Rather than wait until close to the
holidays, I think before Thanksgiving is about right. Many of us
have a hard time giving gifts to people with diabetes, especially
when we do not know what they might need or desire. I did post a blog last December too close to the holidays, so I will repeat much
of it and add a few more ideas plus some details.
Yes, the Joslin blog from last year is
still appropriate and has some great to poor ideas for people with
diabetes. Because the cookbooks the ADA promotes often have high
carbohydrate low fat recipes, I would not purchase one for myself.
In addition, many of the recipes have difficult to locate ingredients
and recipes that some people would not make. While many cookbooks
have these recipes, this does not justify ADA cookbooks.
If you are a spouse or family member, you may wish to consider a
digital food scale that can provide most of the nutritional
information, such as the Kitrics Digital Nutrition Scale found at this link. Or, if you have the funds, this digital food scale by
Eatsmart, EatSmart Digital Nutrition Scale - Professional Food and
Nutrient Calculator (at the same link). It is more expensive than
the first one. The least expensive is this one, Newlineny SAD4181-SL
Newline Digital Nutrition Calculator Kitchen Food Diet Scale, Silver
at this link. There are other scales of varying prices.
For all of the scales, do your homework
and read the reviews. For all three scales, the following is sound
advice. If portion control is high on your list of priorities then
this is the scale for you. It works well for a typical American diet
but if you eat ethnic foods, you are bound to be stumped when
entering a code for a food that's not there.
If you know the person likes to read,
books are always in demand. Use care and make sure the book is one
the person will read. Some off hand questions now may point you to a
book they would enjoy. Or if you are bold, print out a list and
clearly state the limit you are willing to spend. They may say none
of them or be happy to know that the book they want is on the list.
One the less expensive side is items
like a pedometer or resistance bands. Just be sure that the gift is
something that will be of help and that the recipient likes to
exercise.
The links in my blog from last year
still work as of the date of this post.
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