
Like every country Germany has its regional culinary specialities. The German cuisine consists of a variety of regional styles of cooking and has far more to offer than just pork roast with dumplings and kraut - which is the common cliché in many a film.

Just because you have diabetes, that doesn't mean you have to do without the pleasure of a good meal. Sweets and alcohol are also no taboo. The rule is: Enjoy moderately!

"Celebrate the parties as they come!" says a German proverb. During one year there are many different big festivals, where locals and visitors from abroad party together. As a diabetic you don't have to do without these festivals of course.

The topic of eating disorders has been in the media quite frequently during the last years. But what remains mostly left aside in the overall discussion, is the close connection between eating disorders and diabetes.

Lack of activity and false nutrition are good for nobody. But for diabetics they can make life a lot worse…

In order to support a diet that fits the needs of a diabetic, the usage of specific diabetes or diet food products is not always necessary but recommendable. Before choosing one of these products one should be familiar with what to demand from such a product.

Religious fasting, voluntary food abdication for non - medical reasons that is, is a worldwide phenomenon. Religious Muslims are fasting for 30 days once a year.