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Jebnifer asked:


I was recently diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I would like some good meal and snack ideas. If you can help, I would be very appreciative. Thanks!

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Bercle George asked:


Contrary to a common belief, having diabetes does not imply that you have to start eating special foods or follow a complex diabetes diet plan. Because, one goal of a diabetes diet is to keep blood glucose in a normal levels. Thus, it would be helpful to have a reliable information on the effects of foods on blood glucose. For the promotion of good diabetes health and self-care, the diabetes diet plan should include regular meals, and a well-balanced diet of nutritious food and delicious recipes.

For most individuals, having diabetes simply translates into eating a variety of foods in moderate amounts and maintaining regular mealtimes. If you are already eating healthy foods, you may not need to do numbers of modifications of your diet program to keep your blood sugar (glucose) under control.

Take plenty of fiber-rich foods such as whole grains and fresh fruits and vegetables. For greater variety, work in your favorite foods and foods you have not tried eating before. If you skip meals or do not eat the right foods, you may experience low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). With an effective eating plan, you are less likely to overeat or eat too much of the wrong foods.

Many diabetic individuals struggle their whole lives to keep a healthy weight, but the guidelines given to them by the American Diabetes Association have shown no helpful in regulating blood sugar–the critical elements in keeping diabetes in check.

Nutritionists and medical experts say that there is no one diet for diabetes, but individuals with diabetes should follow the nutrition guidelines in the Food Pyramid, while paying special focus to carbohydrate intake. Patients should consult a professional dietitian to plan an individualized or customized diet within the general guidelines that takes into consideration their own health needs. This dietitian will then be able to set guidelines for you that will help to keep you healthy.

To stick to a diabetes diet is one of the most challenging part of living with diabetes. For individuals who have diabetes, the treatment goals for a diabetes diet are: attain and maintain near normal blood glucose levels. To maintain your diabetes diet, it helps to determine potential barriers and the means to break through them. Discuss your diabetes diet and your diabetes treatment goals with family members and ask for their support. When you sincerely follow your diabetes diet, you will feel better.



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catherine the great [NObama] asked:


It runs in my family, and I’ve already inherited anemia from my grandma, and hypothyroidism, so I’m pretty much waiting on the diabetes. Symptoms I should watch out for?

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willyboy asked:


Many people suffering from diabetes are told that they need to lose weight; however losing weight for most people is not as easy as you may think. Losing weight does not just mean cutting out all of that rubbish that you had eaten, especially when you’re diabetic because most of that rubbish you had eaten should already have been cut out with your diet plan. Perhaps you do not have a diet plan which brings me on nicely to the first way to lose weight if your diabetic.

Create a diabetic diet plan

Everyone who is diabetic has to watch what they eat some more than others, whether you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes it is something we all have to do. So why not take this a step further instead of just reading the back labels of your microwave meals and cans of beans, prepare your own meals cook them up from scratch. Sure this may sound hard but really it is not, now I may be able to say this because before I had diabetes I was already cooking my own meals daily but even if I were not the meals I do cook are really simple and easy. There are plenty of eBooks and informational guides out there with some real treasured recipes for diabetics to cook with some tasty desserts, they are on my website. It’s all about measuring the quantities and cooking with that measurement in mind.

By creating your own diabetic diet plan you have full control over the ingredients you add and obviously this is a massive bonus as this can affect your cholesterol blood pressure and your weight which can have large adverse affects on your diabetes.

When creating your diet plan keep in mind measurements of each ingredient write it all down and mix them up a little, you don’t want to be eating the same food every day believe me that gets very boring (I had to eat porridge for 2 years 3 times a day).

Atkins diabetic diet

The Atkins diabetic diet is part of the large series of Atkins diets. The Atkins diabetic diet allows three different levels of meal plans, starting with 20 grams of carbohydrates per day, then going to 40 carbohydrates per day then ending at 60 grams of carbohydrates per day. However the authors of the Atkins books do advise people to customise the diet plans to suite themselves as obviously everyone is different.

