Diet Tips for Diabetics

Tip 1 - Eat plenty of whole grain foods, fruits, and vegetables and Eat Often

Eat plenty of whole grain foods, fruits, and vegetables: Include greater amount of fruits and vegetables in your diet, as these provide vitamins, minerals, and fiber.

Eat often: Do not starve yourself or remain hungry, as this will encourage you to overeat when you do eat. This diet tip for diabetes will prevent hypoglycemia, the risky condition where sugar level in the blood falls below the normal range.

Tip 2 - Monitor Your Blood Glucose Everyday

People generally avoid checking blood-sugar levels regularly but monitoring blood glucose everyday is essential to control it. Your daily diet, activity and any medicines have a direct effect on your blood glucose level and unless you check it constantly you cant make required changes and adjustments.

Tip 3 - Switch to brown rice instead of white

You need to take high-fiber and slow sugar releasing foods like brown rice and brown pasta. Skip the refined white varieties and it will be very easy for you to manage your blood sugar levels.

Tip 4 - Healthy Fats for Dibaetics: Spread avocado on sandwiches and toast, or add to a salad

Ideas for Enjoying Healthy Fats

Stir-fry meat and vegetables in a little canola® oil (or oil spray) with garlic or chilli.
Dress a salad or steamed vegetables with a little olive oil and lemon juice or vinegar.
Sprinkle sesame seeds on steamed vegetables.
Use linseed bread and spread a little canola margarine.
Snack on a handful of unsalted nuts, or add some to a stir-fry or salad.
Spread avocado on sandwiches and toast, or add to a salad.
Eat more fish (at least three times a week) because it contains a special type of fat (omega-3) that is good for your heart.
Do more dry roasting, grilling, microwaving and stir-frying in a non-stick pan.
Avoid deep fried, battered and crumbed foods

Tip 5 - Stay away from Fructose or you'll turn into an Apple

Fructose sugars is extremely harmful for someone who is diabetic... These are found in fizzy drinks, processed foods, muffins, candy bars, energy/sports drinks etc.

KEEP AWAY!

Tip 6 - Vegetables, Fruit, Fish, Nuts and Olive Oil

Make sure your diet consists of the above, my father has diabetes and as a family we ensure that he gets the correct amount of veges, fruits, fish, nuts and olive oil every doctor will tell you exactly the same