This document provides information on managing diabetes through diet, including:
1) Key aspects of diabetes self-management include monitoring blood glucose, following a meal plan, taking medication, and getting regular exercise.
2) A diabetic diet aims to provide nutrition while controlling blood sugar and lipids, maintaining a healthy weight, reducing medication needs, and preventing complications.
3) The diet focuses on carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and fiber, emphasizing low glycemic index foods and permissible foods like vegetables, fruits, dairy, and pulses while limiting sugar, sweets, honey, and sweetened drinks.
3. Importance of proper diet in a Diabetic Patient:
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1. To provide adequate nutrition.
2. To control blood sugar and lipids.
3. To maintain ideal weight.
4. Less medication.
5. To prevent complications.
4. Carbohydrates
Diabetics-not restrict the carbohydrate intake but alter the
carbohydrate type.
Eg-cereals, pulses -complex sugars.
Sugar, jaggery , honey and jam -simple sugar .
55-60% of total daily intake of calories.
Proteins
Proteins can be obtained from-meat, pulses, legumes,milk.
They help to reduce the blood glucose and lipids.
10-15% of total daily intake of calories.
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5. Fats
Are concentrated forms of energy.
3 types -saturated ,monounsaturated and polyunsaturated.
Saturated =ghee , butter, coconut oil -taken in small quantities.
20-25% of total daily intake of calories.
Dietary fiber
Part of food not digested in the gut-unavailable carbohydrate.
Eg-Whole grains, ragi, jowar, oats, green leafy vegetables.
Help reduce blood glucose, serum cholesterol, relieve constipation.
Intake of 25 gm dietary fiber per 1000 cal. optimum
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6. Glycemic index
Area under the 2 hour blood glucose response curve(AUC)following the
ingestion of a fixed portion of test carbohydrate (50g) as a proportion of
the standard either glucose or white bread.
Low GI(55 or
less)
1-Fruits,veg(except
potato, watermelon).
2-Whole grains, beans
3- Lentils
Medium GI(55-
69)
1-Sucrose
2-Basamati Rice
3-Brown Rice
High GI(70 or
more)
1-Baked potato
2-White bread
3- Syrupy foods
4-Candies
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