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At Equal, we're committed to providing resources and support to health
care providers, educators and their patients living with diabetes. We hope
you'll find these tools helpful in educating and improving the lives of
your patients.
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Tools For You and Your Patients
Carbohydrate
Counting for Better Health 
Educational
resource that discusses the importance and health benefits of carbohydrate
counting. The tool provides tips and information on
how to count carbohydrates using a food label and how to count carbohydrates
for foods without a food label.
Carbohydrate
Counting Pocket Guide - Expanded
Easy-to-use
reference guide lists the average amounts of carbohydrate and calories
in many popular foods. A "handy" measuring
tip guide helps estimate appropriate serving sizes for accurate carbohydrate
counting.
Carbohydrate
Counting Teaching Aid (Ready, Set, Start Counting)
Comprehensive meal planning information and carbohydrate counting
worksheet to help patients understand how food choices affect blood glucose
levels. Written by the Diabetes Care and Education Dietetic Practice
Group of the American Dietetic Association through a grant from Merisant,
makers
of Equal sweetener.
Aspartame
Weight Control Study
Summary
of a long-term clinical study in which aspartame, the sweetening ingredient
in Equal, was shown to help obese patients reduce their weight
and better maintain their weight reduction over 3+ years. The study
was conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School and other facilities. Click here to
access the study abstract on the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
website.
Carbohydrate
Counting Pocket Guide
Easy-to-use reference chart shows the average amount of carbohydrate,
protein and fat in everyday foods.
Weight
Loss Teaching Aid
Educational
resource you can use with your patients with diabetes to discuss the importance
and health benefits of losing weight. Includes
exercising and eating healthy tips for losing and maintaining weight.
Easy
Everyday Logbook
Logbook
for your patients includes a daily food journal that is helpful for eating
right to manage diabetes and lose weight. This
resource will also help your patients keep accurate records on blood
glucose levels, exercise regimens, medications and much more.
Daily
Journal for Easy Everyday Logbook
Click here to print out a single page of the daily journal from
the Easy Everyday Logbook
Portion
Control Bookmark
Portion
control guide uses "handy" measuring tips to estimate
appropriate portions.
Equal
Eating Healthy Placemat
Colorful guide demonstrates the Plate Method for meal planning and
provides helpful information on understanding the Nutrition Facts Label
and Diabetes Food Pyramid.
Equal
Recipe Fact Sheet
Provides helpful hints for using Equal in recipes. Includes Equal
conversion chart.
Skinny
on Sweeteners Fact Sheet
Fact sheet provides answers to the most commonly asked questions
on the three major sugar substitutes: aspartame, sucralose and saccharin.
Aspartame
Fact Sheet
Answers frequently asked questions about aspartame safety. Fact
sheet is sponsored by the Calorie Control Council and reviewed by the American
Dietetic Association's Fact Sheet Review Board.
Aspartame
Reference Sheet
Facts about the safety of aspartame from leading health organizations.
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be used, copied and distributed by health care providers only for educational
purposes. Any usage for commercial purposes or any non-educational purpose
is strictly prohibited without written consent of Merisant Company. Merisant
Company reserves the right to assert copyright infringement or other
claims against any parties responsible for such unauthorized uses.
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