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Diabetics cheer! Frenny Billimoria with Surinder Wadhawan have come out with an interesting recipe book "The Diabetic's Cookbook".
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DIABETIC PATIENTS are often told not to eat this! Avoid that! It is not for you! Then what is the right diet for them? How much can they eat? These questions, and thousands like them are asked everyday. A number of diabetics are interested in finding out what they can eat. To answer such queries Frenny Billimoria with Surinder Wadhawan have come out with an interesting recipe book "The Diabetic's Cookbook" for the diabetics, released by the Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, at The Ashok hotel this past week.
Congratulating Billimoria, Shiela Dikshit says, "It is a very special occasion because she given some interesting recipes for the patients. So marvellous and exciting."
An excited Billimoria says, "Two years ago Penguin asked me to write a cookbook for the diabetics as I am a cookbook writer and for this I took help from Surinder Wadhawan, former dietecian, Safdarjung Hospital ."
Catering to the demand of these patients she says, "The look of the plate has to change. Now the diabetic will have the same plate where rice has to shrink, dal and chicken has to rise. Sweets have to shrink and fruits should be added. The quantity of stir-fried vegetables should replace the quantity of rice."
Choices galore
Most cookbooks for diabetics dole out recipes that do not exactly excite the taste buds but this book has all the meals starting from starters, soups to the main course. And for the sweet tooth, there are a number of recipes in which they can try . "I myself am a diabetic patient and many of my friends are either border line cases or outright diabetics which inspired me to bring out the book," reasons Billimoria. The book is compiled with mostly Indian recipes but sprinkled with a few international ones.
"All the ingredients used are indigenous and easily available, and the recipes are varied in flavour and texture. Not only this, to help monitor calorie intake, a crucial aspect of diabetic care, every recipe is supplemented with a list of protein, fat and carbohydrate content as well as the total calories per serving," informs Billimoria.
The introduction of the book by Wadhawan clears many myths concerning the disease. It explains lucidly how and why diabetes occurs, what are its side effects, what causes them, and most importantly how to control diabetes. But are the sugar substitutes good for health? "There are so many studies that prove that these substitutes are good for the people but if possible one should use alternatives like fruits and ideally should not be given to the children and pregnant ladies," says Dr. A.K. Jhingan, Chairman, Delhi Diabetes Research Centre. His mantra for diabetics is: "Lose weight and gain life. Eat right and do exercise regularly."
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