8 Commandments for a Heart healthy life.

[gangadharan_nair]

* Sugar control.

* Blood pressure control.

* Cholesterol control.

* Diet control.

* weight control.

* Salt control.

* Habit control (smoking & alcohol).

* Mind control (stress-free life)

[RoadRunner44]

A compiled list like this, setting out all the areas people with pre diabetes and diabetes must be aware of, could be a useful tool for me and others. I think I will type them out and keep in my bag so that when food shopping, recipes etc it will be a reminder to check items before buying. I expect it will be a bit of an irritation but if we are serious about keeping well we should be making it a part of our routine. Many thanks.

[Praveen55 Moderator]

MOST IMPORTANT IS :

LIMIT DIETARY CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE.

[akkikavu in reply to Praveen55]

Everybody talk about low carb diet.Can anyone list the food of low carb.and what is to be taken for breakfast lunch and dinner for the desired diet.

[sandybrown in reply to akkikavu]

It can be difficult to understand, I have difficulties as well, therefore I asked below question and got an answer from a member.

You may find some answers here.:

healthline.com/nutrition/ho...

Examples.

Q:

How much carb is in this breakfast?

Breakfast is after 14 hours from evening meal.

One slice of brown toast, little butter and instant coffee with milk.

How much carb is in this lunch?

Lunch is 3 hours after breakfast.

Two small brown pita bread, filling two soya processed slice with one slice of cheese in each pita bread and tea with milk.

Now for evening meal, 6 hours after lunch.

How much carb, a portion of basmati rice, chicken curry, veg green steamed and salad.

Pumpkin, a small portion of cooked for afters.

A:

If you total everything together, the grand total for the entire day, Total carb =125.

The total comes from, 38 breakfast, 48 lunch and 39 dinner

The answer to the question was given my one member.

From the internet.

"The dietary guidelines recommend that carbs provide 45 to 65 percent of your daily calorie intake. So if you eat a 2000-calorie diet, you should aim for about 225 to 325 grams of carbs per day. But if you need to lose weight, you will get much faster results eating around 50 to 150 grams of carbs"

The food labelling information can be used to calculate below information.

2000-calorie diet, you should aim for about 225 to 325.

1500-calorie diet, you should aim for about 150 to 244.

You may also find more information in this link:

google.com/search?q=daily+c...

[Praveen55 Moderator in reply to akkikavu]

akkikavu

It is easy to work out a low carb menu. In fact, you should do it yourself depending on your likings and preferences e.g. vegetarian/non-vegetarian/vegan etc. You may get some guidance from the suggested menu to understand the basic concepts. Please follow the link below for more information on the subject. If you have diabetes, it would be useful to have a glucometer so that you can monitor your blood sugar levels to see which food spikes BS. Limit your dietary carbohydrate intake to limit the BS in the target range.

healthline.com/nutrition/lc...

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Moderation observed in everything , ie food , rest , stress , exercise frees one from any autoimmune diseases , All the factors mentioned by you get automatically corrected with out any medicines by taking nutritient food in moderation .