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Diabetic Diet
Diabetes Mellitus is a condition where the body is unable to process glucose (a form of sugar).
The most prevalent form of Diabetes is Type II Diabetes which occurs mainly in adults. You are at risk from this form of diabetes if you have a generic predisposition to it (i.e. it’s in your family history), if you are overweight, and/or are aged over 40. In Type II Diabetes, the pancreas still creates insulin, but not enough, - or the insulin does not function correctly (insulin resistance). This form of Diabetes can be managed (to some degree) with the right diet and exercise, but also with diabetes pills and insulin.
Diet Plan for the Diabetic
A healthy eating plan for a Diabetic person is a traditional low fat diet. This diet would have a ration of 25-30% fats, 50-55% carbs, and 20% protein. This is the kind of diet that most governmental authorities recommend.
SAMPLE MEAL PLAN
Breakfast
1/2 Grapefruit, 1 medium bowl oatmeal topped with extra low-fat milk. 1 Tsp honey and 1 Tsp flax seeds.
Snack
1 kiwi fruit
Lunch
40g (uncooked) Basmati rice - cook and server with 4oz cooked chicken strips. 1 small orange, chopped cucumber, and 2 Tsp pine nuts, with oil-free French dressing.
Mid afternoon snack
2 dark rye crisp breads spread with yeast extract.
Dinner
4 oz salmon fillet topped with 1 1/2 Tsp olive oil blended with 1 garlic clove, grilled and server with 6ox potato mashed with seasoning. Serve with peas and spinach.
1 medium glass of dry white or red wine, or fruit juice.
Diabetic Guidelines
- Drink plenty of water (to aid in kidney function).
- Aim for slow but sustainable weight loss.
- Eat little and often - this helps keep blood sugar levels even.
- Don’t eat less than 25% fats, as essential fats will help to slow down absorption of the meal.
- Try to eat plenty of fresh fruits, salads, and vegetables.
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May 9th, 2008
You shouldn’t tell diabetics to eat half a grqapefruit for breakfast- it’s one fruit we should NOT eat, according to my GP
May 11th, 2008
I NEED HELP I NEED TO LOSS WEIGHT FOR MY HEIGHT I’M A DIABTIC, I HAVE ASTHMA,HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE YOU NAME IT I HAVE IT. AND KIDNEY INFECTION.
June 9th, 2008
I have never been told not to eat grapefruit due to diabetes, but have read not to w/ certain high blood pressure medications.
June 10th, 2008
Everyone is different. Eat it, take your counts. Never say never or always. Some fruit will spike one person’s blood sugar and another not. You have to be responsible to take your own blood count to know if you can eat apples, grapefruit, whatever.
June 23rd, 2008
If you are on statins for high cholesterol, the medication packet recommends that you should avoid grapefruit.
July 21st, 2008
I am desperate to lose weight as I am a Diabetic and being 14stone I cant control my blood sugar. I am taking tablets and Insulin but I always have a high sugar reading.Please help me I havent got the will power to do it on my own.
September 11th, 2008
Jacqueline (and June) are right - everyone is different. So to control blood glucose level you need to know the maximum safe weight of any food (or food combination) YOU PERSONALLY can eat without your blood glucose going up to levels where the damage causing complications is caused. The DiabeticOptiCarbDiet is the only diet I know providing these safe weights for EACH INDIVIDUAL according to their diabetic severity, etc. As its creator, I am the longest beneficiary. It has kept me free from complications for 10 years,while controlling by diet and exercise alone (and not low-carbing),with no detrioration in sight. More at http://www.dietcontroldiabetes.com
September 24th, 2008
As two examples of knowing the maximum food weights one can eat safely, I would not eat the above breakfast and dinner sample meal plans, because they would send my blood glucose too high. By contrast others following the DiabeticOptiCarbDiet, with less severe diabetes, could eat them safely.
November 6th, 2008
First are you guys realizing that this is for type 2 not type 1 diabetes. It seems a lot of the information you guys are talking about is dealing with type 1 diabetes which is just about the opposite of type 2. With type 2 it is mainly caused by Obesity and blood glucose is not transfered into the cells right due to insulin resistance. Type 1 is genetically aquired and permenate if aquired and onset by the age of 8 to 12 and deals with the immune systems attack of the pancreas where as type 2 may have genetic precursers butit is usually is onset due to Obesity. Type 2 diabetes usually can be cured or reversed if permanate cell damage has not been done by diet. Genetically you are at risk but not “doomed” to get type 2 where as in type 1 you usually get it and diet will help but not have a chance to ever cure or reverse it. In type 1, the best you can hope for is to have better health and not take as much medicine. In type 2 it can be reversed in most cases all together providing a “cure” although it can reacure if diet is not watched. I do not know yet if this is a good diet but it seems to include your carbohydrates, protiens, and essential fatty acids. please make sure the information that you talk about is relivant or you may steer people in the wrong direction.
November 22nd, 2008
Im confused cos i can read lots of diffrent stories about what you should eat and what you should not eat.my blood sugar it has never been more than 150 but some doctors gives me always tabs others tells me i should not take tabs i need only diet and walking alot. Please i need to know what is good for me and what i should eat
December 5th, 2008
We are all different. We may be lumped under one label “diabetic” but we are uniquely diabetic. Everything affects diabetes and diabetes affects everything. So your lifestyle will have the greatest impact on whether food or medicine will control/defeat YOUR diabetes and how.
Eric-Student:
Let me throw another wrinkle into your very impressive intelligence on the subject. I am a type 1.5 diabetic. Go ask your doctor about THAT one. It threw me for a loop but explained why I was not textbook 1 nor 2.
Lucy, Dorothy, Jacqueline,
Don’t diet; change your eating habits and then GET ACTIVE now. Let life be your motivation for that is what you hold in your hand. When was the last time you saw an obese bicylist? Go get a 10-speed and spend 30 minutes on it through your neighborhood for 4 days a week. No stress or strain on your joints but very effective.
Blessings and Melodies from Heaven to you all!
December 24th, 2008
Diabetic I am…type 2 and hating every moment of it! I lost weight when I was first diagnosed and now am putting it right back on): I hate the struggle but I want to live to enjoy my grandbabies.I sure do miss my fruits though.They make my numbers jump sky high..all except apples.Merry Christmas to you all.