Anyone who's followed a special diet knows it's not easy.
Whether it's low-fat, low-carbohydrate, low-sugar or gluten-free,
resisting temptation and maintaining variety can be
frustrating. Luckily, there are countless resources devoted to
special diets, including many that offer flavorful,
easy-to-prepare recipes.
Low-fat diets
Cyberdiet offers a wealth of health information,
including an explanation of the relationship
between a healthy diet and diabetes, depression and your heart.
Trying to improve your kids' diet? The site's Fast
Food Challenge helps families make more nutritious drive-through decisions.
Low-sugar diets
Adhering to a low- or no-sugar diet is tough for adults, but even more
difficult for children.
The Food and Diet page of the Children
with Diabetes site offers information on carbohydrate counting and tips
for holidays and special occasions.
The Favorite Recipes page offers
sugar-free recipes for many favorites, including sweet toppings
like chocolate sauce and maple-flavored syrup.
Jeanine's Sugar-Free Recipes provides "no
sugar added" creations (some contain natural fruit sugars) for beverages,
breakfast foods and desserts.
Low-carbohydrate diets
One resource for finding out more about low-carbohydrate diets is the
online magazine Low-Carb Living.
The Gluten-Free Page provides resources for
those with Celiac disease and anyone unable to digest gluten,
a mixture of complex protein found in the grain of wheat, barley and rye.
Similarly, The No Milk Page provides a list of
relevant links for those who suffer from lactose intolerance. Finally,
The Food Allergy Network includes a
frequently asked questions section and recipes of the month.
Other Resources
Meals for You
This comprehensive recipe site includes complete meal plans and
individual recipes by categories, which include vegetarian, diabetic,
kosher, low-carbohydrate and low-fat options. You can also search for
recipes based on ingredients.
Nancy's Kitchen
An extensive collection of simple recipes, including many special
diet links.