What diet is recommended for people with diabetes?
The following information is provided by Diabetes UK, the UK's leading charity working for people with diabetes. For more information and advice, log on to their website www.diabetes.org.uk or call their lo-cost Careline on 0845 120 2960.
1. Eat three regular meals a day. Avoid skipping meals and spread your breakfast, lunch and evening meal over the day. This will not only help control your appetite but also help in controlling your blood glucose levels.
2. At each meal include starchy carbohydrate foods such as bread, pasta, chapattis, potatoes, yam, noodles, rice and cereals. The amount of carbohydrate you eat is important to control your blood glucose levels. All varieties are fine but try to include those that are more slowly absorbed (have a lower glycaemic index) as these won't affect your blood glucose levels as much. Better choices include:
- Pasta
- Basmati or easy cook rice
- Grainy breads such as granary, pumpernickel and rye
- New potatoes, sweet potato and yam
- Porridge oats, All Bran and natural muesli.
The high fibre varieties of starchy foods will also help to maintain the health of your digestive system and prevent problems such as constipation.
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John Allan, about 1 year [Offensive? Unsuitable? Report this comment.]
It has taken me this long to realise that as a diabetic. I don’t have a problem with fat, protein, salt etc. but I most certainly do have a problem with carbohydrate. For me there is no such thing as “good carbohydrate” All carbohydrate affects my condition adversely as with most diabetics. I have been mislead by the so called “healthcare professionals”, I am at long last learning to control my diabetes, by virtualy ignoring all of their advice. Regards John Allan