Diabetes Menu and Diet

3.OBJECTIVES:

• Provide adequate intake with a caloric level aimed at achieving and/or maintaining a desirable weight.


• Prevent hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia.


• Control lipid levels, blood pressure and other vascular risk factors.


• Prevent and treat the appearance of acute and chronic complications.


• Try to improve the eating habits of diabetic patients.

4.INDICATIONS:

The diet is aimed at diabetic patients (type1 and dm type 2).

5.Dietotherapeutic variants:

diabetic diet without salt (see recommendations hyposodic diet ).

Diabetic diet rich in fiber (see recommendations diet for constipation )

6.Additional dietary recommendations:

Below are common tips to all the diets that a patient with diabetes mellitus should follow:

• To reduce fat in the diet, milk can be skimmed .It is a basic food that, if possible, should never be dispensed with.Half a liter daily in a healthy adult is recommended.100 cc of skim milk (half a glass) can be replaced by a skimmed yogurt, but not for cured cheeses, which are very rich in saturated fats.


• The bread is the most recommended , because its fiber content produces less blood lift (blood sugar) than white bread.


• The fruit can be of any kind, perhaps with the exception of frequent or excessive consumption of bananas and grapes.Try to take them fresh and raw, not compote or prepared.It is recommended to take up two or three pieces .


• It is advisable that meat be chicken (skinless), turkey, rabbit or veal, always very clean.Only red meat will be taken about four times a month (cow, ox, bull, hunting meat).


• The fish can be white or blue.Always try to take more fish than meat, and at least two or three times a week take blue fish.


• It is recommended not to take more than 4 eggs a week .


• The vegetables should be taken twice a day , the most recommended are those that are consumed fresh (in salad, minced, gazpacho).


• The oil is more advisable is that of virgin olive extra .No butter or butter should be used in replacement of the oil, because they produce the same calories and carry saturated fats, which are more harmful to health.


• To sweeten not use sugar.Use aspartamo oSacrein , which do not carry calories and try to avoid sorbitol or fructose (they carry calories and provide carbohydrates).


• It is advisable to take food for diabetics.You should try to have a diet as similar to the rest of the family.




• The ideal drink throughout the day and at meals should be the water .Tea and other infusions can also be taken freely.


• depending on the content of the immediate principle predominant in food composition (carbohydrate; protein, fats), you can exchange them by consulting exchanges or equivalence tables:
  
  
  
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  In section 8 of this document appears an example of how these diets should be developed.