“Low carb meals for diabetic patients”
Low carb meals help the diabetes patient a lot to maintain blood sugar level normal for living a sound and healthy life.
Low carb meals for diabetes does not mean that the diabetes should completely cut off carbohydrates from their daily meals rather it should take it in moderation. Cutting of carbohydrates from daily meals is completely unnecessary, at the same time it is somewhat risky too.
Before discussing low carb meals for diabetes, first we need to know about diabetes,it's type,risk and diet.
Nearly 643 millions of adult people ( 20-79 years) are suffering from diabetes round the world. And IDF (International Diabetic Federation) has recognised the disease as a global burden.
Middle and low income's countries are main victim of this silent killer disease. IDF also projects every 1 in 8 people will be the victim of diabetic by 2045.
According to WHO and many other recognised institutions round the world, diabetes is a chronic endocrine disease in which blood glucose, we also call, blood sugar level exists completely high in blood plasma.When you become a diabetes patient your pancreas is unable to produce sufficient or any insulin or the insulin may not work properly.
High level of glucose in blood are dangerous for any diabetes patient. Frequent existence of high sugar level than normal in blood is the major symptom of diabetes or prediabetic.
This type of situation is also known as hyperglycemia. If blood sugar level is consistently high then it can affect the eyes, kidneys, nerves and blood vessels of diabetic patient. For this reason, doctors always ask people with diabetes to keep their blood sugar level normal.
For keeping blood sugar level normal doctors usually recommend following two methods. One is medication and the other is low carb intake. Most of the patients are to be advised to adhere following two procedures simultaneously.
Sometimes diabetic patients are in risk of hypoglycemia after taking of diabetic medicine. Hypoglycemia is such a serious situation when the patient's blood sugar level is completely low. if hypoglycemia frequently untreated it can be life threatening. So to stay healthy you need to make sure that you never get hypoglycemia.
In fact, diabetes patients are better off when they keep their lives under controlling of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia simultaneously. That’s why diabetic patients should be very careful of their medication meals and life style.
So what should be the diet of a diabetic patient? That is a very important question that has been asked for a long time. According to the experts, the diet of a diabetic patient should be low in carbohydrates(carbs)
Carbohydrate is the principal nutrient in food. Other two nutrients in foods are protein and fat. There are three different types of Carbohydrates found in foods. they are starches sugars and fibers. After taking of foods in our body carbohydrates converted into glucose and and glucose produces energy.
It is needed to state here that another name of glucose is blood sugar. And we are already informed that high level of blood sugar is very dangerous for diabetic patients. The biggest obstacle to keep blood sugar level normal is excess carbohydrates. Which we unknowingly take consistently through food.
That is why it is very important to have a meal plan for a diabetic patient.Through which he will constantly get enough of low carbohydrates as well as other nutrients of the foods.
This plan can be on daily or weekly basis. However, if you do it on weekly basis rather than daily, you will get more benefits
People who are suffering from Type 1 or type 2 diabetes should get around 45 to 65% of daily calories from carbs. Need to be stated that women need a little less calories than men. CDC, a international reputed organisation, recommends 3 - 4 serving of carbohydrates ( 1 carb =15 grams of carbohydrates) for the women.
When men are recommended for 4 to 5 serving. That means women should take up to 60 grams carbs each meal while men should take up to 75 grams. Experts say that a recommended amount of carbs can help the diabetes to maintain blood sugar level normal.
The diabetes should eat a balanced diet everyday. He should be more serious about the items he eats in breakfast lunch and dinner. First, he should make sure that the foods he eats are full of protein, fibre and necessary carbohydrate. Seafood, poultry, meat, eggs are very friendly with diabetic patients.
It is very important to have enough non starchy vegetables on the food plate. Some of the vegetables have very low calories.No matter, how much you eat them no fear of getting blood sugar high. Like gourd cucumber etc. After the main dish a few fruits can be taken.
If possible greek yogurt could be added as a dessert. Greek yogurt is full of nutrients, very low in carbs and sugar. No matter what time of day you eat should take some smart fats like nuts, olive, fish, avocado and other plants.
But always be careful of saturated fats of red meat , cheese, butter and some other dairy products. Saturated fat is truly unhealthy fat.
Some foods which are enriched with carbohydrates can make blood sugar high with the people suffering from diabetes. Rice, white bread, corn, some starchy vegetables like potato, yams, beer candy, ice cream, soda etc these are to be avoided
People who are suffering from diabetes should be very conscious of foods they eat. Foods that raise blood sugar should be consciously avoided. On the other hand, meals that are low in calories and high in nutritional value should be eaten more.
