This
common disease, which affects more than 30 million people
worldwide leaves the body unable to process food properly.
Although the two types of diabetes cannot
be cured, they can be treated through diet, tablets, injections
of insulin, or a combination of the three. A diabetic diet
has to be low in fat (especially saturated fat), high in carbohydrate,
and high in fibre.
Diabetics have to pay very strict attention
to their diet and ensure they eat regular meals which include
a wide variety of foods such as wholemeal bread, jacket potatoes,
beans and lentils. Instead of counting calories they have
to count carbohydrates and ensure that at least half of their
food is made up of complex carbohydrates.
Some vegetarian diabetics have reported such
improvements to their health on a meat-free diet that they
have had to inject less insulin. On a purely psychological
level, vegetarianism enables many diabetics to feel for perhaps
the first time that they, and not the disease, are in control
of their lives.
Enjoy
quality food| Overcoming
barriers to changing eating behavior| How to
Follow a Diabetic Diet| Veggie
diet|
Advantages
and Disadvantages of diabetic food| The
Benefits of Eating Fibre|
Major
Food Components in a diabetic meal
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