Diabetic Diet Zone

Archive for February, 2010

Stick to vegetables, best way to go on a diet. Take veggie samosas over meat, stay away from carbohydrates such as naan and saffron rice.

Butter chicken, and curry you should stay away from; both are very fat.

I am a vegetarian who was recently diagnosed as a type-two diabetic. All of the menus that have been reccommended to me contain either chiken,turkey, or fish.
What can I eat that is consistent both with my vegetarian philosophy and my medical condition?

Tofu, beans, nuts, whole grains.

You don’t need to replace large amounts of carbs with protein (that is an outdated belief) but you do have to practise portion control, moderation (in fat, carb and protein), and eat frequent light meals rather than three heavy ones.
I assume you already know to limit junk food and sugary foods.

There is a natural, zero-calorie sweetener called Stevia that can be used to sweeten any kind of liquid food. Doesn’t work too well for dry desserts like cakes.

What would I include? It would consist of 3 meals day and snacks in between.

I work with a child who is diabetic and she uses insulin according to her carb count, and the carb count comes from her sugar levels… very confusing! I know for snacks she has pretzels, crackers, and crystal light. For meals she basically eats normal food with a ratio of carb intake. Each diabetic is different so it’s hard to say would you should actually plan, for safety make sure you have some orange juice or a high sugary drink in case she gets too low.

Pls provide the nutritional meassurement in the diet required

Everyone has different nutritional needs. Your endo and dietitian can help.

What works for one person is not right for the next.

NO SUGAR NO STARCH NO CARBS

ok I know its almost impossible to have NONE of those but try and limit and much a possible

remember green and white

green veggies and white meat

portion size smaller

water water water!

this is a great site I use for my food

it has almost anything you could imagine on it and they send you a newsletter

also they will makes your grocery list and plan your meals for you!

green flag is healthy
yellow is very limited
red is NOT HEALTHY please choose another item

http://1800caloriediabeticdiet.com/default.asp

The glycemic index (GI) is a numerical system of measuring how much of a rise in circulating blood sugar a carbohydrate triggers—the higher the number, the greater the blood sugar response. So a low GI food will cause a small rise, while a high GI food will trigger a dramatic spike. A list of carbohydrates with their glycemic values is shown below. A GI is 70 or more is high, a GI of 56 to 69 inclusive is medium, and a GI of 55 or less is low.

The glycemic load (GL) is a relatively new way to assess the impact of carbohydrate consumption that takes the glycemic index into account, but gives a fuller picture than does glycemic index alone. A GI value tells you only how rapidly a particular carbohydrate turns into sugar. It doesn’t tell you how much of that carbohydrate is in a serving of a particular food. You need to know both things to understand a food’s effect on blood sugar. That is where glycemic load comes in. The carbohydrate in watermelon, for example, has a high GI. But there isn’t a lot of it, so watermelon’s glycemic load is relatively low. A GL of 20 or more is high, a GL of 11 to 19 inclusive is medium, and a GL of 10 or less is low.

Foods that have a low GL almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL range from very low to very high GI.

Both GI and GL are listed here. The GI is of foods based on the glucose index—where glucose is set to equal 100. The other is the glycemic load, which is the glycemic index divided by 100 multiplied by its available carbohydrate content (i.e. carbohydrates minus fiber) in grams. (The "Serve size (g)" column is the serving size in grams for calculating the glycemic load; for simplicity of presentation I have left out an intermediate column that shows the available carbohydrates in the stated serving sizes.) Take, watermelon as an example of calculating glycemic load. Its glycemic index is pretty high, about 72. According to the calculations by the people at the University of Sydney’s Human Nutrition Unit, in a serving of 120 grams it has 6 grams of available carbohydrate per serving, so its glycemic load is pretty low, 72/100*6=4.32, rounded to 4

Use ¼ to ½ teaspoon of cinnamon per day. Add it to your coffee, oatmeal, smoothie, or wherever you find it palatable.
If you already suffer from diabetes, be sure to stay on a regular schedule with your cinnamon usage so that your blood sugar levels don’t yo-yo.Use the same amount at the same time every day so that you can get a sense of how cinnamon affects your own personal blood sugar readings.
Use the powdered spice or a cinnamon stick. Cinnamon pills are also available, and can be found easily via an online search. MHCP is water soluble and is not found in cinnamon oil.

