Diabetic Diets & Recommended Foods

What foods should I avoid if I am diabetic?

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