Sticking To Your Diabetes Diet

Most diabetes diets focus on fruits, vegetables and whole grains. It's the same healthy-eating plan that's best for everyone, but it's not always easy to follow your diabetes diet. Consider these five barriers to healthy eating - and common-sense strategies to overcome them.

Unfortunately for some people fresh fruits and vegetables can put a serious dent in your food budget. Yet, if you consider that your health is at stake, this should be money well spent. Here is how you can get creative about saving money in the produce aisles:

* Stick to seasonal fruits and vegetables.
* Buy fruits and vegetables that are on sale.
* Shop at local farmers markets or fresh produce stands.
* Choose whole fruits and vegetables, rather than the chopped, sliced or bagged variety.
* Buy only as much fresh produce as you know you'll eat.
* Try frozen fruits and vegetables.
* Grow your own vegetables in a pot or garden.

When you look at your grocery bill as a whole and recognize that the more you spend on fruits and vegetables, the less you're likely to spend on chips, cookies and other junk food.Ethnic foods unfortunately are not diabetic friendly. Fortunately, all foods, no matter which culture they come from can be prepared in healthier ways. Here are some ways you can create healthier versions of your favorite ethnic foods.

* When a recipe calls for frying food try to bake or broil it instead.
* Use half the recommended amount of cheese.
* Instead of using butter try for half butter and half unsweetened applesauce.
* When a recipe calls for frosting try to drizzle a glaze made with a sugar substitute - or skip the frosting entirely.

Families can make sticking to your diabetes diet difficult. If your family members don't seem supportive of the changes you're trying to make, help them understand why healthy eating and portion control are so important. Your diabetes diet helps you:

* Feel better
* Control your blood sugar level
* Lose excess pounds
* Prevent diabetes complications, such as heart disease, kidney damage and nerve damage

Remember, change may be hard for your family members, too. With your family's support, healthy eating can become a way of life.

When you are out with friends it's difficult to turn down a dessert or snack when it's offered to you, especially if everyone else is joining in. However, you can indulge in sweets or other treats every once in a while. All it takes is prior planning.

* Join the team for pizza after the game, but only one slice.
* Enjoy happy hour with a diet soda in hand. If you feel like an alcoholic drink make it a light beer or glass of dry red wine.
* Show up at the neighborhood get-together with enough good-for-you snacks to share.
* Meet your best friend for dinner. Suggest sharing a meal, or ask the server to put half the meal in a take-home container before it's served to you.
* Say yes to dessert once in a while. All you need to do is scale back on the carbohydrates in your meal to compensate.

With this proven system you to can lower your blood sugar level and retake control of your health and your life.Through a real life crisis Julia figured out how to live diabetes free. Visit Your Diabetes Cure. http://www.yourdiabetescure.com/Diabetes_Diet/Diabetes_Diet.html

By: Julia L Hanf

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With this proven system you to can lower your blood sugar level and retake control of your health and your life.Through a real life crisis Julia figured out how to live diabetes free. Visit Your Diabetes Cure. www.yourdiabetescure.com/Diabetes_Diet/Diabetes_Diet.html