TV Dinners for Diabetics?

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  • What TV dinner brand is good for a diabetic?


  • Amy's, a vegetarian line that you'll usually find in the 'natural foods' section of most major grocers, offers some good options. They have a fair 'low sodium' line, which is a good sell when you notice the sodium counts on most microwave meals.

    If you live in a town with a specialty grocer, like whole foods or wild oats, you'll probably find they have a good selection of Amy's microwave meals. My local grocery store carries around 10 options, 2 of which are low in sodium.

    Aside from that, I'd take other people's suggestions. Consider your personal daily carb counts (because of my unique dietary needs as a cystic-fibrosis related diabetic, I consume an upwards of -600- grams of carbs each day. I know diabetics who wont go near 100 each day. My a1c is 5.0), the calories, and general nutrition levels of each meal. Consider consuming a non-microwave food at the same time- like a readymade fruit salad as a side or desert.


  • I'd say The South Beach meals, because they're the lowest in carbs. Really if you know how many carbs you're eating (no matter what the brand dinner), you can do a conversion to know how much insulin to take. That's assuming you're insulin dependant and don't have an insulin pump. If you are insulin dependant and don't have a pump, you should discuss the option with your endocrinologist. They are life savers. You tell the pump how many carbs you're about to eat, and it gives you the right amount of insulin for it. Pretty amazing.


  • Lean Cuisine, Smart Ones, Healthy Choice all have reasonable nutrition stats. Just a matter of reading labels to find the ones to fit into your diet based on how many carbs you consume for a meal.


  • There is not any one brand that is any better than others. None of them are especially good for us. You just have to look at the ingredients of the product that you want. The same as with any other processed food.

    Stofers make a quality product in general. They are a little more expensive than some of the others but they all taste good.

    Keep in mind that no processed food is really good for diabetics, but you can get away with it if you are careful.

    EDIT: the "diet" brands are not much better for you than any other brand. They are just marketed different. It is still very important to read the ingredients.


  • Lean Cuisine, Healty Choice,South Beach. Smart Ones, are all okay, but you need to check the carb on what ever dinner you get. Some have carb contents that are high, even though they are "diet" foods. I have never found any of them that I wanted to eat a lot of...the taste isn't all that great. It all tastes like TV dinners. They all have a lot of nasty additives to help keep them "fresher", too. And watch out for the sodium content. Usually it's higher. South Beach can have just as many carbs as the others, although I do prefer the taste better than others. Like I said...check the carb content., each meal is different . Other than that, it all depends on your own taste buds. Check out some of the regular TV dinners. Many are just as low carb as diet ones and there is a bigger variety of meals.







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