The Rite Bite Diabetes Cooking School (Order Form)
This diabetes cooking school was totally revised in 2007. The curriculum teaches the meal planning and food preparation skills that will reduce calories, control carbohydrate, modify fat and increase fiber so those affected by diabetes can achieve better blood glucose and blood pressure control.
Objectives
Participants will be able to
- prepare recipes and plan meals that are reduced in fat, sugar, and sodium and are higher in fiber
- use the Plate Method to plan meals
- use artificial sweeteners appropriately
- modify fat intake to reduce cardiovascular disease risk
- control blood pressure
- use herbs and spices to reduce sodium intake
- increase their intake of fruits and vegetables
- use nutrition labels to choose healthier foods
- control portions
Description
1. The program has six lessons. Most people will only offer a series of three at one time:
- Sweeteners: Desserts for Special Occasions
- Portion Control: The Key to Diabetes Control
- Reading the Nutrition Label: An Essential Tool for Diabetes Control
- Choosing the Right Fat: Controlling Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
- Carbohydrate and Fiber: Friend or Foe?
- Seven Ways to Control Your Blood Pressure
2. Each lesson includes a script, handouts and Power Point slides.
3. Over 70 recipes are included and more are available on our Diabetes Publication page on this Web site.
4. The original version of this curriculum won the 1997 Creative Nutrition Education Award from the Diabetes Care and Education Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association and the 2001 Southern Regional Award of the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Association for Educational Curriculum Packages. This revised edition has even more information, handouts and activities.
Contact Connie Crawley to order the curriculum at ccrawley@uga.edu or 706-542-3773.
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