Diabetes Diet
Learn how to control your diabetes through a specialized diet plan.
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BACKGROUND
For those suffering from diabetes, watching their diet and health is not a choice, but a requirement for staying alive. Making healthy choices can aid in managing diabetes and help avoid related illnesses. A key component to the Diabetes Diet and managing the disease is consistency - eat at the same time and the same portion size each day.
The Diabetes Diet can be a catalyst for maintaining your desired weight, avoiding heart disease and managing blood sugar.
FOOD & RECIPES
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) does not offer a specific dietary plan, just smart goals to meet. More than half of your daily caloric intake should result from carbs, 30 percent fat and 12-20 percent protein, per the ADA. It's suggested that for those following the Diabetes Diet, you consume at least six servings of starch and five servings of veggies and fruit each day. Cereal, bread, corn, soup and fresh produce are all strongly encouraged. Incorporate whole grains to maintain colon health. Treat yourself to sweets no more than two times each week.
EXERCISE
The website implies only vaguely that there is a fitness component to the plan.
EXPENSE
$5 a week.
PRO
Diabetics have special needs, so it’s good to be on a plan that addresses this.
CON
Vague about fitness advice, something that should be a part of everyone’s healthy living efforts.
CONCLUSION
The Diabetes Diet is most likely a good choice to address the specific needs of diabetics, but before beginning, visit with your doctor or diabetes professional.
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lucy_y: I keep hearing about sweetner alternatives for those of us with diabetes yet I don't know which ones....any have recommendations?
pamela_JJ: The Diabetes diet gives you lots of recipes to help you with your sweet tooth. As for sweetners, I only know that artificial sugar is no good.
clay: I looked at the ADA site and it says that a lot of the usual sweeteners are ok to eat. Plus, they dont have calories. I like this diet b/c its really easy.
MaryWilliams: I would be weary of the sweetners that you intake, just because the ADA says its ok we still have to be very careful. I did enjoy a lot of the recipes from the Diabetes diet and also make sure to speak with my doctor regularly.
anonamous: The diet is designed to prolong diabetes....why would the ADA or the medical community want to cure it if it is a $132 billion dollar cash cow? Truth is there are way too many carbs promoted in this diet and all diabetics should look more towards restricted carb plans. I did...and I am no longer on any meds or insulin after being diagnosed 2 months ago with Blood sugars of 480 and A1C of 12. Today my A1C was 4.8. My doctor is still scratching his head.