Exercise

If you’re diabetic like anyone else exercise can be a great way of losing weight however it should be discussed with your doctor first and carefully measured. I cannot make this any clearer, exercise can affect your diet and your blood levels severely if not measured and can have major impacts on your health and diabetes. However don’t let this put you of exercising. If you are careful and plan out a routine where you can measure the amount of calories you burn from doing the exercise you can ensure that you do not put your self in any risks. Also be sure to research what types of exercise have different affects on your body and blood levels as some exercise can have immediate affects on your blood sugar levels where as others may take a couple of hours to take affect.



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wildegyptians91 asked:


Hey guys, umm yea thats my question. If you have any specific sources please list them. And i mean how is the defect or absence of a specific protein or enzyme cause type 2 diabetes, not how do you treat diabetes with proteins. Thanks in advance and please i need the asap!

Krishan Bakhru asked:


For the person who suffers from diabetes, their diet and eating habits can tend to become very restricted. Just how restricted depends entirely on how strong your diabetes is. If you’ve only got the mild type of diabetes, then your diet should only need to be controlled mildly. For the person who suffers from a very high blood sugar level though, and has a stronger type of diabetes, they will need to go on a strictly controlled diabetic diet.

This isn’t really fun, especially in the beginning when you’re first having to let go of all those foods that you’ve loved and adored for most of your life. If you’re a known chocoholic then you’re in for desperately hard times since you definitely won’t be allowed to have that much chocolate ever again. Don’t despair though, there are some diabetic diets in which you can have some small amounts of chocolate, just not in the quantities for which you’re used to.

What can you really have in a normal diabetic diet though? What foods are restricted entirely, and what foods can you consume in small quantities? You should ideally include at least between 4050% of carbohydrates in your diet. The diet itself is based on many things like your age, weight, sex, and type of diabetes. There will also be a set amount of calories that you can eat for your recommended daily diabetic diet, and most times this is less than the recommended daily allowance for non-diabetic people. All of these need to be calculated and weighed in first, so there is no set calorie value that all diabetics can use.

It’s also true that you can have some sugar in your diabetic diet but this should only be taken alongside some good healthy foods. There are also some “free” foods that you can take without it detracting any from your diabetic diet. These include reasonable amounts of coffee or tea, sugar-free tonic water, broth, water, diet soft drinks, and sugar-free gum. A nutritionist or doctor will be able to give you a better list of these “free” foods.

And the best thing that you could do would be to go and talk with your doctor or nutritionist as to what type of diabetic diet would best suit you. From there it’s just an easy step for you to maintain a healthy lifestyle so that you can better help in the control of your diabetes. Diet alone might not be the answer to your diabetes, and you might need to couple your diabetic diet with regular exercise and shots of insulin. Don’t guess at what you might be needing, and go see your doctor or nutritionist as soon as possible. Who knows you might actually be able to have a slightly richer diabetic diet than you thought you could.



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Nishanth Reddy asked:


Diet plays a key role in controlling your blood sugar. A healthy-eating plan tailored to your needs will do that and more. Majority of people affected with diabetes are overweight or obese. In fact, your risk of getting diabetes increases the more weight you put on.

So controlling your diet can be the key to reducing the risk of diabetes as well as improving your symptoms if you are already affected by this disease people often refer to as “the silent killer.”

Everybody knows that maintaining a good diet is a healthy choice for every person. But for diabetes patients, this statement means something more significant than the recent fad over healthy living.

For diabetes patients, having a healthy diet means eating in a way that reduces the risk for complications that are commonly associated with their conditions, including heart disease and stroke. For them, a healthy diet could mean the difference between die-abetes and live-abetes.

Eating healthy involves eating a wide variety of foods that encompasses the whole diet spectrum of vegetables, whole grains, fruits, non-fat dairy products, beans, lean meats, poultry, and fish.

No, you do not have to eat all of that, but a little bit of this and that enough to balance the three basic food groups (Go, Grow, and Glow) is what you should aim for.

Tip #1: Preparing a Meal Plan

When you go on a diabetes diet, the first things you need to do is to prepare a meal plan. This will serve as your guide to how much and what kinds of food you can choose to eat at meals, and even at snack times if you wish to include that.

Now, be sure that your meal plan fits in with your schedule and eating habits. That way you will not be likely to ruin your diet simply because your work schedule conflicts with your meal schedule.

Keep in mind your end-goal: To keep your blood glucose in levels that are easy enough to maintain.

