The diabetic diet should be designed so desirable body weight, and near normal levels of glucose in the blood to the complications that will be maintained to minimize this disease. Therefore, diabetic patients eat foods and measurement of particle size in small intervals. It should be less fatty foods and carbohydrates as well as eating pure sugar. You need a lot of high fiber foods such as vegetables and legumes and moderate amounts of citrus andother low-sweet fruits.
Quick Tips:
* Read the label for sugar content, especially from packaged foods.
* Choose foods, carbohydrates from whole grains, fruits, vegetables and low-fat milk contains.
* Limit your total fat intake of 30% or less of total calories daily.
* Reduce saturated fats like red meat
* Eat less trans fats such as shortening, pastries, cakes, French fries
* Avoid canned fruit in heavy syrup.
* Be consistent in your mealsespecially in the total caloric intake and in consideration of the basic food groups.
* Eating less cholesterol
* Maintain a healthy weight.
* Exercise at least 30 minutes most days
* Limit the amount of salt in the diet.
* Experiment with recipes, reducing the amount of sugar.
* For special activities to compensate by eating extra food.
Feed for this diet allows
Milk and dairy products - 2-3 servings a day
* Light milk, 1 / 2% and 1%
* Yogurt,plain, non fat or low-fat
* Evaporated skim milk
* Cottage cheese (1-2%)
* Non fat dry milk powder
* Skim milk (non fat milk)
* Nu-skim
* Low fat cheeses
Fruit & Vegetables - 5-9 servings each day
* Water packed canned fruits
* Unsweetened fruit and vegetable juices
Breads & Grains - 6-11 servings each day
* Low fat crackers such, bread sticks, rye crisps, soda crackers, rice cakes, popcorn
* Homemade baked goods using allowable ingredients
* Breads: white, whole wheat, pumpernickel, rye, and pita
* Cereals: oatmeal, grits, farina, cream of wheat, most dry cereals except granola cereals
* Pasta, barley, bulgur, brown and white rice, couscous
Meat & meat Substitutes - 2-3 servings or total of 6 oz daily
Beef:
* Fillet Mignon
* Loin: porterhouse steak, top loin steak
* Loin: sirloin steak, T-bone steak, tenderloin
* Round: roast, steak, tip roast
* Veal: cutlet, loin chop, and rib roast
Fish:
* All Fish such as tuna (canned in water), scallops, shrimp,
* lobster, flatfish, flounder, crab, sardines, haddock, halibut
* clams rainbow trout, salmon, red snapper, swordfish, sole,
* sturgeon, mussels, oysters, cod, perch, pike, crayfish
Lamb:
* Fore-shank, braised leg, shank or
* sirloin half loin, whole, broiled
Pork:
* Ham, shank or rump half loin,
* Tenderloin, center loin cuts
Poultry (without skin):
* Chicken (light meat is leaner than dark meat)
* Chicken, drumstick, breast
* Duck, roasted
* Turkey (light meat is leaner than dark meat)
* Turkey store extra lean ground breast
Eggs: (limit egg yolks to 3 per week)
* Egg whites
Nuts & Beans:
* Lima beans
* Natural peanut butter (use sparingly)
* Dried peas and beans, such as split peas, black-eyed peas,
* Chick peas (Garbanzo beans), kidney beans, navy beans,
* Lentils, soybeans, soybean curd (tofu)
FATS (use sparingly)
* Baking cocoa
* Unsaturated vegetable oils: corn, olive, peanut, canola, safflower, sesame, soybean
* Margarine or shortenings
* Salad dressing, low-fat or fat-free
* Cream cheese, low-fat or fat-free
* Imitation sour cream
Foods To Avoid
* Nestle's Quick powders,
* Flavored milk (i.e. chocolate, strawberry)
* Whole or 2% milk (regular, evaporated, condensed, chocolate),
* Whole milk Yogurts
* Fruited or flavored yogurt
* Milkshake, frozen malt or frozen milkshake, Frappes
* Instant breakfast
* Eggnog
* Whole milk cottage cheese (4% fat)
* High fat cheeses
* Cheese spreads
Fruit & Vegetables
* Fruit and vegetables in candied sauces
* honey, syrup, sugar, jelly, marmalade, or jam.
* Canned, fresh or frozen fruit with sugar added
* fruits packed in syrup.
* Sweetened juice
* Coconut
* Vegetables prepared in butter, cream, cheese, or high fat sauce
Fats & Oils
* Nondairy cream substitutes
* Coffee whitener/cream substitute
* Cream (light, cream, or table)
* Sour cream, cream cheese, whipping cream
* Regular salad dressings (sour cream base, French, Caesar,
* Ranch, blue cheese, any cheese based dressings)
* Green and black olives
* Butter, coconut and palm oils, lard, bacon fat
* Margarine or shortenings made with saturated fat listed above.
* Salad dressings made with egg yolk, coconut, or chocolate
* Cream, half and half, most non-dairy creamers, whipped toppings
Snacks & Desserts
* buttered, Caramelized or cheese popcorn
* pre-packaged microwave popcorn
* carbonated beverages or soft drinks
* Sweetened fruit drinks, Kool-Aid, Hi-C
* Tonic water
* beer, wine, alcohol, hard liquor
* Sweetened carbonated and mineral waters
* Blended Juice
* Tang
* Chocolate
* Pop tarts, fruit rolls
* fat beverages like Frappes, milk shakes, floats, and eggnog
* Cocoa butter
* Cream
* Fructose
* Honey
* Molasses
* BBQ sauce
* Catsup
* Honey
* frozen desserts: ice cream, frozen tofu or custard, most store-bought frosted cakes, cookies, candy, chocolate bars
* potato and corn chips prepared with saturated fat
* Jam
* Jelly
* Regular chewing gum
* Sweet pickles
* Teriyaki sauce
