EatingWell Nutrition and Recipe Guidelines

A guide to the Health, Diet and Cooking Considerations used in developing and categorizing our recipes.

Diabetes Appropriate

With carbohydrate servings and/or diabetic exchanges provided, a recipe may be considered diabetes appropriate as part of a daily meal plan.

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Main dishes have 350 calories or less, 20 grams or less total fat and 5 grams or less saturated fat per serving.
Soups, salads and side dishes have 250 calories or less, 10 grams or less total fat and 5 grams or less saturated fat per serving.
Muffins, breads and desserts have 230 calories or less, 10 grams or less total fat, 5 grams or less saturated fat per serving.

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Main dishes have 5 grams or less saturated fat per serving.
All other recipes have 2 grams or less saturated fat per serving.

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Recipe provides 150 milligrams or more of calcium per serving.

Recipe has 5 grams or more of fiber per serving.

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Recipe provides 525 milligrams or more of potassium per serving.

Main dishes have 350 calories or less per serving.
Sauces and dressings have 40 calories or less per serving when the serving size is 2 tablespoons or less.
All other recipes have 250 calories or less per serving.

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Recipe has 22 grams or less of carbohydrates per serving.

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Recipe has 60 milligrams or less of cholesterol per serving.

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Recipe has 5 grams or less of saturated fat per serving.

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Main dishes have 480 milligrams or less per serving.
All other recipes have 360 milligrams or less per serving.

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These values—identical to those on food labels—are FDA benchmarks for adults eating 2,000 calories a day.