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Every diabetic patient's diet will be different. Age, weight and height, type of work, amount of manual labor, lifestyle, financial status are all taken into consideration in this list. If you have diabetes, you should not eat everything. However, you have to be careful and disciplined in choosing food. To avoid repetition and boredom, you should also try to have variety instead of eating the same food every day. Like any other normal person, a diabetic patient will consume all the food components i.e. sugars, meats, fats, minerals, vitamins etc.
The first thing to do when diagnosed with diabetes is to avoid all foods containing white sugar. Sugars are also present in other foods, so there is no harm in cutting sugar outright. Sugary foods are rice, bread, noodles etc. These should be consumed in limited quantities and it is better to eat red rice and flour instead of white rice and flour or flour. It has low glycemic index or GI.
The GI is a measure of the rate of absorption of carbohydrates in food. Its index is 1 to 100. Foods with a high GI are quickly absorbed into the bloodstream and raise blood sugar levels quickly. On the other hand, foods with a low GI do not raise the blood sugar as quickly as they are absorbed slowly.
● If the index is below 55, it is called a low GI food. Such as all kinds of vegetables, pulses, thin milk, mushrooms, nuts, watery vegetables etc.
● Medium GI (55-70) foods are red rice and flour, corn, oats, sweet potatoes, brown noodles or pasta.
● Foods with high GI (above 70) are flour bread or parota, atap rice, polao, dates, watermelon, kachur mukhi etc.
Keep GI in mind while choosing food. Choose a low GI food at every meal. Avoid high GI foods as much as possible.
● In case of diabetes, harmful fats accumulate in the blood and liver. Fatty liver and increased risk of heart disease. So be careful in consuming fatty foods. Saturated fats like ghee, butter, fat attached to meat are harmful.
● Unsaturated fats such as omega-3, marine fish oil, nuts are beneficial. When choosing meat, choose foods that are low in fat such as fish, pulses, eggs, milk and dairy products. Reduce the amount of cooking oil.
● Eat fresh fruit every day, but in moderation.
● Can eat a lot of sour fruits. But don't eat too much at one time, divide the food into 5 or 6 portions throughout the day.
● Keep a gap of three-four hours between two meals. Don't eat erratically.
● You can eat sour yogurt, fruit instead of sweet food as dessert.
Avoid tobacco, tobacco, alcohol.