Diet plan for Diabetic people to control blood sugar level. https://wellness4free.com/diet-for-diabetes-sugar-control-diet/

1. Diet For The Diabetics

2. ❑According to WHO , not more than 50% of the
calories should come from the carbohydrates .
❑ And it is not a lesser known fact that an Indian diet
consists of as much as 80% of carbohydrates
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3. General Guidelines
Promote mindful eating
patterns
• Choose complex
carbohydrates
• Restriction of fats and oils
• Increase intake of fiber -
rich foods
• Weight management
Avoid skipping meals or fasting
Take Small and frequent meals
Fixed meal timings
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4. Diet For The Pre-Diabetics
Prefer :
Vegetables
Fruits
wholegrain
lentils and
beans
low fat dairy
Nuts
Avoid :
highly salted
food
sweets
sugar drinks
alcohol
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5. Pattern of distribution of calories for a
diabetic patient
% of total calories Provision for
20 Breakfast
35 lunch
15 Late evening feed
30 Dinner
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6. Sample diet plan for an average
Indian man ( 1500 kcal , 24hours)
• Morning : 6-7 am (5%)
a) 1 cup of tea ( 50kcal)
• Breakfast : 8-9 am (10-13%)
a) 1 medium sized bhakhri or 1 katori poha (103kcal)
b) Milk ½ glass
(120kcal)
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7. Mid morning : 11.00 am
(12 -15% ; 173kcal )
a) Fruit : 1 medium sized – apple , orange ,
guava ( 58kcal )
b) Boiled / sprouted pulses – ½ katori (45kcal)
c) Nuts – ½ serving (70kcal)

8. Lunch ( 1 – 2 pm ) ( 30% ; 459kcal )
a) Salad – tomato 50 gm , cucumber 50gm ,
onion small : 1 plate
b) Green leafy vegetables : 1 katori – karela ,
cauliflower , tinda etc .
c) Dal : 1 katori
d) Curd / vegetable raita
e) Chapati without ghee : 2 medium sized
f) Oil usage : 1 teaspoon full
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9. Evening ( 5 .00 pm ) ( 2-3% ; 86 kcal )
a) Tea without sugar : 1cup
b) Marie biscuit : quantity -2
c) Roasted chana : ½ katori
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10. Dinner ( 8-9 pm ) ( 40% ; 535 kcal )
a) Salad : 1 plate
b) Green leafy vegetables : 1
katori
c) Other vegetables : 1
katori
d) Chapati without ghee : 2
medium sized
e) Khichadi without ghee : 1
katori
f) Dessert - milk based with
fruit : 1 katori
g) Oil : 1 teaspoon full
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11. Before sleep ( 2% ; 50kcal )
a) Milk without sugar : ½ cup
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12. NON VEGETERIAN
• Mid morning
✓ 2 boiled egg whites
instead of sprouts
• Lunch
✓ 1 Tandoori chicken
instead of green leafy
vegetables and curd
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13. Foods to be substituted
1. More homemade and less processed .
2. Use less salt .
3. Millets – Ragi/Jowar/Bajra ( rich source of Mg – helps in starch
digestion and manages insulin action) over wheat ( whole grains )
4. Lesser consumption of Rice and potatoes (make up a significant
portion of indian food) and substitute it with oats and lentils .
5. To fight sugar cravings : consume whole fruit , dates and sugar
free chewingum .
6. Low fat dairy (cow milk, milk + water) instead of buffalo milk.
7. Citrus fruits instead of high sugar fruits (mango , banana or
chikoo) [ GI of whole fruit like orange = 40 while GI of the fruit
juice = 50]
8. Roasted and baked foods instead of deep fried foods.
9. Dark chocolate instead of milk chocolates
10. Instead of cookies and chips choose nuts for snacks (trail mix
almonds and other nuts plus a few pieces of dark chocolate )
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14. Glycemic index ??
It is an international standard scale used to
measure food’s rate of sugar release ;
Lower the GI , Lower the rate of sugar release
and hence sudden sugar spikes are prevented
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15. Low GI Foods (55 or less)
• 100% stone-ground whole
wheat bread
• Eggs
• Oatmeal , muesli
• Pasta, barley
• arhar dal , black gram , channa
dal , urad dal , white kidney
beans
• broccoli , cauliflower , cabbage
, cucumber , eggplant , onion ,
capsicum , spinach , tomato
and carrots
• Apple , oranges , pears ,
Cherries , grapefruit , plums
• Milk ( fat free , skimmed ) , soy
High GI (70 or more)
• White bread
• Honey
• Table sugar
• Corn flakes, instant
oatmeal
• macaroni and
cheese
• pumpkin
• popcorn
• melons and
pineapple
• Plain ice cream
• Raisin
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16. Foods which should be
preferred - SUPERFOODS
1. Fenugreek seeds (methi seeds) – lowers blood glucose by enhancing
starch & carbohydrate digestion
2. Bitter gourd (karela) – 3 naturally active glucose lowering substances-
charantin, vicine, insulin like polypeptide P and lectin-appetite lowering.
3. Succulents and easy available - Tomatoes
4. Gooseberry ( amla )
5. Fruits such as Strawberries – as an antioxidant .
6. Seeds of fruits (watermelon, jaamun, muskmelom) – immense nutrients.
7. citrus fruits like oranges and grapes – source of fibre .
8. Brown rice – antioxidant selenium and Mg
9. Cinnamon – lowers insulin resistance
10. Nuts like walnuts – omega 3 rich ( other nuts : almonds , cashew ,
pistachio)
11. Oats – very high fiber content
12. Chickpeas and Spinach – rich protein sources
13. Diabetic Atta ( soya flour and gram flour )
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17. Foods to avoid

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