CELEBRITY chef Theo Michaels is on a mission on World Diabetes Day.
The cook, who first found fame in MasterChef in 2014, has launched a new series of videos of recipes designed to help people lower their blood sugar.
Steph’s Packed Lunch star Theo has teamed up with SmarterNaturally for the campaign and worked on a super soup which is designed for people living with Type 2 Diabetes.
Speaking about the videos, which are free to access, Theo said: “I set about creating recipes that are full of flavour that complement the broccoli ingredient as well as being type 2 diabetes friendly.
“This country has an obesity epidemic which is a big cause of Type 2 diabetes. A lot of it it comes down to diet and how people eat.
“It is a clinical issue for a lot of people and not that they are over eating. But for a lot us who weigh ourselves, keep an eye on the BMI and look in the mirror we don’t look bad but technically we are obese.”
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Recipes designed by Theo include smoked haddock and Thai green curry.
Theo added: “After being introduced to Smarter Naturally soup and reading the research behind the health benefits I was sold on how beneficial their soup is for maintaining a healthy metabolism and supporting your body.
“I set about creating recipes that are full of flavour that complement the broccoli ingredient as well as being Type 2 diabetes friendly.
“My job has been to jazz up some of those recipes. So if you are eating the soup once a week and you are a long term advocate of it there are things like Indonesian, Thai and risotto recipes.
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“There is also a Mexican inspired one. The core of it all is that it helps cut the risk of type 2 diabetes.”
