FOOD AND DIET
The first thing to note is that the diet of each patient with diabetes should be personalized, established and agreed with the doctor, as each person is different, and the level of activity you have, your level of diabetes, weight … Therefore it is essential to establish the personalized diet will allow us to better control the glucose and general health status. Otherwise does not differ much from that in general can take anyone. We will point out some recommendations.
Diabetes-diet
- Keeping always rapidly absorbed sugars, as glucose levels rise in blood abruptly.
- You should eat little but very often, so we also have the feeling of being sated and avoid heavy meals that can lead to overweight.
- It is better to eat fish than meat or eggs, which are good but always very sparingly because they have fat.
- Avoid animal fats, which are recommended to be replaced with olive oil.
- Eat vegetables, greens and vegetables are essential.
- The need to drink alcohol very sparingly.
- The complex carbohydrates (bread, pasta, cereals, fruit …) are essential in the diet of a diabetic. Should mean 50 to 60% of total calories consumed by the diabetic. Not so simple carbohydrates (sweets, jams, candy, soft drinks …) must be removed from the diet almost since they raise the level of glucose in the blood.
Following these guidelines will get to have an optimal weight, which is essential for good health and have better controlled blood glucose.