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By Irene Maseko | July 29, 2008
Diabetes certainly limits some of the food you can consume, but by using the right diabetic recipes you can still enjoy fine food. An excellent method of reducing the symptoms of diabetes is by controlling what types of food you eat, this is also a good method if you want to avoid diabetes in the first place. If you are living with diabetes, one of the best ways to fight this disease is with a diabetic diet plan using diabetic recipes.
One of your first goals with your new diabetic diet should be to lose some weight as this is not only important in maintaining your health but may have been the cause of the condition to start with. And one of the best ways to follow a diabetic diet is to eat foods that are from all of the four basic food groups.
For patients, having a healthy diabetic diet plan means eating in a way that reduces the risk for complications that are commonly associated with their condition, including heart disease and stroke. A diabetic diet using specially formulated diabetic recipes which are essentially a healthy, low-fat, balanced eating plan that helps the patient feel better and more energetic, and achieve some control over the symptoms like fatigue, thirst, blurred vision.
A healthy diabetic menu is concerned with eating a balanced diet of non-fat dairy foods, lean meat, poultry, fish, whole grains, fruit, vegetables and beans. The low-carb diabetic dietary plans are a little different and only certain vegetables are allowed such as kidney beans, carrots and avocados as well as fish, meat, poultry, cheese and eggs. Diabetic recipes should include foods that are low in saturated fats and cholesterol, such as skinless poultry, fresh fruit, and vegetables as previously mentioned.
Weighing your food when you’re on a diabetic diet is as important as the foods you consume, so that you receive the correct amount of calories. Using the food labels in the supermarkets will also become second nature when you are preparing your diabetic recipes as they contain useful information, usually based on a diet of 2,000 calories per day.
When on a 2,000-calorie diabetic diet plan, the ideal breakfast should consist of two slices of bread or two rice cakes or half a cup of pasta, one cup of skimmed milk or a cup of sugar-free yogurt, one egg in any form, boiled or poached or scrambled and surely a serving of one’s favorite fruit. In a 1,800 calorie diabetic diet plan, diabetic recipes might suggest that the breakfast should ideally consist of two slices of bread, a cup of skimmed milk, one serving of a fruit like a medium-sized banana, apple or an orange, and a tablespoon of cheese.
The afternoon snack can consist of a fruit, two to three crackers, and half a cup of tea or coffee made with artificial sweetener. Alternatively, to vary your diabetic diet you could always have a cup of skimmed milk or yoghurt to replace the tea or coffee. There is no reason for you to believe that you can no longer enjoy your food if you’re restricted to a diabetic diet, because diabetic recipes are designed to have plenty of variety.
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