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Best Diet For Diabetics
Quick Tips: * examine the label for sugar content especially of packaged foods. * choose foods containing carbohydrates from whole grains, fruits, vegetables and low-fat milk. * Limit total fat intake to 30% or less of the total daily calories. * Lower down the intake for satureted fat like red meat * Eat less trans fat like shortening, cakes, pies, French fries * Avoid fruits canned in heavy syrup. * Be consistent in your mealtimes especially in the total intake of calorie and the balancing of the basic food gruops. * Eat less cholesterol * sustain a healthy weight. * Exercise at least 30 minutes on most days * Limit the amount of salt in the diet. * Experiment with recipes by reducing the amount of sugar. * Compensate for Special Activities by eating extra food. The Allowed Foods for this Diet Milk & Dairy – 2-3 servings each day * Light milk, 1/2%, or 1% * Yogurt, plain, nonfat or low fat * Evaporated skim milk * Cottage cheese (1-2%) * Nonfat dry milk powder * Skim milk (nonfat milk) * Nuskim * Low fat cheeses Fruit & Vegetables – 5-9 servings each day null * Water packed canned fruits * Unsweetened fruit and vegetable juices Breads & Grains – 6-11 servings each day * Low fat crackers such, bread sticks, rye crisps, soda crackers, rice cakes, popcorn * Homemade baked goods using allowable ingredients * Breads: white, whole wheat, pumpernickel, rye, and pita * Cereals: oatmeal, grits, farina, cream of wheat, most dry cereals except granola cereals * Pasta, barley, bulgur, brown and white rice, couscous Meat & Meat Substitutes – 2-3 servings or total of 6 oz daily Beef: * Filet mignon * Ground beef (95% lean) * Loin: porterhouse steak, top loin steak * Loin: sirloin steak, T-bone steak, tenderloin null * Round: roast, steak, tip roast * Veal: cutlet, loin chop, and rib roast Fish: * All Fish such as tuna (canned in water), scallops, shrimp, * lobster, flatfish, flounder, crab, sardines, haddock, halibut * clams rainbow trout, salmon, red snapper, swordfish, sole, * sturgeon, mussels, oysters, cod, perch, pike, crayfish Lamb: * Foreshank, braised leg, shank or * sirloin half loin, whole, broiled Pork: * Ham, shank or rump half loin, * Tenderloin, center loin cuts Poultry (without skin): * Chicken (light meat is leaner than dark meat) * Chicken, drumstick, breast * Duck, roasted null * Turkey store extra lean ground breast null Eggs: (limit egg yolks to 3 per week) * Egg whites * cholesterol-free egg substitute Nuts & Beans: * Lima beans * Natural peanut butter (use sparingly) * Dried peas and beans, such as split peas, black-eyed peas, * Chick peas (garbanzo beans), kidney beans, navy beans, * Lentils, soybeans, soybean curd (tofu) FATS (use sparingly) * Baking cocoa * Unsaturated vegetable oils: corn, olive, peanut, canola, safflower, sesame, soybean * Margarine or shortenings * Salad dressing, low fat or fat free * Cream cheese, low fat or fat free * Mayonnaise, low fat, low cholesterol, or fat-free * Imitation sour cream Foods To Avoid * Nestle's Quick powders, * Flavored milk (i.e. chocolate, strawberry) * Whole or 2% milk (regular, evaporated, condensed, chocolate), * Whole milk yogurts * Fruited or flavored yogurt * Milkshake, frozen malt or frozen milkshake, frappes * Instant breakfast * Eggnog * Whole milk cottage cheese (4% fat) * High fat cheeses * Cheese spreads Fruit & Vegetables * Fruit and vegetables in candied sauces * honey, syrup, sugar, jelly, marmalade, or jam. * Canned, fresh or frozen fruit with sugar added * fruits packed in syrup. * Sweetened juice * Coconut * Vegetables prepared in butter, cream, cheese, or high fat sauce Fats & Oils * Nondairy cream substitutes * Coffee whitener/cream substitute * Cream (light, cream, or table) * Sour cream, cream cheese, whipping cream * Regular salad dressings (sour cream base, French, Caesar, * Ranch, blue cheese, any cheese based dressings) * Green and black olives * Butter, coconut and palm oils, lard, bacon fat * Margarine or shortenings made with saturated fat listed above. * Salad dressings made with egg yolk, coconut, or chocolate * Cream, half and half, most non-dairy creamers, whipped toppings Snacks & Desserts * buttered, caramelized or cheese popcorn * pre-packaged microwave popcorn * carbonated beverages or soft drinks * Sweetened fruit drinks, Kool-Aid, Hi-C * Tonic water * beer, wine, alcohol, hard liquor * Sweetened carbonated and mineral waters null * Blended Juice * Tang * Chocolate * Pop tarts, fruit rolls * fat beverages like frappes, milk shakes, floats, and eggnog * Cocoa butter * Cream * Fructose * Honey * Molasses * BBQ sauce * Catsup * Honey * frozen desserts: ice cream, frozen tofu or custard, most store-bought frosted cakes, cookies, candy, chocolate bars * potato and corn chips prepared with saturated fat * Jam * Jelly * Regular chewing gum * Sweet pickles null * Teriyaki sauce Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com Hines Maynard Health and Fitness Expert Diet for Diabetics |
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