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Diabetes

What is type 2 diabetes?

Feelings About Diabetes

Food Diary

Choosing Food

Tips for Planning Meals

Diabetes Medications

Monitoring Your Diabetes

Tips on Making Changes

More Information on Type 2 Diabetes

Living with Diabetes

How Families Can Help

What's in Food?

Physical Activity

Balance of Food, Exercise and Medicine

Weight Loss

How to use monitoring information

Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemia)

High Blood Sugar (Hyperglycemia)

Sick Day Care

Personal Care

Long-Term Problems

Heart and Vascular Disease

Eye Damage

Kidney Damage

Nerve Damage

Coping With Stress

Partmer in Care

Your Exercise Plan

Travel

Meal Planning

Counting Carbohydrates

Exchange Meal Plan

Nutrition Label

Special Foods

Eating Away From Home

Alcohol and Diabetes

Taking Charge of Your Meal Plan

Sexual Health for Men

Sexual Health for Women

Diabetes and Other Chronic Problems

Helpful Links

American Diabetes Association

Sources of Fiber

Soluble Fiber (to help lower cholesterol)

• Raw Vegetables
• Fresh fruits
• Barley
• Dried peas
• Brown rice
• Okra
• Kidney beans
• Lentils
• Pinto beans
• Black-eyed peas
• Black beans
• Whole grain products
  •  Oats, oat bran, rice bran cereals
  • Soy pasta
  • Oat bran, rye and pumpernickel breads
  • Rye and oat crackers

Insoluble Fiber (to help prevent constipation)

• Some raw vegetables
• Wheat bran products
  • Cereal (100% bran)
  • Pasta
  • Bread
  • Crackers