In addition to that somewhat myopic diet goal for diabetes, you also want to follow a meal plan that will help you improve your blood pressure and cholesterol levels as well as keep your weight on track.

All these – blood pressure, cholesterol and weight – are factors that contribute to the worsening of your diabetes symptoms, so controlling them could very well mean controlling your diabetes.

When preparing a meal plan, be sure to balance uptake and down take – that is, food and exercise, respectively. Additionally, your doctor may have prescribed you with insulin or oral medications to help you manage your condition.

Take those medications into account as well when you plan your meal plan, making sure that the food is balanced with the drugs. The whole thing sounds like it’s a lot of work but with a few suggestions from your physician and/or dietician you can start building a meal plan that is best for you and your condition.

Tip #2: Use the Diabetes Food Pyramid

The Diabetes Food Pyramid, released by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is composed of six food groups (arranged according to how much you should eat from the least to the most and based on carbohydrate and protein content):

• Fats, sweets, and alcohol

• Milk

• Meat, meat substitutes, and other proteins

• Fruits

• Vegetables

• Grains, beans, and starchy vegetables

Fats, sweets, and alcohol are the one food group that diabetes patients should avoid.

The problem with diabetes involves a certain malfunction in the way our bodies make use of glucose in the blood. It is either there is too much glucose in our blood because we ate too much food rich in sugar so that the hormone responsible for regulating glucose – insulin – is unable to cope. Or, our cells are defective so that even though we have enough insulin to handle the job, our cells do not respond.

In order to control the levels of glucose in the blood stream, controlling diabetes diet is important. The intake of fats, sweets, and alcohol and other generally “unhealthy” foods should be minimized and only for special treats.

As for the rest of the food groups, here are the serving sizes recommended by the American Diabetes Association:

• Meat and Meat Substitutes: 4-6 oz. per day and divided between meals. This is equivalent to ¼ cup cottage cheese, 1 egg, 1 tbsp peanut butter, or ½ cup tofu.

• Milk: 2-3 servings per day

• Fruit: 2-4 servings per day

• Vegetables: 3-5 servings per day

• Grains and Starches: 6-11 servings per day, equivalent to 1 slice of bread, ¼ of a bagel, or ½ of an English muffin or pita bread.

Use this Diabetes Food Pyramid only as a guide in planning your meals. If you want a more individualized option, consult your dietician.

Tip #3: Draw Lines on Your Plate

Another good way to ensure that you are eating a balanced diet is to draw a line across your plate. It could only be an imaginary line. As you sit there for a meal, the exercise might even prove to be fun.

The first step, of course, is to imagine that you are drawing a line through the center of your plate. Then, divide one of the halves into two.

Then, fill this section with grains or starchy foods, such as rice, pasta, potatoes, corn, or peas.

The other section should comprise your meat and meat substitute group – meat, fish, poultry, or tofu.

Next, fill half of your plate with non-starchy vegetables. You can place there broccoli, carrots, cucumbers, salad, tomatoes, and cauliflower.

Last, add a glass of milk and a small piece of roll, and eh voila! You are ready to eat.

Tip #4: Reading Food Labels

With food labels, it all comes down to the Nutrition Facts. It’s that list of nutrition information found on the package of foods sold in the grocery store. Reading food labels can help you make wise choices about the foods you buy. The labels will tell you what ingredients were used, the amount of calories, and other pertinent information essential to a diabetes patient.

For instance, a typical food label would contain the total amounts per serving for the following nutrients:

• Calories

• Total fat

• Saturated fat

• Cholesterol

• Sodium

• Total carbohydrate

• Fiber

Use the nutrition facts found in food labels to compare similar types of foods and buy the one that contains fewer calories, lower fats, cholesterol, etc.

Pay close attention to free foods like sugar-free gelatin desert, sugar-free ice pops, sugarless gum, diet soft drinks, and sugar-free syrups. Just because they are called “free” does not mean they are entirely free of calories so don’t be overconfident. Instead, read the label. Most free foods should have less than 20 calories and 5 grams of carbohydrates per serving.

Another thing, “no-sugar added” means no sugar was added during the manufacture and packaging of the foods. The ingredients do not include sugar. However, the food may be high in carbohydrates still so be sure to read the label carefully.

