Advocate Good Shepherd offers 'Cooking with Diabetes: Heart Healthy Cooking'

Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital offers cooking demonstration!Cooking with Diabetes: Heart Healthy Cooking

The Advocate Good Shepherd Diabetes Care Center is sponsoring "Cooking with Diabetes: Heart Healthy Cooking" class from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8 in the Prairie/Lakeview Rooms at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, 450 W. Highway 22, Barrington.

You will learn how to prepare healthy meals and achieve better blood sugar control from the registered dietitians with the Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Diabetes Care Center!

Presentation includes a lecture, cooking demonstration, and samples of prepared recipes.

Healthy eating as well as physical activity are important in managing your blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood pressure. It's important to know that you don't have to change your entire life to begin eating properly.

Know the basics of a healthy eating plan.

Some basic information is:

• Choose a variety of foods, especially those that contain carbohydrates and fiber, such as whole grains, beans, vegetables, and fruit.

• You should eat foods that contain protein, such as meat, fish, poultry, beans, nuts, and cheese.

• Saturated fat (animal fat) and trans fats (partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, such as hard margarine and shortenings) should be limited, but some unsaturated fat (oil from vegetables and fish) is healthy.

• Sweets are okay if you eat them in moderation and balance them with healthy choices in other food groups.

Over the past few years, the idea of a “diabetic diet” has changed. Today, your food options are virtually endless. Just remember to choose the right foods on your next trip to the grocery store!

For registration to this event, call Advocate Health Advisor and mention event code 3D77. Call (800) 3ADVOCATE (800) 323-8622 or visit www.advocatehealth.com/gshp. The registration fee is $10 per person, $15 per couple.