Taking steps to prevent and control diabetes doesn’t mean living in deprivation; it means eating healthy and well balanced diet
You don’t have to give up sweets entirely or resign yourself to a lifetime of bland food. With these tips, you can still take pleasure from your meals without feeling hungry or deprived.
Take a good look at your plates — the foods you choose and the portions ycombination of fibre, carbohydrate, protein & fat in your diet.
Reduce extra-large servings of less-healthful foods and increase
servings of foods we’re not eating enough of: vegetables, fruits,
dairy foods, and whole grains.
Start by reducing your portions of less-healthful foods by 5 to 10
percent. You’ll barely notice the trimming, but you’ll immediately
taper your intake of calories, carbohydrate, fat, and sodium. Over
time, this portion slim-down will improve your weight, blood
glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure.
There is no one perfect food so including a variety of different
foods and watching portion sizes is key to a healthy diet.
This is important to reduce the sugar spikes after meals. You have to eat a serving of fibre salads/ seeds along with a protein before your meal. By doing this you will benefit by eating lesser carbohydrates and also mage the sugar spike after meals.
When you buy packaged food read the labels. All that is advertised as ‘diabetic friendly’ or ‘no added sugar’ does not guarantee that they have low sugar content. Learn to read and understand the nutrition labels. Choose food that is high in fibre low in sugar and has no transfat.