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The best salad dressings for metabolic health

Don’t ruin your healthy salad with a glucose-spiking dressing. Here are options with no added sugar or questionable ingredients.

Sharon Liao

August 17, 2022

5 min read

Kelly LeVeque

5 min read

The best snack bars for better blood sugar

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The best snack bars for better blood sugar

They may look like health food, but many snack and energy bars have as much sugar as a candy bar. Here are six recipes to DIY a better version.

Sharon Liao

July 27, 2022

4 min read

Stephanie Greunke, RD

4 min read

10 Sandwich alternatives unlikely to spike blood sugar

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10 Sandwich alternatives unlikely to spike blood sugar

Traditional bread can add unwanted carbs to your midday meal. Try these creative, nutritious swaps to level up your lunch.

May 4, 2022

The best tortilla alternatives for better blood sugar

Beware healthy sounding wraps as full of refined carbs as the sandwich bread they’re meant to replace. Here are wrap ideas for more stable glucose.

Joy Manning, RD

September 30, 2021

4 min read

15 Ideas for eating healthy while flying

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15 Ideas for eating healthy while flying

Airports can be health-food deserts. Here are ideas for prep-ahead meals or on-the-go snacks that will help keep your blood sugar stable the whole trip.

Joy Manning, RD

September 9, 2021

5 min read

Five ways to have a blood-sugar-friendly lunch

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Five ways to have a blood-sugar-friendly lunch

Follow this simple advice when it comes to your midday meal to tee yourself up for an afternoon of higher energy and fewer cravings

Meghan Rabbitt

April 1, 2021

3 min read

Nutrition

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Tasty ideas for a low-carb breakfast

Don’t start your day with a blood-sugar spike and energy-draining crash. Try these delicious—and glucose-friendly—breakfast options instead.

Juno DeMelo

February 1, 2021

5 min read

Holiday recipes that won’t spike your blood sugar

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Holiday recipes that won’t spike your blood sugar

Delicious glucose-friendly food swaps that will bring joy to your holiday meals without the food coma.

Casey Means, MD

December 21, 2020

3 min read

Nutrition

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The best salad dressings for metabolic health

Don’t ruin your healthy salad with a glucose-spiking dressing. Here are options with no added sugar or questionable ingredients.

Sharon Liao

August 17, 2022

5 min read

Kelly LeVeque

5 min read

Nutrition

Eat This Instead

The best snack bars for better blood sugar

They may look like health food, but many snack and energy bars have as much sugar as a candy bar. Here are six recipes to DIY a better version.

Sharon Liao

July 27, 2022

4 min read

Stephanie Greunke, RD

4 min read

Nutrition

Eat This Instead

10 Sandwich alternatives unlikely to spike blood sugar

Traditional bread can add unwanted carbs to your midday meal. Try these creative, nutritious swaps to level up your lunch.

May 4, 2022

The best tortilla alternatives for better blood sugar

Beware healthy sounding wraps as full of refined carbs as the sandwich bread they’re meant to replace. Here are wrap ideas for more stable glucose.

Joy Manning, RD

September 30, 2021

4 min read

Nutrition

Eat This Instead

15 Ideas for eating healthy while flying

Airports can be health-food deserts. Here are ideas for prep-ahead meals or on-the-go snacks that will help keep your blood sugar stable the whole trip.

Joy Manning, RD

September 9, 2021

5 min read