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Knowledge is the most powerful tool when it comes to diabetes.

  • Healthy diet and meal planning is the key to success for diabetes control.
  • There is no standardized diabetic diet. Each individual’s diet should be customized to fit the lifestyle of each diabetic. Consult a physician that is aware of your lifestyle and medical history to create a meal plan for you.
  • Nutritional management objectives:
    • Preserve normal blood glucose level
    • Provide a nourishing well balanced diet
    • Sustain a desirable weight
    • Achieve and uphold a healthy level of lipids
    • Avoid further problems with diabetes
  • Nutrition Basics:
    • Maintain a healthy weight
    • Eat a well balanced diet:
      • Complex carbohydrates (fruits, vegetables, whole grains)
      • Moderate amounts of protein (milk, cheese, yogurt, meat, poultry, fish, egg white, nuts)
      • Small amount of fat (butter, egg yolk, animal fat, etc.)
    • Eat meals and snacks around the same time every day to avoid high and low blood sugar levels
    • Healthy snacks offer the body a constant source of energy between meals and are great to avert severe hypoglycemia.
    • Carbohydrates directly affect blood sugar levels, so keep an eye on that.
    • Don’t eat too many carbohydrates when trying to raise blood sugar.
    • Limit cholesterol and fat intake.
    • Avoid meals high in salt, which put you at risk for high blood pressure.
    • Increase fiber intake
 


 
 

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