Diabetic Food

DiabeticFood List

                        A Registered Dietitian assesses the nutritional needs of a person with diabetes and calculates the amounts of carbohydrate, fat, protein, and total calories needed per day. He will then convert this information into recommending the list of food a diabetic can eat in the daily diet.

Recommendeddaily food portion:

Daily calories count :carbohydrates -50% to 60%

protein- 12% to 20%

fat – not more than 30% (with no more than 10 percent
rom saturated fats)

RecommendedDiabetic Food Intake:

• Low Glycemic Index - doesn't create rapid peaks and troughs in blood glucose levels.

• Complex high-fiber carbohydrates - Scientific evidence show that diet high in dietary fiber is protective against diabetes. Fiber is capable of slowing down the digestion and absorption of carbohydrate and increasing the sensitivity of tissues to insulin, thereby preventing rise s in blood sugar. It is advisable to restrict the intake of refined carbohydrates and avoid high fat foods.

Example : Oats, cereals, legumes, wholegrain products, dried beans, peas, lentils, fruits, vegetables.

• Alpha-lipoic acid - Is a vitamin like antioxidant that enhances the glucose uptake and improves diabetes nerves damage of diabetes patient.

• Omega 3 - Protect against the hardening of arteries.

Example: Cold water fish like salmon, tuna, mackerel, herring).

• Omega 6 fatty acid - Protect against the development of diabetes neuropathy.

Example : Blackcurrant oil, primrose oil, borage oil).

• Artificial sweeteners - such as aspartame and saccharin.

Restrictedand to avoid :

• Refined and simple carbohydrates - such as sucrose, glucose or fructose, white rice, white bread, table sugar, sweets, honey, corn-syrup.

• High fat food.

• Alcohol - Higher quantities alcohol can cause health problems like liver damage and increase the risk of heart disease.

• High sodium food - such as salty fish.

Diabetes Care

Diabetes is a serious and panic disease but a Herbal and Natural care,good treatment plan and proper diet chart can reduce its seriousness.

 

Diabetic Natural Care & Tips

Tip1: Eat fruits and vegetables every day. Avoid sweets.

 

Tip 2: Eat food at fixed hours, do not overeat. 

Tip 3: Drink a lot of water to flush the toxins from body.

Tip 4: Use skimmed milk, egg, very small quantity of oil. 

Tip 5: Take fiber diet, whole wheat products etc.

Tip 6: Take apple cider vinegar 2 times in a day.

Herbal Remedies for Diabetes

Tip 1. The Indian fruit (Jamun) is very useful in diabetes cure. It controls the conversion of starch to sugar. 

Tip 2. Garlic is herbal remedy for diabetes. It contains allicin, which helps in reducing sugar level in blood. 

Tip 3: Eating 5-10 fresh curry leaves every morning is said to prevent diabetes due to heredity factors.

Tip 4. Boil fresh Mango leaves in a glass of water. Leave overnight. Filter, drink in the morning.

                                                 

A Sugar-Free Fudge Recipe for Diabetics

A Sugar-Free Fudge Recipe for Diabetics

 

 

 

Are you afraid that your blood sugar will increase its level than the normal?

For diabetics a higher-than-normal blood sugar level is challenging. It has been a rule of thumbs for diabetic people to change the kind of lifestyle they have. This starts from changing their eating habits to consuming a diabetic diet and to performing exercises that control their sugar levels.

For sugar intake, this means that the diabetics need to avoid sugar-loaded desserts and sweets. But fortunately, there are sugar-free dessert recipes already available for them! Sugar-free desserts and sweets are specially made for diabetics. This is for them to enjoy the desserts and sweets they want to eat without any worries of increasing their blood sugar levels.

One sugar-free dessert than can satisfy diabetics’ sweet cravings is the Sugar-free Fudge.

Here’s what you need to make this sugar-free fudge:

1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup chopped pecans
16 ounces of softened cream cheese
2 unsweetened melted and cooled chocolate cubes
½ cup sugar substitute

Preparation:

1. Line a baking pan with non-sticky foil. Keep aside.
2. Beat together vanilla extract, sugar substitute, chocolate cubes, and cream cheese in the mixing bowl. Beat until the mixture turns into a smooth blend.
3. Add pecans and beat again.
4. Pour into the baking pan. Put cover. Cool in for overnight in the fridge.
5. Cut the chilled fudge and cut into pieces.


That’s an easy way to prepare a sugar-free dessert for diabetics. You are now ready to serve your sugar-free fudge and share it to everyone.