The power and the pattern of diet for a diabetic should always be under the supervision of your physician or endocrine, including foods, healthy and beneficial for your health. But we can follow some recommendations that can improve and help us in this metabolic disease.
Recommendations:
Follow a diet low in carbohydrates, remains a key strategy for gaining control of the glycemic index and blood sugars.
Substitute sugar or sweeteners by dietary saccharin.
Eating foods rich in fiber like fruits that are rich in soluble fiber, and whole grain bread, and that fiber prevents rapid absorption of sugars.
Consuming low-fat protein such as soya, tofu, skim milk, fish and lean meat, removing fat from them.
Discard the alcohol for their contribution of sugars or minimize, the highest one, preferably two glasses of alcohol daily as a dry red wine, cava, etc..
To reduce the risk of nocturnal hypoglycemia in individuals using insulin or insulin secretion, alcohol should be consumed at meals and not outside them.
The fats should be minimized.
Avoid high-glycemic foods should be eaten only rarely, preferring foods low glycemic index.
Remove saturated fat, margarine, butter, animal fats found in meats and sausages and coconut and palm oils widely used in bakery products.
Eating fish preferably blue, like tuna, sardines, mackerel, salmon, etc., over the meat because they contain omega-3 acids that benefit our health, at least three or more servings of these during the week .
Lose weight and keep your weight is very beneficial for diabetics, first because it decreases insulin resistance, which makes it possible to decrease blood sugar naturally.
Diabetics can benefit from proper diet along with the practice of moderate physical activity for weight loss, such as walking, bike ride, yoga or Pilates are examples of appropriate exercises can be performed.
Nutritional supplements like chromium picolinate, brewer’s yeast and spirulina algae are beneficial jointly help fight and prevent this disease, regulating blood sugar levels naturally.
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