A Perfect Plan: Feeling Fit

 

What makes Fresh 'n Fit Cuisine a great choice for a healthy lifestyle? We're the only healthy eating program in Georgia that uses no artificial colors, added preservatives or trans fat. And all meals follow American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association, American Cancer Society, and American Dietetic Association guidelines. If you or a friend need to change your eating habits due to one of the following medical conditions, Fresh 'n Fit Cuisine is an ideal choice.

 

The Diabetic's Friend
Keeping blood sugar and diabetes controlled depends heavily on the right diet.  The Fresh 'n Fit meal plan gives you an easy way to be sure you're receiving nutritionally-balanced, calorie-controlled meals. We encourage you to ask your physician about which calorie plan to choose. Some diabetics can look forward to reducing their insulin while many can eliminate oral medication completely.

Diabetics can enjoy three important benefits that come from a healthy diet and losing weight. Since insulin resistance decreases with weight loss, your natural insulin becomes more effective in lowering blood glucose levels. Blood fat levels and blood pressure can drop as well. And eventually, maintained weight loss can lead to reducing or eliminating your diabetes medicines.

 

Handling High Cholesterol

Cholesterol is all around you. It’s a thick, gummy substance that can reduce the efficiency of your heart. It’s found in many of our favorite foods like poultry, meat, egg yolk, and dairy. Saturated fat and trans fats in the diet can also increase your blood cholesterol levels (especially the LDL “bad” cholesterol) and potentially lower your HDL “good” cholesterol levels. If you don’t watch your diet, you may wind up eating too much of these substances and begin lining the walls of your arteries. In turn, they can become narrow or clogged and increase your risk of a heart attack or other types of heart disease. Fresh ‘n Fit Cuisine is low in saturated fat, contains zero trans fats and is low in dietary cholesterol, which may help you keep your blood cholesterol under control.”

 

Heart Health & High Blood Pressure
The Fresh ‘n Fit meal plan is low in sodium and calorie controlled. The resulting benefit of a lower sodium intake and likely loss of weight can lower blood pressure and promote a healthier heart. Fresh ‘n Fit meals also include a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables. Recently, the ‘recommended’ number of daily servings needed for good health was increased. Research shows that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables may reduce your risk of developing some chronic diseases and conditions such as high blood pressure, heart disease, Macular Degeneration, some forms of cancer, and may aid in weight control.

 

Sugar & Type II Diabetes

Sugar gets all the bad press. Sure, sugary foods do send your blood sugar higher, but so do other foods like sub sandwiches, pasta or corn on the cob. Truth is, nearly every diabetic can enjoy foods containing sugar. The American Dietetic Association puts it another way - there are no good or bad foods, just good and bad diets. A balanced and healthy diet for weight loss or weight maintenance can include all types of foods.

 

Research that's relevant to both type I and type II diabetes reveals that sugars (like table sugar) don't raise blood glucose any faster than other carbohydrates like rice, baked potatoes, or spaghetti. Put simply, eat too much and your blood sugar goes up regardless of the kind of carbohydrates you eat.