Fat-free foods could still mean that they contain lots of carbohydrates. Often, they contain almost the same amount of calories as the foods they replace so be sure to pay attention to the label. Buying fat-free foods instead of regular foods does not necessarily mean that you are making a wise choice.

Tip #5: A Word about Sweets

Now, you know that sweets are generally discouraged among diabetes patients. However, having diabetes does not necessarily mean that you cannot have sweets. Imagine how bad life can be for the sweet tooth with diabetes. But as long as you keep your intake of sweets in moderation, there is no reason you have to eschew sugar from your life forever. After all, glucose (sugar) is still the most basic source of energy that the body needs.

So sweeten your foods with these following options:

• Sugar and other sweeteners with calories: honey, brown sugar, molasses, fructose, cane sugar, and confectioners sugar

• Reduced calorie sweeteners: erythritol, hydrogenated starch hydrolysates, isomalt, lactitol, maltitol, mannitol, sorbitol, and xylitol

• Low calories sweeteners: ascelfume potassium, aspartame, saccharin, and sucralose

Research has overturned the long standing belief that sugar caused diabetes. The new studies show us that sugar has in fact the same effect on blood glucose levels as other carbohydrates like bread and potatoes. Based on this discovery, experts agree that a diabetic can now consume sugar as long as they incorporate it into their meal plan the way they would with any ordinary carbohydrate-containing foods.

Now that you have been pointed to the right direction with these tips to improve your diabetes diet, you can go ahead and live a healthier, fuller life where nothing – no carb nor sweets – is denied you, as long as you keep it all in moderation.



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gigi asked:


And please dont only say its diabetes, I know there is another answer to it.

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Elsie Shan asked:


Proper diet is very important for people suffering from diabetes. It is recommended that the diet of diabetes patient should be high in fiber and low in fat. Diabetes diet is not a special food that is packaged by a pharmaceutical company and can be purchased off the shelf. Neither is it a complicated dieting plan. It is just a healthy eating habit which emphasizes on fruits, vegetable and whole grains. Diabetes diet can also be practiced by healthy people who want to lead a healthy lifestyle.

History Of Diabetes Diet

During the early days before the discovery of insulin, doctors would recommend diabetes patient to consume a low-calorie diet. It is more to prevent ketoacidosis, which is caused by high concentrations of ketone bodies. This was due to the breakdown of amino acids and deamination of amino acids by our body. The low-calorie diet didn’t actually cure diabetes but it did prolong the life of the patient quite a bit.

Establish A Good Eating Habit

You should establish a regular eating habit for your meals and snacks. As far as possible, avoid ad hoc eating habit because it is difficult to control what goes into your stomach. Always eat the healthiest food in the right amount. Excessive amounts are also not good for the body.

If you are taking diabetes medication or insulin, your eating habits will have to be stricter. Eat only the right amount of servings from each food group. You could talk to your doctor if you have difficulty with your diabetes diet. He will probably recommend a dietitian who can tailor your diabetes diet to your lifestyle.

Carbohydrates In Your Diabetes Diet

The American Diabetes Association recommends that carbohydrates should form 60% to 70% of the total caloric intake. This is somewhat controversial because some studies have suggested a low carbohydrate diet. It is best to work out your diabetes diet with your dietitian. Try to plan your diabetes diet to have the same amount of carbohydrate at each mealtime to maintain an ideal blood sugar level right through the day.

Exchange List In Diabetes Diet

The “exchange scheme” was introduced in the 1950 by the American Diabetes Association. The purpose or intent is to allow patients to swap or exchange food of the same caloric value with another of similar value. For example, you may eat more cake and reduce on the potatoes at dinner time. The exchange list is not so popular with current dietitians. They are more likely to introduce diabetes diet that includes a wide range of fruit, vegetables and one that has a high fibre content and low in sugar and saturated fat.

Conclusion

To minimize the risk of diabetes complication, we must practice a healthy eating habit. This is the most logical way to maintain an ideal blood sugar level. Your diabetes diet need not be bland and boring. You could include your favorite food by balancing it with other healthy nutritious items. Be creative at your meal plan and at the same time mindful of the effects it brings to your diabetes diet.



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oswirlso asked:


I am a high school student doing a project on Diabetes. Part of the project consists of asking a few questions to people with Diabetes.

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