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Kindly tell me about the eatables one should take /not take if declared diabetic particularly about fresh /dry fruit , vegetables and other

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* Avoid single high concentrated meals.

* Small frequent meals.

* Food high in fibre content like vegetables, whole pulses, fruits, etc.

Ideal combination of diabetic diet should be:--

Carbohydrates: 55-60%.

Fat: 30%.

Proteins: 15-20% (0.8g /kg /body wt).

Fibres 40 g/day.

DIABETIC DIET

Do not eat at all:--

Sugar, jam, syrups, honey, sweets, chocolates, fruit juices, ice creams, cold drinks, glucose drinks, cakes and pastries, sweet biscuits, puddings and protein powder with sugar.

Foods to be avoided:--

* Refined starch products like corn flour, commercial jelly products, custard powder, arrow root powder, sago, etc.

* Allshell fishes like prawns, clams, lobsters, oysters, shrimps, etc. Red meats like mutton, beef, pork, organ meats like liver, kidney, brain. Processed meats such as sausages, bacon and pickle meatand fish, canned fish.

* Fruits like avocadoes, banana, sweetened cherries and dates, raisins etc, Fruit juices , tender coconut water..

* Whole milk and its products, cream, ice cream, pudding, condensed milk, etc. Burfi, peda, gulabjamun, rasagolla, etc.

* Butter, ghee, vanaspathi, Dalda, blended vegetable oil, coconut, palm oil, all fried and oily foods.

* Avoid coconut milk, nuts like almonds (badam), cashewnut etc.

* Sugar, jaggery, honey, glucose, jam, jellies, laddu, payasam, Halwa, cake, sugar added biscuits, pasteries, etc.

* Aerated drinks like pepsi, cola, Thumps-up, etc. Proprietory drinks like Horlicks, Bournvita, Complan, etc. Alcohol, wine, peer, etc.

Foods to be allowed in limited quantity:--

* Cereals such as wheat, rice, ragi, oats, rava, etc. Noodles, macroni, biscuits, bread, bun made without sugar.

* Fish, chicken (skin removed), egg white, (egg yolk 1-2 per week). All pulses and dhal (eg:-- peas, soya, lentils, etc.) Tofu.

* Root vegetables such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, colocasia,

* Skimmed milk and its products, low fat milk and its products, cheese with less than 10% fat eg:-- cottage cheese, paneer.

* All saturated oils (canola, olive, groundnut, refined oil like sunflower, safflower, corn, soya, bean, mustard, gingily)

* Puddings and custards made without sugar.

* Tea/ coffee.

Eat in moderation:--

Bread, chapatis, oat porridge, cornflakes (No sugar), Cheese, butter, Noodles or spaghetti, macroni, Thick soups, Milk & milk products, Chicken,lean meat, fish.

Take unrestricted:--

* Salads (cucumber, tomato, onion, raddish, salad leaves).

* Vegetables (cabbage, baigan, lady fingers, french beans, methi, palak).

* Fruits (except banana, chockoo, pineapple or mangoes).

* Sprouted beans and pulses.

* Marie biscuit (with less sugar).

* Clear soups, Lemon juice, Buttermilk

Sources:--

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabe...

nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/dia...

doctor.ndtv.com/topicdetail...

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Dear gazaresen... Please adopt LCHF diet pattern. Keep a watch on your FBS and PPBS numbers till everything is consistently hitting in 120-140 range for PPBS , reduce your diabetic medicines subsequently. AVOID WHEAT, RICE , BREAD & OTHER CEREALS ALTOGATHER OR LIMITING TO 100 gms CARBS. PER DAY.I can suggest some diet patterns as follow.

. 1. Take Hot Veg Soup Non Strained with 30gms full fat milk cream or around 20gm butter ... 1 large cup measuring around 350ml and enjoy this with a 30-50 grams MIXED NUTS ( Almonds, Walnuts & Peanuts, no cashew), OR Paneer Pakodas OR Dal Chillas. 2. Take all dairy products, it should be full fat stuff (so no skimmed stuff), full fat milk curd which is > 1 day old, butter, cheese, clarified butter . 3. No biscuits, cracker, wafers , potatoes chips etc. Being vegetarian it limits your options. 4. If you are not a thyroid patient then add supplement: ALPHA LIPOIC ACID 300mg Capsule OID. (once a day). 5. Add paneer to your menu, and also eggs if you can afford to take, since scientifically eggs are supposed to be a vegetarian diet.6. Restrict to just one chapati/meal. 7. Fruits -- apple and citrus fruits. No JUICES at all. 8. Restrict on carrot, peas and beans, cabbage, cauliflower, shimla mirch and other vegetable having low glycemic index. No potato or potato products at all. 9. DRINK LOTS OF GREEN TEA. IT’S A GOOD DIURETICS. 10. Take vegetarian preparations with salads and of course nice quantity of Chutney made from Coconut and daal etc ... 100gms chutney can be great filler and coconut is source of FAT. Try masala dosa with mashed cauliflower and other vegetables, with peanuts to the masala which adds again good quantity of fat ... mashed cauliflower is a great substitute for potato as far as taste is concerned. 11. Take 100ml milk boiled with turmeric and pepper in morning and the same at night . 12. Every bit of movement and calorie burning counts ... minimum walking for15 minutes after every meal within the house is ok. Never use LIFT. 16. ONE VEGETARIAN DISH : Green Salad comprising 1 pc each of onion, carrot, cucumber, simla mirchi, 1 cup of cabbage. All are cut to small pcs, mix lot of curds to it, also add 2-3 spoons of olive oil. Add 1 cup of cream. In addition as a side plate , have 2 boiled eggs or 1/2 cup of paneer. If required eat any vegetable, not Potato or any thing made of Potatos. 13. Try adding sesame seeds to salad and take nuts upto 100gms.day, take stuff made from coconut. 14. In addition I do take Karela juice, amla juice, 5 mg fenugreek seeds soaked in water for over night before every meal, jamun seeds powder etc.. 15.FOR NON VEGETARIAN : You can take freely Chicken, Meat, Fish, Pork & Eggs ( Whole Egg With Yolk ).