Portion Control: 7 Ways to Watch What You Eat

Healthy Eating with Type 2 Diabetes

Portion control is significant when it comes to losing weight with type 2 diabetes. Monitoring how much you eat can help you achieve a healthy weight. In this slideshow, you’ll learn 7 simple ways to reduce your portion sizes at every meal.

Why Portion Control Matters

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Monitoring how much you eat when you have type 2 diabetes can help you manage blood glucose levels and lose weight (if you need to). With portion control, you automatically reduce the calories you eat without having to count them! You can still eat the foods you love—you just need to eat them in smaller portions. This slideshow shows you 7 super simple ways to help you do that.

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Written by Julie M. Gentile

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Reference

Create your plate. American Diabetes Association Web site. http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/planning-meals/create-your-plate. Accessed April 18, 2011.

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Aim for a Healthy Weight: Keep an Eye on Portion Size. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Web site. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/PortionSize_ZCard_taggd.pdf. Published November 2009. Accessed April 18, 2011.
Becker G. Losing Weight. In: The First Year Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Marlowe & Company; 2007:231-239.
Just Enough for You: About Food Portions. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders Web site. http://www.win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/just_enough.htm. Published June 2009. Accessed April 18, 2011.

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