Weight Loss Diets

Whether you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, reaching and maintaining a healthy weight is an important part of keeping yourself healthy and your blood sugar in good control. Here, get expert advice and information on the best and worst ways to eat to lose weight with diabetes. They say it's all about calories consumed and calories burned. But it's never that simple, is it?

Reviewed by Susan Weiner, RD, MS, CDE, CDN. 5/12

Diet Shopping A review of five meal-plan programs designed for people with diabetes.	Healthy, Lowfat Diet? A body of evidence challenges the idea that eating a low-fat diet is the best way to manage your weight, lower cholesterol, reduce blood pressure, and improve overall health.
The Lowdown on Low Carb Diets It's been a popular approach to weight loss for some time now, but is following a low-carbohydrate diet a good idea?	ADA Backs Low Carb The American Diabetes Association, for the first time, voiced its support of low-carbohydrate diets for weight management in people with diabetes.
Are All Calories Created Equal? Conventional wisdom argues that a calorie is a calorie, whether it comes from an ice cream cone or a tossed salad, but research shows this may not be the case.