Lime and lemon juice delay the digestion of starches as does vinegar. I’ve found that 2-3 tablespoons of lime or lemon juice reduces my post prandial BG response by 10-20 points. Rick Mendosa’s site has a lot of material on acids in the diet. Take a look at http://www.mendosa.com/acidic_foods.htm .

Three Day Meal Plan

Here’s a sample of the meals you’ll find on thebestlife.com. This plan works out to approximately 1600 calories. To find a plan tailored to your calorie needs, turn to the menu plans in The Best Life Diet or join TheBestLife.com.

You can mix and match these meals—for instance have Day 1 breakfast with Day 3 lunch and Day 2 dinner.

DAY 1

BREAKFAST

Best Life Cheerios Mix with strawberries, almonds, and nonfat milk
A nice mix of textures and super-high in fiber.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Cheerios
2/3 cup Weetabix Crispy Flakes&Fiber
1/4 cup All-Bran Original

Directions:
Combine and serve.

To make in bulk, combine 4 1/2 cups Cheerios, 6 cups Weetabix Crispy Flakes&Fiber (the entire 12-ounce box), and 2 1/4 cups All-Bran. Ladel out 1 and a heaping third cup per serving.

Nutritional Values
Calories: 184
Saturated Fat: 0 g
Calcium: 119 mg
Sodium: 312 mg
Fiber: 12g
Total Carbs: 46g
Protein: 7g
Total Fat: 2g
Cholesterol: 0mg

In your cereal bowl:
Almonds, 2 tbsp
Best Life Cheerios Mix, 1 serving
Milk, nonfat, 1 cup
Strawberries, 1 cup, halves

SNACK

Calcium Creamsicle

In a blender, combine:
8th Continent Soymilk, Vanilla, 1 cup
Orange Juice, Calcium Fortified, 1/2 cup

LUNCH

Chicken sandwich and a banana

Toast:
Bread, whole wheat, 2 slices

Spread with mayo. Fill with chicken, cheddar, and veggies:
Hellmann’s Light Mayonnaise, 2 tsp
Pulled from a rotisserie chicken, light meat, 1/2 cup
Cabot 75% Reduced Cheddar, 1 oz
Romaine Lettuce , 3 LeafsOnions, red, 1 thin slice
Red Ripe Tomatoes, 2 slice, medium (1/4" thick)

Serve with a:
Banana

DINNER

Lean Cusine Spa Cuisine Salmon with Basil served with sliced tomatoes and grapes

Lean Cuisine Spa Cuisine Salmon with Basil, 1 meal

Serve with sliced tomatoes drizzled with oil and vinegar:
Balsamic Vinegar, 1 tsp
Olive Oil, 2 tsp
Red Ripe To

Where can i find some links about the question above.

go to www.discoveryhealth.com and join the health challenge. You will get exercises, and menus appropriate for a diabetic. Good Luck!!!!

Hi,

Did you have gestational diabetes (GD) at any of your pregnancies?
Did you manage it with diet or insulin (or medication)?

If you had GD, please let me know your experience after labor. What happened to your GD following labor?

Did you become type II diabetic afterwards? If so, when and how? Is there anything you hope you would have done that could prevent it?

Last but not least? How is your baby you carried with GD now?

Please share your experience. Thanks a bunch.

I was diagnosed with GD during my second pregnancy. I had to self inject insulin.

I was told to expect one of two things. I could either have a very large baby (up to possibly 15 lbs.) or a small baby with an overwhelming amount of amniotic fluid. I actually gave birth to a nine lb. son (which was big for me) and had so much amniotic fluid it put stress on the baby and he had to be delivered a little early.

While I was pregnant, I was losing weight which made me very happy but the doctor insisted I eat more or else the baby would be born with a low IQ. So I ate, I am now the overweight mother of a 19 year old genius. (seriously).

The doctor said I would probably develop full blown diabetes in a few years after the pregnancy if I did not lose weight. He was right. I did. I should have starved myself but I didn’t.