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@Annette I'm sorry to hear about your diet struggles. Since we are a grocery, we're unable to give this type of nutritional advice. Please reach out to your physician or a licensed nutritionist for great recommendations on eating healthy. Thanks for reaching out.

@Linda Thanks for asking how our Health Starts Here program works for people with type II diabetes. I checked with our Health Starts Here team and here's their guidance: "Our Health Starts Here program is based around our four pillars: Whole Foods, Healthy Fats, Plant-Strong™, and Nutrient Dense foods. Dr. Neal Barnard (on our medical advisory board) has a book titled <em>Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes without Drugs</em>. This is available in our stores and might be a great resource. Whole grains take longer for your body to digest so they end up raising blood sugar more slowly than refined or “white” carbohydrate sources. One does need to watch portion sizes in order to maintain a consistent carbohydrate count for the day but I don't think turning to "low carb" products is the answer. Whole, unprocessed foods with lots of fiber (veggies!), reducing oils, salts, granulated sugars and other refined or processed products can help you make great strides in slowing the progression of diabetes."

This is my 1st time seeing the challenge &amp; I'm so excited. I too have many health challenges two if which are gluten intolerance &amp; diabetes). Thanks for all the AWESOME recipes. When I was 1st diagnose with diabetes in 2010 I was in the ER and my blood sugar was 600+. I have benn making diliberate healthy choices daily since then and I am NOW off of all insulin (YIPPEE), By making the baby steps, introducing one new recipe a week, and making different choices I can tell such a big difference. When 1st diagnosed it was all overwhelming, but now....I seek new ways of eating old foods. Thankk you WF soooo much for the recipes and suggestions on this blog and alll your help!! I look forward to tweaking some of these recipes for myself. See you tomorrow :-)

The link to the meal plan is broken. :-( 404 error. But I do have a couple of questions. If we do take the challange. Does it come with a weekly grocery list or does that have to be derived from the meal plan? Also, is there is discount on groceries if we commit to this? (family of 4 here). Thanks! Hungry Peter

I've just started a low carb diet about a week ago, but am new to this. Are there any suggestions on meals i can prepare or even if i eat at a restaurant or anything like that? Any comment helps

@HUNGRY PETER - Sorry for the delayed response! I believe I wrote back to you but might have incurred a technical glitch. I have fixed the links in the post above. I was unable to find a grocery shopping list but yes, you could take the recipes listed and derive a list. At this time we do not offer any discounts on following the 28-Day Challenge.

Excited to start

I am looking for "normalish" recipes my kids will eat and won't notice are "different"

@SONIA - We have you covered! In a more recent blog post, you will find great ways to add in nutrition for the kiddos! http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/blog/easy-tips-new-year-9-ways-sneak-nutrition

Interested in trying this out.

@MANNY, @CATHERINE & @PATRICIA - Since this is a blog post from last year's challenge, the menus have been removed. This year, each store Healthy Eating Specialist will be working with their region to design their specific challenge along with menu/meal planning. Reach out to your local store HE Specialist to get on their email distribution list for great ideas. Best of luck with the challenge!