This document provides guidance on a diabetic diet for nursing students. It outlines that a diabetic diet should: - Maintain an ideal body weight and choose simple carbohydrates and protein from vegetarian sources. - Restrict fats and oils while increasing fiber through salads, pulses, whole cereals and sprouts. Meals should be at fixed times and skipping meals or fasting should be avoided. - Recommended foods include green leafy vegetables, other vegetables, high fiber foods, spices, buttermilk and lemon. Black coffee and tea without sugar are also included.

1. COURSE NAME :
ACADEMIC YEAR
SUBJECT NAME
DIPLOMA IN GENERAL NURSING
& MIDWIFERY
: FIRST YEAR
: HEALTH NURSING
COMMUNITY
(NUTRITION)
5th
UNIT :
TUTORIL TITLE : DIABETIC DIET
DINSHA PATEL COLLEGE OF NURSING
Prepared by :
Mr. Kailash Nagar
Assistant Professor

3. ⚫MAINTAIN IDEAL BODYWEIGHT
⚫CHOOSE SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATES
⚫PROTEIN FROM VEGETARIAN SOURCES
⚫RESTRITION ON FATS AND OILS
⚫INCREASE FIBRE IN DIETSALADS, PU
⚫ADD SALADS, WHOLE PULSES, WHOLE CEREALS
& SPROUTS IN MEAL
⚫FIXED MEALTIMINGS
⚫A
VOID SKIPPING MEALS OR FASTING
⚫GO FOR SMALLER MEALS

4. ⚫GREEN LEAFYVEGETABLES
⚫OTHERVEGETABLES
⚫HIGH FIBRE FOODS (OATS,WHEAT
BRAN)
⚫SPICES
⚫BUTTERMILK
⚫LEMON
⚫ BLACK COFFEE &TEA
WITHOUT SUGAR

5. ⚫CEREALS
⚫PULSES (WITH HUSK)
⚫ROOTS & TUBERS
⚫FRUITS (NON-SWEETVARIETY)
⚫MILK PRODUCTS (SKIMMED MILK)
⚫EGGS

6. ⚫SWEETS
⚫SUGAR, HONEY
⚫JAM & JELIES
⚫CAKES, PASTRIES
⚫SOFT DRINKS
⚫FRIED FOODS
⚫MANGO, BANANA, GRAPES,
CHEEKU,DRYFRUITS
⚫SWEETENED JUICES
⚫SALAD DRESSINGS
⚫ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

7. ⚫BITTER GUARD (KERELA)
⚫FENUGREEK SEEDS
(DANAMETHI)
⚫AMLA
⚫JAMUN
⚫RAGI
⚫DIABETICATTA
(WHEAT FLOUR, GRAM FLOUR
& SOYAFLOUR)

8. RICE AND WHEAT HAVE SAME EFFECT TO
DIABETIC PATIENT, HENCE REDUCE THE NUMBER
OF CHAPITIES AS COMAPRED TO THE AMOUNT
OF RICE THEY CONSUME.
1 CHAPATI = ½ BOWL COOKED RICE

9. Thank You