Tips for Diabetic Person

Best Recommended Food for a Diabetic Person:

1. Apple: As we told in our earlier article, it is one of the best fruits and antioxidant available and has low calories and great level of fibre contents which helps in keeping control of cholesterol and sugar level in blood.

2. Avocado: They are quite rich in mono saturated fatty acids which are good are heart and helps in reducing blood sugar level and triglyceride level. Except mono saturated fat, they are also good source of potassium and various vitamins.

3. Barley: Grains and cereals are healthy for Diabetic people but barley is the best among grains. The fibres in barley are rich in beta glucan which reduces cholesterol by binding to bile acids and excreting the bile acids from body. Bile Acids are produced by liver from cholesterol and is used by body to digest fat. As barley fibres helps in excretion of more bile acid from body, liver produces more bile acid which results in more consumption of cholesterol.

4. Beans: There have been number of studies proving that a cup of beans dairy helps in good control over blood sugar level and blood pressure. There is also wide variety of beans available in the market which you can choose as per your own taste such as   black (Kālē sēma), kidney beans (Rājamā ), garbanzo (Chana), white, lima, pinto and a lot more.

Some other food recommended: Blueberries, Broccoli, Carrots, Oats. Drinking a lot of fresh water is always good for health.

Best Non Veg food recommended: Chicken and turkey meal are really great in fibre contents and low in fat (except of skin which has high level of saturated fat) and a great help in controlling cholesterol level. As per the study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health study, eating fish just once a week can reduce the risk of heart attack by 40 per cent and heart attack is one of the biggest problem faced by Diabetic Patients. Fatty Acids contained in fish (particularly in salmon, mackerel, herring, lake trout, sardines, halibut, and albacore tuna) are rich source of Omega 3 which decreases the risk of arrhythmias and decreases triglyceride levels.

Food Not Recommended and Bad for the health of a Diabetic Person: Food contain large amount of sodium such as sauces like soya sauce, pepper sauce, pickles and canned vegetables, etc., food cooked with large quantity of butter , regular oil or regular cheese, white rice, white bread, regular mayonnaise, regular soda drinks, energy drinks, coffee with sugar and lot of cream.

Instead of Eating	Eat
White Rice	Brown Rice
Fried or Mashed Potatoas	Sweet Potatoes or Yam
White Bread	Brown Bread or Whole Grain Bread
Corn	Peas