Diabetes mellitus is a disease associated with an absolute or relative lack of insulin in the body and characterized by impaired carbohydrate metabolism and other metabolic disorders.Simply put, diabetes is not a disease in the full sense, but an incorrect lifestyle and diet.Therefore, nutrition for diabetes plays an important role in the well-being of the patient.
Foods to include and exclude from your type 2 diabetes diet
Diet for diabetes must be correct and include foods with a low glycemic index (from 10 to 40):
- vegetables: tomatoes, eggplants, cabbage, cucumbers, courgettes, green beans and other green vegetables;
- egg;
- mushrooms and various nuts;
- fruits and berries: cherries, cranberries, cranberries, plums, pears, apples, gooseberries, strawberries, strawberries and juices from them;
- citrus fruits: lemon, orange, mandarin and grapefruit;
- cereal and bran products: barley bread, rice bran, oat flakes, buckwheat, spaghetti and pasta with durum wheat semolina;
- dietary meat: poultry, rabbit, turkey, veal;
- fish and lean fish products;
- dark chocolate;
- cold-pressed linseed oil;
- mineral water.
Limitconsumption of foods with a medium glycemic index (from 40 to 70)
- dairy products: kefir, milk, yogurt;
- low-fat or low-fat;
- vegetables: beets (boiled and stewed), carrots, legumes;
- wholemeal bread, rye bread, brown bread, leavened bread;
- fresh and canned pineapple;
- apple and grape juices, without sugar;
- instant oatmeal;
- jam;
- raisins, melon, kiwi;
- industrial mayonnaise;
- canned corn;
- pancakes made from wheat flour;
- brown rice
Excludefrom the diet foods with a high glycemic index (from 70 to 100)
- watermelon;
- cereals and wheat bread;
- cornflakes;
- fried and baked chips;
- caramel and honey, jam, sweets, sugar;
- white bread;
- carbonated and non-carbonated alcoholic and sweet drinks;
- coffee, tea, replacing them with chicory, green tea and blueberry leaf tea;
- sweet fruits: grapes, bananas;
- semolina;
- processed meat products: sausages, frankfurters, sausages, chicken, smoked meat.
In addition to taking medications prescribed by the doctor, it is necessary to use medicinal plants: chicory, blueberry leaves, dandelion root, mantle, bean leaves and a collection of herbs that lower sugar.
In addition, diabetics are advised to maintain an active lifestyle, move more, including walking up to 2 km per day, climbing stairs, physical work, unless, of course, they have suffered a heart attack or stroke.Change your sleep schedule, sleep at least 7 hours a day, go to bed no later than 1 am.
Basic steps and rules of the type 2 diabetes diet
It's no secret that diabetes mellitus mostly affects overweight and obese people.
First step of the diet-2 weeks, eliminating excess kilos.During this time, eat only low-glycemic index foods.
If the blood sugar level is high, it is recommended to eat strictly 3 times a day, without snacks, then the insulin will have time to be used.Instead of snacking, drink water or eat fruit.
Portions should be small, as nutritionists say, one portion should fit in the palm of your hand.
Second step of the diet– 15 days, consolidation of results.During this period we eat low and medium glycemic index foods.We limit our intake of sugar, honey, baked goods, potatoes, bananas, white rice and corn.
The third step of the diet– for the rest of my life, staying fit and respecting the rules.The menu should be with low and medium glycemic levels.
From personal experience, I have been diabetic for 11 years, I know that 70% of good health depends on what you eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner, 20% on physical activity during the day and only 10% on medications.
Meals for diabetes mellitus for BREAKFAST dish list
For breakfast you can prepare the following dishes:
- Oatmeal - made from natural cereals and low-fat milk, with the addition of a small amount of berries, raisins and dried apricots.
- Muesli or bran - with milk or low-fat yogurt.
- Buckwheat porridge with milk or boiled: tongue, rabbit, meat;or meatballs, meat soufflé.
- Freshly made toast with a slice of cheese on wholemeal bread.
- Low-fat or low-fat cottage cheese, with sour cream, yogurt or low-fat kefir.
- Cheesecake with sour cream.
- Cabbage or potato cutlets with sour cream.
- Natural herbal green tea.Tea with milk.
- Fruit: pears, apples, oranges, grapefruits.
- Hard boiled eggs with homemade mayonnaise.
- Omelette with calamari.
- Baked cabbage casserole.
- Zucchini casserole.
- Meat pudding.
Diabetes meals for LUNCH list of dishes
A normal lunch consists of salads, first and second courses, desserts and drinks.The following dishes are offered for lunch:
Salads:
The basis of salads can be lettuce, fresh cabbage, incl.and bok choy, cauliflower, fresh vegetables (radish, radish, cucumber, tomato), celery, broccoli, mushrooms, cheese and fruit.
First courses:
- Soups:
- plant-based vegetarian;
- pearl barley and buckwheat with mushrooms;
- rice with egg;
- with cauliflower;
- with peas, with beans;
- pickle;
- fish with celery;
- vegetables with chicken;
- Lenten borscht with sour cream.
Second courses:
- Boiled or stewed meat with stewed cabbage.
- Beef stroganoff with mashed potatoes.
- Goulash with boiled potatoes.
- Boiled chicken with millet porridge.
- Mexican pita with feta and mushrooms.
- Sandwiches to your taste, made with wholemeal bread.
Sweet:
- Sugar-free lemon jelly.
- Carrot cake.
- Curd soufflé.
- Chocolate cake with stevia in the microwave.
- Pumpkin cheesecake without sugar and semolina.
- Diet cake.
- Baked apples.
Drinks
- Tomato juice.
- Kefir or kefir with cinnamon.
- Rosehip decoction or tea.
- Milk thistle tea (for weight loss).
- Fruit compote with sweetener.
Diabetes meals for DINNER meal list
Dinner dishes could be:
- Cabbage rolls stuffed with vegetables.
- Boiled fish of low-fat varieties.
- Carrot and apple meatballs with kefir.
- Carrot puree with sour cream.
- Stewed cabbage.
- Vegetable casserole.
1 hour before going to sleep
- a glass of kefir;
The above list of dishes is a recommendation;you need to develop your menu and focus on your well-being.