For Some People with Diabetes, Eating Well Can Be Difficult

One of the functions of www.jeatwell.com is to help individuals with Diabetes find healthy foods to eat when dining out. You pick the restaurant and we'll pick your best meal options. For some, healthy eating can be easy, but for most people, it is challenging. Especially when you need to also watch grams of carbohydrates and maybe salt and Calories too! “Diabetes is a chronic condition that requires a healthy diet to manage the disease,” says Enza Gucciardi, an assistant professor in Ryerson’s School of Nutrition.

Household food insecurity (HFI) refers to the inability of people to access safe and nutritious foods. Some possible causes may be limited income, poor access to fresh fruits and vegetables for people living remote communities, or lack of ethnic foods consumed by
individuals from diverse backgrounds in their daily diets. It is not limited to people in underdeveloped countries. Moreover, the odds of experiencing HFI were greater for two groups of people diagnosed with diabetes: adults under the age of 40 and women
between ages 12 to 45.

Household food insecurity poses serious health challenges for some people with diabetes. “Being food insecure and having diabetes appears to make this population extremely vulnerable to poor mental and physical health.” HFI not only affected physical health problems, but is also connected to mental health, according to the authors. They found that HFI was linked with such issues as mood disorders, lower satisfaction with life and higher self-perceived stress levels.

So, if you know someone with Diabetes who may need some help eating nutritious meals, refer them to jeatwell.com. You could help to improve their mental health and wellness!