Dietary Advice for African‐Caribbean People with Diabetes

The prevalence of diabetes in the African‐Caribbean community appears to be 2.2 per cent. Discusses the main dietary recommendations for diabetes and outlines meal patterns but carefully states that generalizations cannot be made and individuals vary considerably in their eating habits. Gives practical dietary advice. The main guidelines are: encourage traditional foods; modify cooking methods; reduce intake of cheap, fatty cuts of meat; eat more traditional dishes which include beans and lentils; eat fewer sugar‐rich Caribbean specialities and remove excess salt from commonly consumed saltfish. Further information is available from the British Diabetic Association.