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NHS Eat well guide, can you believe it!?

This is an interesting article!

dailymail.co.uk/health/arti...

Towards the end of the article you can see the eat well diagram.

"• Eat at least 5 portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables every day. All fresh, frozen, dried and canned fruit and vegetables count

• Base meals on potatoes, bread, rice, pasta or other starchy carbohydrates, ideally wholegrain

• 30 grams of fibre a day: This is the same as eating all of the following: 5 portions of fruit and vegetables, 2 whole-wheat cereal biscuits, 2 thick slices of wholemeal bread and large baked potato with the skin on

• Have some dairy or dairy alternatives (such as soya drinks) choosing lower fat and lower sugar options

• Eat some beans, pulses, fish, eggs, meat and other proteins (including 2 portions of fish every week, one of which should be oily)

• Choose unsaturated oils and spreads and consuming in small amounts

• Drink 6-8 cups/glasses of water a day

• Adults should have less than 6g of salt and 20g of saturated fat for women or 30g for men a day

Source: NHS Eatwell Guide "

I cannot believe it!

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I agree with you sandybrown

Hi sandybrown this is interesting and the evidence is lacking either low or very low...

So thanks for posting this. 😊

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Too right!

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Cann

This may be a balanced diet for some, but certainly not me!

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kishore

NHS Eat well guidance about balanced diet is very worthy for controlling diabetes. But, it's a general guidance and not rational for every individual diabetic patient. So, periodical checking of BS level is also very important to avoid hypoglycemia. Side by side, regular exercise is also to be undertaken for fitness or to keep BMI index within permissible limit.

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sandybrown in reply tokishore

Did you take a look at the food plate?

Xpert diabetic course give a different view on diabetic food I am told!

If you are happy with NHS food plated there is nothing more to add.

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A healthy diet includes the following:

Fruit, vegetables, legumes (e.g. lentils and beans), nuts and whole grains (e.g. unprocessed maize, millet, oats, wheat and brown rice).

At least 400 g (i.e. five portions) of fruit and vegetables per day, excluding potatoes, sweet potatoes, cassava and other starchy roots.

Less than 10% of total energy intake from free sugars, which is equivalent to 50 g (or about 12 level teaspoons) for a person of healthy body weight consuming about 2000 calories per day, but ideally is less than 5% of total energy intake for additional health benefits. Free sugars are all sugars added to foods or drinks by the manufacturer, cook or consumer, as well as sugars naturally present in honey, syrups, fruit juices and fruit juice concentrates.

Less than 30% of total energy intake from fats. Unsaturated fats (found in fish, avocado and nuts, and in sunflower, soybean, canola and olive oils) are preferable to saturated fats (found in fatty meat, butter, palm and coconut oil, cream, cheese, ghee and lard) and trans-fats of all kinds, including both industrially-produced trans-fats (found in baked and fried foods, and pre-packaged snacks and foods, such as frozen pizza, pies, cookies, biscuits, wafers, and cooking oils and spreads) and ruminant trans-fats (found in meat and dairy foods from ruminant animals, such as cows, sheep, goats and camels). It is suggested that the intake of saturated fats be reduced to less than 10% of total energy intake and trans-fats to less than 1% of total energy intake. In particular, industrially-produced trans-fats are not part of a healthy diet and should be avoided.

Less than 5 g of salt (equivalent to about one teaspoon) per day (8). Salt should be iodized.

Links:-

who.int/topics/diet/en/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healt...

medlineplus.gov/diets.html

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