Diabetic Christmas Eve
Having diabetes should not be an impediment to enjoying the dishes of the end of the year.The key is to ingest an adequate selection of foods that allow to continue with health care.
This implies that each patient knows their condition with certainty and that they are willing to make decisions, since although diabetes is a permanent condition, complications can be delayed if adequate metabolic control is reached.This includes eating healthily, carrying a personalized nutrition and exercise plan and punctually monitoring glucose levels, as they emphasized diabetes experts in a seminar organized by Sanofi Aventis, in Mexico.
healthy eating
Food requirements will depend on age, weight, height, medical history.Hence the importance of having the advice of a nutritionist to evaluate and indicate the requirements and calories that the organism needs according to the diabetic condition.It's like sending a tailored suit, Mexican nutritionist Mayalí Fonseca Negrete, educator of the Mexican program always by your side.
For healthy eating, experts recommend: prefer baked preparations, grilled and steamed instead of fried and empanized.
Eating sitting at the table is more advisable than doing television since this generates good eating habits.
Food schedules must be respected and not jumping them, because this can affect the glycemia curve, that is, the balance that the body must maintain at glucose levels.It is also advisable to drink at least eight glasses of water a day.
Do not abuse Light products
The fact that there is a wide range of dietary foods or light does not mean that its excessive consumption is harmless, because fat intake, sugars and other components can be duplicated or tripling, no matter how much they have, the doctor Ivan saidDarío Sierra, a diabetes and nutrition specialist, of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colombia and member of the Latin American Association of Diabetes (ALAD).It is important to learn to read the labels according to portion rations and the necessary nutritional requirements.
fruits, with measure
Many people believe that fruits will not harm them and consume them excessively;It should be remembered that these foods, although natural, contain caloric value and sugars, so their consumption must also be measured.Sierra comments that among fruits with the highest percentage of carbohydrates (20 percent) are bananas, grapes and figs;then (10 percent) apple, guava, mango and maracuyá;And the ones that have the least are the grapefruit, orange, melon and mandarin.Eye with the grapes, because it is classified as one of the fruits with the greatest carbohydrates and this can jeopardize the health of the diabetic patient, if it does not have a control of their intake.
nothing in excess
Alcohol drinks contain a lot of sugar, especially liquors, so the diabetic patient must be careful with them.It is preferable to drink a glass of cider or other apple or peach drinks with low sugar content.
delicious vegetables
Birds such as turkey and chicken have less fat than red meat, so it is healthier to eat them as long as the accompaniments do not have much fat.Nor should we abuse spices or spicy, which irritate the stomach increasing acidity.
Salads like most people;A good option is to prepare some of them and place yogurt and nuts on top.Likewise, they can be grown with eggplant, onion, potatoes, pepper chili, tomato, pumpkin and zucchini.
And the dessert?
The consumption ofSweets and desserts should not be done daily or often, but if the person is well compensated, he can eat, for example, half of the portion or a little less, because everything will depend on the control he has, Sierra says.It should be avoided in refined sugar consumption and prefer prepared desserts with dextrose and sucralose.
