How To Control Diabetes Diet.
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A well planned diet is by far the most effective way to keep diabetes under check. Being a diabetic doesn’t mean saying goodbye to all food preparations that your taste buds savor. In essence, a diabetic just needs to refrain from foods that the digestive process converts to glucose faster! A diabetic, however, needs nutrients in the right quantities, as much as a non-diabetic does! So the diet for a diabetic needs to be planned taking care that the intake (a) does contain sufficient quantities of basic nutrients like, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins etc and (b) does not have any component that gets converted to glucose fast. It is not possible to come up with a diet menu that is universal,because eating habits are so diverse. It is important to keep in mind the person’s individual food preferences. There is a very practical way to go about it with the following steps. (1) Get a printed copy of a chart(s),or use a lined piece of paper, list details of (a) daily calorific requirement related to your body weight and (b) the established calorific value of most items you have in your regular meals. This is readily available from the internet, or recipe books. (2) Find how many calories you need for your weight. (3) Look at the values in terms of calories that each serving of the various foods you prefer, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. (3) By a simple process of inclusion/elimination, make a combination for each major meal with an eye on both, the cumulative calories and your choice of the foods you like. You can then easily make your own diet chart with a suitable variety that mantains your blood sugar levels, but have a word with your physician for his advice if you are on medication. Eliminate the thought from your mind that “all that tastes good isn’t for you anymore, now that you are a diabetic! Check this out.
