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Diet restrictions are one factor to consider when planning a meal. Other factors to consider include the time it takes to prepare the meal, and how much food that you need per person.
Diet restrictions are one factor to consider when planning a meal. Other factors to consider include the time it takes to prepare the meal, and how much food that you need per person.
Look over your country's food guide and base your meal planning on the information presented.
Main things considered in meal planning include; 1.Take into consideration Nutritional needs - children, teenagers and elderly people have different dietary needs and thus require special diets. 2.Consider the Appeal - when planning a meal, it is good to include a variety of colours, shapes, flavours and textures. 3.Examine your Time constraints - When planning what dishes to cook, we should consider how much time we can afford to spend in preparing and cooking the dishes. 4.Watch the Budget - We don't need to spend a fortune to have a tasty and nutritious meal.
I belive that the factors that influence meal planning includes the type of food, the type of people or crowd that will eat the food, the occassion and time of the service and the hndling of the food.
1) Allergies 2) Lifestyles (vegetarianism, etc.) 3) Cost 4) Health factor 5) Amount of people being served
There are some companies that sell meal planning software. The Living Cookbook meal planning software is one of the highly recommended ones.
Amazon.com sells a variety of books about diabetic meal planning. Some of the top results are titled "Easy Meal Planning for Diabetics" and "Diabetic Meal Planning Made Easy: How to Put the Food Pyramid to Work for your Busy Lifestyle." http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_22?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=diabetic+meal+planning&sprefix=diabetic+meal+planning
Diabetes.webmd.com is one website that has helpful tips on diabetes meal planning. There are also many other websites that have recipes and meal planning ideas for diabetes.
There are many popular and effective diabetes meal planning options. Try finding some diabetes cookbooks and websites. WebMD also offers a good meal planning guide at http://diabetes.webmd.com/features/4-systems-for-diabetes-meal-planning
Most elderly people live on a fixed income so how much is spent on food should be considered when preparing meals for the elderly. Other things that need to be taken into consideration are: portion sizes (not purchasing large quantities of food such as fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy products, etc) because some may spoil before they are used. Sometimes their taste buds are affected because of health status or medications and so they may not eat on a regular basis all the time. The choices of foods should reflect any difficulties in chewing or swallowing, and avoid foods that are harder to digest.
because of meal planning we can budget our time more easily and we can have more time to other activities.