Diet Food for Diabetes Mellitus

Diet Food for Diabetes Mellitus 

For those of you who have not been sentenced to suffer from diabetes mellitus - but have a genetic risk - recommended to control blood sugar condition to the hospital on a regular basis (at least once every 6 months), and then maintain the quality of life by adopting a healthy lifestyle and diet to suit the nutritional needs required for diabetics.

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As for you who are already diagnosed with diabetes, you should immediately implement a special diet for diabetics. By applying a special diet for people with diabetes, then you can adjust the intake of calories into the body and quantify the amount of nutrition that is appropriate to the need for one meal.

Special diets in calculating the amount of intake of nutrients needed by diabetics is adjusted to body weight, height, and gender.

Diabetic diet is generally applied to the amount or eats in small portions but frequently. For example, the main meals 3 times a day and interspersed with 3 meals in the form of fruits or snacks calorie content as needed. The distance between pauses to eat that can be used between 2 to 3 hours. Diet for diabetics’ calorie content of each food should be tailored to the needs of the patient, because each patient has different needs in content and benefits of the nutrients and calories. Therefore, it is the primary cause for doing a special diet for diabetics with diabetes still meets the standards and needs of the nutrients needed by the body. For more details, you can consult with a physician who has expertise in this field. 

Counting the Number of Calories

For women who indicated diabetes, on average they need about 1500 calories intake. The assumption was; 5 tablespoons of rice, 2 types of side dishes (1 animal - 1 vegetable), plus a bowl of vegetables. This is the main menu every meal and consumed as much as three times a day.  At the time of the meal, usually interspersed with eating fruits such as one large piece of papaya, 1 apple, or 2 oranges for one meal.  At night can be increased by eating 1 cup of milk specifically for diabetes. Prior to consume milk, the better you consult your physician first in order to be adapted to your needs.

As for male diabetics need 1800-2000 calories. The assumption; 10 tablespoons of rice or potato, 3 side dishes (1 animal - 2 vegetable), and a bowl of vegetables. In between meals interspersed 2 number of fruit, 1 cup of milk and diabetes specials each night.

This special diet despite having the amount of food consumed in small portions, but this will not increase the amount of blood sugar, and will not affect the physical quality to support the daily activities. If a special diet to regulate the amount of calories and nutrients into your body gives a positive effect, then slowly you start to reduce the dose of drugs controlling blood sugar so that you will avoid the negative effects of diabetes medications, especially for those people with diabetes type 2 and knowing about the prevention. Even you also can live with having the exact same quality health with healthy people.