Saturday, December 25, 2010

23 Tips to plan Diet for Diabetic People

Diabetes is one of the foremost disease from which world population suffers and it being heredity don't help either in lowering the numbers of diabetes sufferers.

So in this article we are giving you 23 tips which will help you in planning proper diet for diabetic patients.
1. Diet is very important for diabetic people. It can aggravate the situation or it can help in controlling diabetes. So as a first tip, follow the advice of your doctor and discuss your diet and what to eat and what not to eat from him.
2. Diet for diabetes varies according to the type of diabetes. In case of type 1 diabetes, the calorie intake should be less. In case of the type 2 diabetes, the calorie intake should be higher. More calories will compensate the weight loss associated with type 2 diabetes.
3. The diet will vary depending on the age, sex, weight, activity level etc.
4. Carbohydrate should be a main source in the diet plan for Diabetic patients.
5. Do not drastically cut on your carbohydrate intake. Carbohydrates are necessary to keep the body healthy. It maintains body weight.
6. Consult a doctor or nutritionist before selecting and eating foods.
7. There are some free foods are also available. These foods can be taken whenever you like them. The calorie content in these foods is very low. In most cases the content is below 5 %.
8. Some of the free foods are Bouillon, carbonated water, Coffee, Soda, Sugar free soft drinks, sugar free gum, sugar free jam, sugar free etc.
9. Spread out the free foods within the day.
10. Eat same amount of food each day this helps in regulating your body metabolism.
11. Eat at a regular time in the day
12. Follow the nutritional guide suggest by your physician.
13. Eat more starch. You can eat bread, starch containing vegetable and cereal.
14. Eat plenty of raw vegetable
15. Eat fruits and vegetable as much as you can.
16. When you eat sugar and sweets in moderation, then it helps in body function.
17. Soluble fibres in fruits, seeds and vegetables are better for the diabetic patient. They are useful. They reduce the glucose absorption from the human intestine. Legumes, bean, carrots etc. are examples of soluble fiber food.
18. Use carbohydrate counting to check on carbohydrate take up. It will help you to indo u how much calorie you have used today.
19. Limit fat. Limit it to 30%. Otherwise you may find heart problem. Small servings of meat, fish, poultry, and dairy products may help the patient in doing better.
20. Do not touch high fatty foods like Atkins diet or such other fatty foods.
21. Make a diet chart and follow it religiously
22. Find out what type of food is suitable and good for you and accordingly plan you breakfast, lunch, and dinner with those foods.
23. Doctors can help you a lot by offering his guidance an expertise for helping find a diet for diabetic people.
I hope this list helps you in formalizing your Diet for Diabetes. You might want to check out Diabetic Cooking Magazine. It's a cooking magazine that contains great recipes and meal ideas for those with diabetes..I would love to see tips and points from people are actually suffering from diabetes, so if you have something to share than please do tell in comments.

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