ABSTRACT
Nutrition therapy is a key component of the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) diabetes-care and self-management guidelines for patients with diabetes who are receiving insulin therapy. Nutrition assessment, along with the development and implementation of individualized nutrition goals and meal-planning guidelines, is as important to the successful management of diabetic patients treated with insulin as it is for patients who manage their diabetes with diet and exercise or oral medications. Although essential to optimal diabetes care, following nutrition recommendations and meal-planning strategies can often be the most challenging part of diabetes self-management for patients.
