises the chance that a person will get a

> disease. With non-insulin-dependent diabetes, people have a

> greater risk of getting the disease if they weigh a lot more

> (20 percent or more) than they should.

>

> ENDOGENOUS:

> Grown or made inside the body. Insulin made by a person's own

> pancreas is endogenous insulin. Insulin that is made from beef

> or pork pancreas or derived from bacteria is exogenous because

> it comes from outside the body and must be injected.

>

> HYPOTENSION:

> Low blood pressure or a sudden drop in blood pressure. A person

> rising quickly from a sitting or reclining position may have a

> sudden fall in blood pressure, causing dizziness or fainting.

>

> =========================

> DIABETES Q AND A:

> =========================

>

> QUESTION:

>

> I have been overweight for most of my life. Will losing weight

> at this point really make a difference in my disease risk?

>

> ANSWER:

>

> Yes. With almost two thirds of Americans overweight or obese

> in the U.S., there is a lot of concern about the effect of

> excessive weight on disease risk. And the research clearly

> shows that obesity is not only a risk for diabetes and heart

> disease, but also for several types of cancers.

>

> Losing as little as 10 percent of your body weight can make

> a difference in your disease risk. That means if you weigh

> 180 pounds, just losing 18 pounds can offer significant

> benefits and health protection.

>

> You may also be interested in reading:

>

> Normal Weight but Obese?

> http://diabeticgourmet.com/articles/625.shtml

>

> =========================

> SPECIAL SPONSOR'S MESSAGE

> =========================

>

> ANOTHER GREAT FREE TRIAL OFFER:

>

> " Nerve Pain Breakthrough - 92% Success Rate!

> Clinical Studies Conclude that this formulation is

> Highly Effective at Getting Rid of Neuropathy Pain - For Good "

>

> This breakthrough treatment will help you:

>

> - Reduce or eliminate numbness and tingling

> in your hands, feet and legs

> - Eliminate pain and burning sensations

> - Support and strengthen your nerves and nerve linings

> - Reduce stress and anxiety

> - Improve Balance and Coordination

> - Guaranteed to work

>

> Neuropathy Support Formula is a capsule you take twice daily

> that uses ultra high doses of vitamin B1 (benfotiamine), B12

> (methylcobalamin) and alpha lipoic acid. No side effects.

>

> Visit http://neuropathytreatmentgroup.com/support to learn

> more about this product and to claim your FREE trial bottle.

> Limit one (1) FREE bottle per customer and per household.

>

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