she is fed up with #Ragi malt, Ragi dosa, Brown rice, ragi Biscuit etc etc etc . she is Diabetic and trying different fibers to manage sugar.
How can I make her daily diet more lively and colorful?
she is fed up with #Ragi malt, Ragi dosa, Brown rice, ragi Biscuit etc etc etc . she is Diabetic and trying different fibers to manage sugar.
How can I make her daily diet more lively and colorful?
Have you talked with the doctor about the diet changes? Does he/she want your Mother-In-Law to count her carbs at each meal and snack? Is she type 1, 1.5 (LADA) or type 2? Is she using insulin? On any medications for diabetes and/or other conditions?
Lowkal
This advise of "Ragi" does not work in medium to long term
What works is a low carb with added good fats like ghee butter etc with some moderate proteins
Is she a veg or non veg ..?
Thanks ,Happy to hear from you, she is nonveg .
Reduce Roti to just 2 a day made of atta + besan. Add lots of ghee. Have lots of non starch above the ground vegetables.
Have cucumber salad.
Give 2 eggs for breakfast.
Moong sprouts and methi sprouts
Paneer. All non veg items .Cheese if she is willing to take
No sugar. Use stevia drops
Reduce milk as it has lactose or milk sugar
Use ample ghee and butter
Use Channa daal in place of all other daal
Ask her to make a juice of 8 leaves of hibiscus and drink it 2 hours prior to breakfast for 8 days then let her check her sugar
Ragi may not be a medicine for a diabetic , but it helps in reducing weight ,which indirectly has a favourable effect on diabetic state . If Ragi is advised to be taken , one need not go to such an extreme level . One time in the total food intake of the day may be taken.
Ok
There are various types of millets like --finger millets , foxtail millets , little millets kodo millets etc . My neighbour eats only kodo millets and she has really come to half her size . She says that kodo can be cooked and can be taken just like white rice with all dishes. Her sugar levels have come to non diabetic state and she says she is not on calorie count . We have to believe that because the result is visible. She says we can literally make all dishes which we make with ordinary rice including biryanis and puliyodurais .
Thanks for the information, Will try kodo Millet .
Lowkal
Firstly don't tell her what you use in making food. And make it more spicey. Mostly she will not complain.
But the food that you mentioned is not good for her. Still reduce carbs. There are many items which has low carb and can be cooked in a tasty manner.
Go to "tarala dalal " or any other site you like you will find lots of D friendly recipes.
Thanks , Any alternative to raggi .
Wow , Thanks a lot , it's really insightful .
So true a hard reality to digest.