What Can I Eat? I am Diabetic
All diabetics need to control their diet carefully, Type 2 diabetics, especially in the early stages; can often balance their blood sugar levels without resorting to medication.
The biggest question by far, from the patient and many misconceptions. Here are some good ideas for everyday, however, solutions are effective only if they are implemented. Medicalbootscamp.com has a special emphasis on rallying health professionals, organisations and resources to help the diabetic patient. Mobilising for impact, this empowers diabetic patients to take control of their health. Diet has major influence on diabetes.
Avoid
- Potato dishes on a regular basis, once a week is about right
- Bread
- Pasta
- Cereals
- Red meat
- Ice cream
- Cakes
- Junk food
- Large portions
Patients can become frustrated by everything they have to do for their diabetes and some become so overwhelmed they become shocked and confused and become unable to do anything well. Diabetes burnout (frazzled to the point of giving up is a major concern among health professionals. A new wave of thinking from consultants is it’s ok to have a once a week treat to look forward to. Type 1 patients can increase and adjust their insulin to consider the treat, type 2 can eat a complex carbohydrate seed bar to help steady sugar levels after naughty food.
What to eat for Breakfast
- Boiled or poached eggs
- Cottage cheese or unsweetened yoghurt
- Spelt bread (made from seeds)
What to eat for main meals
- Protein and vegetables
- Plenty of fish and lean meat
- Chives into a green salad help to control sugar absorption in the gut. Enliven the salad with plain yoghurt with crushed mint, cucumber or onion
- Reduce the starch in rice by extra washing and rinsing. Soak one cup of rice for 30 minutes and wash thoroughly
Snacks between meals
- Too little glucose is potentially as dangerous to a diabetic as too much, so eat little and regular
- Fresh fruit
- Oat biscuits or rice cakes
- Corn on the cob
- Crispbread with hummus, cottage cheese or taramasalata
- Vegetable broth
- Raw vegetable batons with low fat dips
- Ground mixed nuts and seeds
Every diabetic patient is different and it is good practice to regularly test blood sugars 2 hours after eating and enter result in a food diary next to the date, time and what was eaten. This will help to quickly identify which foods are shooting the sugar levels up.
- Plan meals around the seasons
- Give your body a well deserved rest by detoxing
- Watch the incredible improvement in health
Maintaining a healthy body weight is one of the best ways to reduce chances of getting Type 2 Diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and stroke.
The best way to check if you are the correct weight for your height is to measure the Body Mass Index.
Chart of BMI
Some diabetic patients live quite a healthy lifestyle and they are not in the required areas on the chart.
Alternatively the waist can be measured. You are at greater risk of health problems if your waist is bigger than.
37 inches (94 cms) for the average adult male.
32 inches (80 cms) for the average adult female.