A diabetic patient is tired of hearing advice’s to avoid sweets and so many other foods that are simply fascinating. Let’s make it easier for them to have the food they desire occasionally. But follow the tips below for a good maintenance of your blood sugar levels.
Lets practice good food with good fitness
Lets live a stress free happy life
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BASIC STEPS TO FOLLOW:
- Proper diet patterns needs to be followed, no irregular food timings, sleep patterns. Do not consume outside food often and strictly avoid fried foods and bakery products often.
- There should be seven meal timings in a day’s menu. NO long intervals should be given between meals this can shoot the glucose levels. Small frequent meals are essential- Early morning, breakfast, mid-morning, lunch, evening snacks, dinner, bed-time.
- To have a proper balance of all the nutrients, for eg. Your lunch should have inclusion of carbohydrates, pulses, vegetables, diary and very little fat
- Consumption of meat products regularly is not advisable as there will be fluctuation in the lipid profile especially the bad cholesterol
- Fruits can be consumed except for banana, mango, custard apple, sapota/chiku. Seasonal fruits should be promoted.
- Try using different millets and cereals in diet to have a variety and to avoid repetition
SAMPLE MEAL PLAN:
Any one food should be selected from breakfast, mid-morning, evening. This is to just give you an idea how the planning should be done to have a variation. Different menu can be planned accordingly.
EARLY MORNING: ragi malt/ milk
BREAKFAST: bajra idli/ wheat dosa/ jowar chappathi/ urad dhal chutney
MID-MORNING: fruit salad with yoghurt/ almond/ oats porridge
LUNCH: rice/ dhal/ curd/ vegetable stir fry/ chappathi/ spinach
EVENING SNACKS: sprouts/ chickpea salad/ steamed corn
DINNER: quinoa with steamed broccoli/ poached egg
BED-TIME: fat free milk
