Diabetic Diet Plans
by Greg Aldrich
www.diabetescondition.com
Posted Mar 10th 2007,
Read 405 times since then.
Diabetic Diets When a person has diabetes, their body does not produce enough insulin to manage the blood sugar levels within the body. This means that a person will have to resort to other measures for controlling their blood sugar levels by following a diabetic diet accompanied with regular exercise. Other ways to ease the complications of diabetes is to take…
Diabetic Meal Plans Once an individual has been diagnosed with diabetes, he or she must begin the process of managing the disorder. Managing diabetes may sometimes include the administration of insulin (either oral or via injection), but it will always include a reasonable and sensible diabetic meal plan. Diabetic meal plans are best formulated with the assistance of…
Diabetic Diet Tips Diabetic diets abound in myths, and the most abiding myth is that it has to be a no-sugar and calorie-low diet. How wrong can one get! The diabetic patient doesn’t need any diet; he just needs to eat healthily. Nothing will benefit him more. No food is out of bounds for the diabetic, but what he actually needs is moderation in his food intake. The…
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When you have diabetes, your body does not produce or correctly use the hormone, insulin. Insulin is important to your health, because it helps your body to convert sugar and starch into the energy you need to live. Some people are predisposed genetically to get diabetes, but for many people, diabetes is a weight related issue. For those people careful attention to diets for diabetics is necessary.
Over 7% of the population of the United States has been diagnosed with this disease. This translates to over twenty million adults and children that suffer with the effects of diabetes.
Diabetes is diagnosed into two categories; type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Type 1 is caused by the body's failure to produce insulin, the hormone that allows glucose to fuel the cells of the body. Approximately 5-10% of Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes have type 1 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is much more common. It is caused by insulin resistance. This means that even though the body is producing insulin, it fails to properly use the insulin that it makes. Type 2 diabetes can often successfully be controlled by diets for diabetics.
Some people that have diabetes are required to take a daily insulin treatment. Some people treat their diabetes with daily shots or oral medication. Whether or not you take medication to treat your diabetes, diets for diabetics are an important factor in controlling the disease. The amount of food you eat, when you eat, and what you eat can all work to control your blood sugar levels.
When you have diabetes, it is important that you eat the same types of foods in consistent amounts. Ideally, you should get 45% to 65% of your daily calories from carbohydrates, 15 to 20% of your daily calories from protein, and 20 to 35% of your calories from healthy fats. If you were to suddenly get 90% of your daily calories from carbohydrates, you would radically alter your blood sugar levels causing all sorts of problems.
It is also important to eat at regularly scheduled times. Waiting too long between meals can cause your blood sugar to drop. Eating too much food at one sitting and then skipping the next meal can also alter your blood sugar levels and cause you to have diabetic complications.
The most important thing that you can do to control your diabetes is pay careful attention to the foods that you put into your body. This doesn't mean that you have to stick to a regimented and highly restricted menu. It simply means that you need to eat a diet rich in primal foods. This means eating a diet that consists of natural and unprocessed foods such as vegetables, fruits and whole grains.
Some people have been even been able to successfully reverse the disease simply by eating a diet rich in primal foods. Instead of trying to observe a strict diabetic exchange diet that is a lot of work to calculate and maintain, many diabetics find that by choosing a healthy eating plan full of primal foods, they not only lose weight, but eradicate their diabetes.
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