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Diabetes How To Control It With Diet
insulin daily), weight loss will make a huge difference in your blood glucose levels. If you maintain the weight loss, you’ll avoid the complications of diabetes .To successfully lose weight, you need to control your total calories. You must burn up the same amount of calories you take in by mouth, or you will gain weight. To lose weight, you need to burn up more calories than you eat. Sounds simple, eh! As you reduce your portions, reduce your intake of added sugars, fats, and alcohol. These items contain no nutrients such as vitamins and minerals and are simply sources of empty calories. If you are predisposed to have diabetes because, for example, your parents both had diabetes, you can prevent it by maintaining a healthy weight. If you already have diabetes, you can minimize its impact by losing weight and keeping it off.Do you need a highly complicated formula to figure out how to moderate your food intake? No! It’s as simple as looking at the portions you currently eat and cutting them in half. At home, where you control the amount of food on your plate, you can start with a small portion, so you may not need to reduce it by half. However, in restaurants, where more and more people are eating their meals, especially the fast food restaurants, the rule of eating half may not be strong enough. There you may need to eat only a third of the portion. You may need to apply the same portion control when you eat at someone else’s home. Figure 1-1 shows you the difference between reasonably sized portions and ones that are too big. Controlling calories isn’t easy when TV commercials suggest that eating certain foods will make you sexier and more beautiful. Another challenge is eating in a restaurant where the menu makes everything sound like the food eaten by the Greek gods. And when the portions arrive at your table, they’re about twice what you should be eating. Use these tips to help you visualize portion sizes: An ounce of meat is the size of a pack of matches. Three ounces of meat is the size of a deck of cards. A medium fruit is the size of a tennis ball. A medium potato is the size of a computer mouse. A medium bagel is the size of a hockey puck. An ounce of cheese is the size of a domino. A cup of fruit is the size of a baseball. A cup of broccoli is the size of a light bulb. The European chefs who worked on some of the recipes in this book told me again and again that, compared to Europeans, people in the United States expect huge portions. And they eat it all! Think about a hockey puck the next time you buy bagels that each look like a small cake. Even if you cut the bagel in half, you’ll still be eating more than the correct portion. You may think that you’re eating the right amount, but you’re most likely eating two to three times more than you need. Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com Miles has been living with Diabetes for over 3 years now . Take a look at his newest projects women golf clubs and callaway iron set |
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