Ethnic diets and diabetes

Posted on: August 15th, 2006
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Hispanics run a greater risk, but many are improving their odds by making more healthful food choices.

“Linda Landaverde loves beans. She eats them almost every day.

Unfortunately, she has to count how many she eats to limit her intake of carbohydrates.

Landaverde of Orlando has type 2 diabetes, an illness she’s been living with for almost eight years. Until about a month ago, she says, she managed the disease poorly. Her food choices, based on Latino tastes, weren’t the most diabetic-friendly meals. But she just couldn’t stomach the foods her doctors and nutritionists recommended, such as salads and fruits. They weren’t staples of her ethnic menu.”

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