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Diabetes what to eat Diabetes, medically termed as ‘diabetes mellitus’ is one of the most common medical conditions all over the world and recent surveys show that there are about 16 million patients within the United States of America alone. Moreover, about 5.4 million of these individuals are completely unaware of the fact that they are suffering from the condition. The same surveys also show that the condition has increased in prominence over the last few decades and does not seem to show any signs of receding. Diabetes is a condition that will significantly alter the way you live your life and, as a result, in order to be able to treat it or figure out a way of living with it, it is important to understand the condition properly. Diabetes is essentially a metabolic disorder that is characterized by the body being unable to produce or properly utilize insulin (which is a hormone that is required by the body to carry out the conversion of sugar, starch and other foods into energy). There are a number of diabetes diet foods and diabetes diet meal plans available in a number of resources such as the internet as well as the hundreds of healthy living books that you can find at your local bookstore. Primarily, almost all of the most highly recommended diabetes diet meal plans are likely to revolve around the principles of eating lots of vegetables and fruits (choosing from a variety of colors to maximize the variety of nutrition) as well as a lot of non starch based vegetables such as carrots, spinach, green beans and broccoli. Whole grain foods are always the better choice if the other option is over processed grain products while one should also try brown rice with stir fry or whole wheat spaghetti with pasta sauces. Non vegetarian dishes should be restricted to lean meats such as beef and pork products that have the suffix of ‘loin’ such as sirloin and pork loin while it is also highly recommended that you remove the skin from any chicken or turkey dishes prepared. |
Submitted on January 16, 2014 |