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Healthy Recipes: Spanish Omelet

This tasty dish provides a healthy array of vegetables and can be used for breakfast, brunch, or any meal! Serve with fresh fruit salad and a dinner roll.

Ingredients - serves 5:

• 5 small potatoes, peeled and sliced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil or vegetable cooking spray
• 1/2 medium onion, minced
• 1 small zucchini, sliced
• 1 1/2 cup green/red peppers, sliced thin
• 5 medium mushrooms, sliced
• 3 whole eggs, beaten
• 5 egg whites, beaten
• Pepper and garlic salt with herbs, to taste
• 3 ounces shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese

Procedure:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Cook potatoes in boiling water until tender.
• In a nonstick pan, add oil or vegetable spray and warm at medium heat.
• Add the onion and sauté until brown. Add vegetables and sauté until tender but not brown.
• In a medium mixing bowl, slightly beat the eggs and egg whites, pepper, garlic salt, and mozzarella cheese. Stir egg-cheese mixture into the cooked vegetables.
• Oil or spray a 10-inch pie pan or ovenproof skillet. Transfer potatoes and eggs mixture to pan. Spread with parmesan cheese and bake omelet until firm and brown on top, about 20-30 minutes.

Nutrition Information:
Serving size: 1/5 of omelet
Calories: 242
Carbohydrate: 18 grams
Protein: 19 grams
Fat: 9 grams

Daily Servings According to Diabetes Food Guide Pyramid:
serving from Grains/Beans/Starchy Vegetable group: 1
serving from Meat group: 1
serving from Fat: 1/2

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Living with diabetes is overwhelming and confusing.

There are vast amounts of information and tools available, but where do you start?

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Understanding what diabetes is and its different types (type 1, type 2, pre-diabetic and gestational diabetes) helps you know what is happening to your body.

Learn how testing your blood sugar can help you avoid complications in the future

Diabetes can be treated in different ways, so your treatment depends on what your doctor recommends. Learn about the treatments and find out how you can develop a healthy routine through proper nutrition and exercise.

Having too much sugar in your blood can cause complications over time. You need to know about those complications and their warning signs. You also need to know the good news: you can minimize the complications of diabetes by keeping your blood sugar levels in control over time.

What is Diabetes?

Diabetes means your body does not make enough insulin or does not use insulin properly. Insulin is a hormone made by a gland near your stomach called the pancreas. Your body uses insulin to carry sugar from your bloodstream to your cells. Sugar is the "fuel" your body needs for all your activities - whether it is breathing, reading, walking or running. Your body changes the food you eat into a sugar called glucose. When you have diabetes, sugar is not carried properly to your cells, so too much stays in your bloodstream. This is called hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar. Left untreated, high blood sugar can cause a lot of damage to your body.

What is Type 1 Diabetes?

Type 1 diabetes can occur at any age, but it usually occurs in children and young adults. That is why it often is called "Juvenile" diabetes. With type 1 diabetes, your body makes little or no insulin.

What is Type 2 Diabetes?

Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes. It usually occurs in people over the age of 40. With type 2 diabetes, your body does not make enough insulin or your cells resist the insulin.

What is Gestational Diabetes?

Gestational diabetes is high blood sugar that occurs ONLY in pregnant women who do not already have diabetes. Only a small number of women are affected. This type of diabetes usually goes away once the baby is born and occurs at about the 24th week of pregnancy, when your body makes large amounts of hormones to help your baby grow. These hormones keep your insulin from working the way it should. When this happens, your blood sugar rises.

High blood sugar will cause your baby to grow large and make insulin. Do not worry - most women with gestational diabetes have healthy babies. Still, the gestational diabetes has to be treated until your baby is born. Keeping your blood sugar as near normal as possible will help prevent problems for you and your baby.

What is Pre-Diabetes?

Pre-diabetes occurs when blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes.

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