Diabetic needs help putting together a menu plan?

Diabetes Food Intake

How much you eat can be as important as what you eat, especially if you’re over- weight This technique can assist you in estimating what types of foods you should have at a meal. When you are at a meal, use your imagination to divide the plate into 4 section.

* The first section should be filled with grains or starchy foods. These foods contain mostly carbohydrates. The foods in this section are made mostly of grains, such as wheat, rye, and oats. Starchy vegetables like potatoes, peas, lima beans and corn also belong to this section, along with dry beans such as black eyed peas and pinto beans. Starchy vegetables and beans are in this group because they have about as much carbohydrate in one serving as a slice of bread. Consume 6-11 servings per day and most people choose toward the lower end of the range.

A serving is:

 1 slice of bread

 ¼ of a bagel (1 ounce)

 ½ an English muffin or pita bread

 1, 6 inch tortilla

 ¾ cup dry cereal

 ½ cup cooked cereal

 ½ cup potato, yam, peas, corn, or cooked beans

 1 cup winter squash

 1/3 cup of rice or pasta

* The second section should be protein rich food. The section includes beef, chicken, turkey, fish, eggs, tofu, dried beans, cheese, cottage cheese and peanut butter. Meat and meat substitutes are great sources of protein and many vitamins and minerals. Choose from lean meats, poultry and fish and cut all the visible fat off meat. Keep your portion sizes small. Three ounces is about the size of a deck of cards. You only need 4-6 ounces for the whole day.

Equal to 1 oz of meat:

 ¼ cup cottage cheese

 1 egg

 1 Tbsp peanut butter

 ½ cup tofu

* The third section of your plate, you can fill it with non-starchy vegetables. Non-starchy vegetables are naturally low in fat, full of vitamins, minerals and fiber. This section includes spinach, chicory, sorrel, Swiss chard, broccoli, cabbage, salad, bok choy, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, and kale, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, and lettuce. Choose at least 3-5 servings per day.

A serving is:

 1 cup raw vegetables

 ½ cup cooked vegetables

* For the fourth section of your plate, you can fill it with fruits which also contain carbohydrates. They have plenty of vitamins, minerals, and fiber. This group includes blackberries, cantaloupe, strawberries, oranges, apples, bananas, peaches, pears, apricots, and grapes. Choose 2-4 servings per day.

A serving is:

 ½ cup canned fruit

 1 small fresh fruit

 2 tbs dried fruit

 1 cup of melon or raspberries

 1 ¼ cup of whole strawberries

For the gulp down, choose non-fat or low-fat dairy products for the great taste and nutrition without the saturated fat. Milk products contain a lot of protein and calcium as well as many other vitamins. Choose 2-3 servings per day

A serving is:

 1 cup non-fat or low-fat milk

 1 cup of yogurt

Too much fat and cholesterol in your diet can be very harmful to people with diabetes. Food that is high in fat includes red meat, dairy products (whole milk, cream, cheese, and ice cream), egg yolks, butter, salad dressings, vegetable oils, and many desserts.

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Your GP or whoever usually helps w/ your diabetes should be able to help you. If not, a nutritionist certainly can. There are a number of books (some very helpful & some not very helpful) out there on this, ask your doctors or a knowledgeable diabetic friend which 1's they'd recommend. Be wary of online article, they might not be reliable or accurate. Also don't listen to any online books or mail order things that say things like "buy my ___ (book or whatever) & I'll tell you how to cure your diabetes"- those things are full of bull lol. It is important that you read labels on the things you eat & avoid things w/ a moderate or high sugar content (which can include certain dairy items- which might be what that book was talking about)

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Diabetic needs help putting together a menu plan?

I was reading this e-book called The Doctors Heart Cure, by Al Sears. He says that even Bran Cereal or Whole Wheat bread spikes your insulin!! What the heck am I suppose to eat?? lol. Please somebody help me. My dinner last night was Salmon with Kidney beans and Two Hard Boiled Eggs. I eat alot so...

Eat a low-cholesterol, low-fat diet, which includes cottage cheese, fat-free milk, fish, vegetables, poultry, and egg whites. Use monounsaturated oils such as olive, peanut, and canola oils or polyunsaturated oils such as corn, safflower, soy, sunflower, cottonseed, and soybean oils. Avoid foods with excess fat in them such as meat (especially liver and fatty meat), egg yolks, whole milk, cream, butter, shortening, pastries, cakes, cookies, gravy, peanut butter, chocolate, olives, potato chips, coconut, cheese (other than cottage cheese), coconut oil, palm oil, and fried foods.

Low carb helps my sugar so much it is scary! but you also need to whatch the fat and coloesteral. if i eat 300 carbs per day then my sugar wont go up and it also helped me loose wieght

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