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There are approximately 1 million new patients diagnosed with
diabetes each year in the United States and over 200,000 deaths
attributed to the disease. If you have recently been one of the
patients diagnosed, you want to do everything you cannot to be
one of the 200,000 reported casualties. For this reason, you
should follow a diabetic diet to keep your diabetes under
control.
When buying the food that are needed for a diabetic diet, it is
important to read the labels, it is especially important since
most food labels show daily values based on a 2,000 calorie
diet. This is higher than most diabetic diets allow for.
Therefore, the values given will need to be recalculated into
grams and calories and adjust that into their own diet plans.
The timing of meals is also important on a diabetic diet. No
meal should be skipped, the reason for this is simple,
especially for those individuals who are insulin dependent. If
you skip meals, you run the risk of upsetting the delicate
stability that exists between the insulin and the food
consumption. For a lot of diabetes patient the administration of
insulin is calculated to correlate closely with the timing of
meals
These guidelines suggest limiting fat intake, limiting dietary
cholesterol, a diet rich in fiber, eat fresh fruits in
moderation, limit the amount of protein that is eaten and reduce
your salt intake. The goal for everyone, especially those with
diabetes, is to set a goal of five servings of fruit and
vegetables, six daily servings of whole grain foods and two
servings a week of fatty fish.
Eating between meals is also discouraged for diabetic patients.
This is because if too much food is eaten at the wrong times, it
can lead to weight gain and mess with the work that the insulin
injections are doing to control the disease. It is very
important to follow the diabetic diet that is set up for you by
your doctor.
There are no sets of guidelines that have been written in stone
for the control of diabetes for every person. However, there are
certain things suggestions for all diabetes patients, in fact,
for all Americans, that should be followed to maintain a healthy
life style. These suggestions are based on US dietary guidelines
for healthier eating.
If there are any questions regarding your diet or your diabetes
in general, do not try to answer them yourself. Call your
doctor, the office staff will be more than willing to set up an
appointment for you to discuss any of the concerns you may have
with your physician.
About the author:
John Mancini has been writing about Diabetes online and offline
for a long time. Visit http://diabetics-center.com or
http://diabetics-home.info to read more about matters like
diabetes and diabetes supply.
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