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How To Use Food To Control Diabetes
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Diabetes is a disorder that affects the way your body uses food for energy. Normally, the sugar you take in is digested and broken down to a simple sugar, known as glucose. The glucose then circulates in your blood where it waits to enter cells to be used as fuel. Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, helps move the glucose into cells. A healthy pancreas adjusts the amount of insulin based on the level of glucose. But, if you have diabetes, this process breaks down, and blood sugar levels become too high.
There are two main types of full-blown diabetes. People with Type 1 diabetes are completely unable to produce insulin. People with Type 2 diabetes can produce insulin, but their cells don’t respond to it. In either case, the glucose can’t move into the cells and blood glucose levels can become high. Over time, these high glucose levels can cause serious complications.
American Diabetic Association recommends that the diabetic person should eat high fibre diet. It has been shown that the foods with fibres, such as fruits, vegetables, peas, beans and whole grain breads and cereals helps in lowering the blood glucose level.
The diabetes can ONLY be prevented if you can focus on prevention right now by paying close attention to the foods you eat.
A diet low in fat and calories and high in fiber, whole grains, and fruits and vegetables can help to prevent type 2 diabetes. Let’s break down such a diet into its components:
* Calories. A reduction in calories leads to weight loss, which helps to prevent diabetes. If you need to lose weight, don’t get hung up on what your specific calorie goal should be; just think about reducing your calorie intake.
* Fats. To prevent diabetes, your diet should contain less than 30 percent of total calories from fat and less than 10 percent of total calories from saturated fat. For a 2,000-calorie diet, this means less than 65 grams of fat per day and no more than 20 grams of that fat should be saturated. Research shows that people whose diets contain the lowest percentage of calories from fat reduce their risk of developing diabetes the most. (Persons who actually have diabetes must limit saturated fat consumption to 7 percent of total calories.)
* Fiber and whole grains. Aim for 25 grams or more of fiber each day. Fiber is listed on every food label. To help you reach your daily fiber goal, look for foods with more than 5 grams of daily fiber per serving. Choose foods whose list of ingredients contains the words “whole grain” or “whole wheat” as the first ingredient.
* Fruits and vegetables. These foods provide vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that our bodies need. Fruits and vegetables are also fat-free foods, so they’re generally lower in calories than other food choices.
The patients with diabetics should eat green leafy vegetables like Ghiya, Tinda, Tori, Kheera, Cabbage, Lettuce, Muli Palta, Palak, Capsicum etc. He should at tomatoes, bitterguard (Karela), amla powder, methidan powder, Jammu beej powder, Goondkatira (in milk), Garlic. Diabetic patient should have tea without sugar, lemon water (without straining), Clear vegetables and Dal soup, whole pulses, plain aerated water, clear tamarind (imli), water, Jaljeera, coconut water, diluted khatti lassi (buttermilk)
You have control over what you eat each day. Decide to eat healthy and work toward preventing diabetes.
A Question That Is On Everyone’s Lips
If you have diabetes, can you eat sweets and/or use sugar in recipes?
A: When people hear diabetes, they still think you need to eliminate sugar and sweets and be on a strict “diabetic diet.” Today that’s simply not true! The American Diabetes Association recommends that you eat sugar and sweets in moderation and to work them into your food choices based on your individual needs and desires. That’s because all carbohydrate, whether from bread, an apple, or pastry; raises blood glucose to about the same level in about the same amount of time.
It is okay to have sugar and sweets -
moderation is the key!
Can you use sugars in cooking and baking? Yes! Use recipes that call for small amounts of sugar and when possible, use a sugar substitute. Sugar substitutes can lower the carbohydrate count and in turn lower the rise of blood glucose.
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American Diabetic Association recommends that the diabetic person should eat high fibre diet. It has been shown that the foods with fibres, such as fruits, vegetables, peas, beans and whole grain breads and cereals helps in lowering the blood glucose level.
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