Many of our readers are far down the path to better health and their questions become more sophisticated.

For the last 8 weeks the top question we have heard is:

"Give me a list of diabetic friendly foods that I SHOULD KEEP IN MY KITCHEN so I can easily make my own healthy meals."

This IS NOT the same question as "give me more recipes."

This question is from those diabetics who are very successful and looking to take complete control, and move the sugar and weight numbers down even further.

These people are at the heart of the group of "success stories."

The Well-Stocked "Longevity Kitchen" for Diabetics

Might Look Like This

Let's face it. There's no such thing as the perfect "properly" stocked kitchen. What's proper for one family will not necessarily be proper for another. Individual food preferences, family size, budgetary limitations, and many other factors will influence what ought to be in any kitchen.

But just so that you can see what healthy foods a diabetic's "longevity kitchen" might contain, we present the following lists of the BASICS that you can add to and build those outstanding healthy meals from. Just the basics only!!

IN THE REFRIGERATOR:

Vegetables; Fresh lettuce, tomatoes, onions, green peppers, and mushrooms.

Other vegetables in season; Leftover raw, cooked and steamed vegetables

Grain Foods: Sourdough Starter; Fresh cornmeal, fresh wheat; berries; Leftover pancakes; Leftover cooked rice and beans

Fresh and hard-boiled eggs (only the whites are used)

Dairy Products: Skim milk; Fresh Cheeses; Cottage Cheeses; Cream

Cheese; Sour Cream; Yogurt

Miscellaneous cheeses: Echtarharkase cheese, green cheese, moldy

blue cheese (used in small quantity to flavor Blue Cheese Dressing)

Beverages and Fruits: Lemons and limes and bananas etc.; tomato juice, Whey, Lemonade, etc.

Condiments: Hamburger Sauce; Chili Salsa; Taco Salsa; Leftover canned California green chilies Pimientos

IN THE FREEZER:

Fruits and Vegetables: Bags and cartons of frozen of vegetables (not the salted, seasoned pre-mixed oriential type--so full of sodium);,corn, limas, peas, broccoli, etc. (Some of the most amazing STAPLES for meals are found here); Bags and cartons of frozen berries: blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, etc. Remember, not too much fruit!

Meats: Lean Beef steaks (sirloin, round, etc.); Leanest ground beef; Fish filets; Chicken and turkey breasts; Lamb bones; extra lean Beef Sausage; Mock Pork Sausage --lean, rmemeber primitive man ate 15% meat protien.

Soups: Stocks, Sauces: Bags of ice cubes of frozen Bean-Thickened Gravy, beef stock, Chicken Stock, etc.; Jars of spaghetti sauces, soups, stocks, salsas, etc. --watch the sodium!

Cheeses: Cottage Cheese; Homemade Hoop Cheese; Fresh Cheese

Breads: Pita Bread; Sourdough Bread and Biscuits; Corn tortillas; real whold grained breads!

Miscellaneous Items in Baggies: Chopped onions; Chopped green peppers; Lemon peels

IN THE CUPBOARDS

Spices; all kinds

Dried Chilies of all kinds

Canned Goods: (packed without simple carbohydrates gremlins); Condensed skim milk; Tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato juice; Canned California green chilies juices (fruit and vegetable); Canned fruits (mandarin oranges, pineapple, peaches, etc.); Vegetables (beans, green beans, corn, potatoes, etc.); caned Meats (tuna, salmon)---all to be used carefully!

Crackers: (Norwegian flat bread, matzo crackers, etc.)

Pasta: (whole grain Macaroni, spaghetti, noodles, etc.)

Cereals: Hot cereals (Wheat Hearts, Quaker Oats, etc.); Cold

Cereals (Shredded Wheat, Grape-Nuts, etc.); Grains (oats, wheat

berries, etc.); real whole grained cereals

Staples: Flours and starches (all kinds); Special staples: (yeast, junket, pectin, gelatin); Vinegar

Dried Foods: Beans (red, black, navy, pinto, kidney, etc.); Rice (brown rice, wild rice) Barley

SITTING OUT

Bowls of: Ripening Fruit; Bag of Potatoes; Bag of Onions; Garlic; fresh growing spices and vegetables in your own Longevity Kitchen

A secret to making that last, winning half mile in the Diabetic race might be a dietitian who is skilled at supporting a healthy diabetic and can be of great help in finding your top gremlin foods that do the most damage, and giving them the deep six.

So add or subtract from this list--use all your skills and read and study nutrition! Become your best dietitian and your own expert.

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