With your culinary masterpieces

LifeScan, the leading developer of blood glucose monitors, has teamed up with Diabetes UK to ask the nation to share its top healthy recipes to raise vital funds. With 2.2 million people living with diabetes in the UK today, and up to another 750,000 who remain undiagnosed, LifeScan hopes that its campaign will not only raise money for essential medical research but help drive awareness of this potentially fatal condition.

Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson is lending his support to the campaign, calling for Britain’s favourite healthy recipes. Whether it’s winter warmers or sizzling summer BBQ servings, everyone has their own signature dish. So, why not share it with LifeScan? For every recipe submitted LifeScan will donate 50p to Diabetes UK. In addition, the best recipes will be selected and published in the near future.

Antony Worrall Thompson has even donated the first recipe, which you can find overleaf, to get the ball rolling! A long term supporter of Diabetes UK, he is also author of new book ‘The Diabetes Weight-Loss Diet’ written with Azmina Govindji and Jane Suthering (RRP £12.99).

Antony Worrall Thompson comments: “Food is my life and I want to show that people with diabetes can eat delicious food and still maintain a healthy weight. The key is to follow a balanced diet, with plenty of fruits and vegetables, but also to realise that you can still enjoy a wide variety of foods as part of healthy eating. I hope people will enjoy my spiced cod dish as it is easy to prepare and full of flavour."

Olivier Lechanoine, Marketing Director, LifeScan adds: “At LifeScan we firmly believe that diabetes doesn’t have to be a barrier to either achieving great things or just simply enjoying life! We hope that by sharing these recipes and raising funds for Diabetes UK that we can help people to do this.”

Jemma Edwards, Care Advisor, Diabetes UK, comments: “LifeScan’s campaign will help us raise vital funds to try and find a cure for diabetes and support those living with this potentially fatal condition.”