Diet Discovery

The best Type 2 diabetic diet limits carbohydrates, especially from grains, rice, corn, potatoes, sugar, and even fruit. Carbohydrates do not have to be eliminated – impractical and unnecessary – but because carbohydrates are primarily what drive up blood sugar, they do have to be restricted. Every diabetic needs to test his blood sugar at home after meals to determine whether the food and portion size spiked blood sugar.

Here’s a typical day for me.

Breakfast: Omelet with cheese, bacon, and broccoli OR breakfast sausages OR scrambled eggs. Usually paired with a large mug of coffee, 1 Splenda packet and 1 tablespoon of heavy cream because of the low sugar content compared to milk. (Diabetics often have trouble with high morning blood sugar, so keeping the carbohydrates at a minimum in the AM can help with that.)
Lunch: Chicken salad (mayonnaise, green onion, celery, slow-cooked chicken breasts, seasonings) wrapped up in a lettuce leaf.
Snack: 1 serving of nuts (almonds, macadamias, pecans or cashews).
Dinner: Bun-less cheeseburger with lettuce, pickles, and a slice of onion. 1-2 servings of steamed non-starchy vegetables, like broccoli and cauliflower.
Snack (if hungry): Babybel Cheese or mozzarella string cheese. (Avoid eating a lot of carbohydrates before bed, otherwise fasting blood sugar may be elevated.)

This is just a sample of how I structure my meals: I try to eat breakfast, my breakfast is low in carbohydrates, I keep my meals small, but regular, I eat lots of vegetables, but they’re non-starchy. I keep my carbohydrates <30 grams most days, which helps me lose weight and control my blood sugar. Your mother will figure out what works for her through blood sugar testing. She should aim to stay under 140 mg/dL 1-2 hours after eating. Ideally, fastings would be below 100 mg/dL, but the AACE recommends anything under 110 mg/dL.

This is my absolute favorite low-carb recipe website: http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/recipes.html I hope your mother enjoys them as much as I do.
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I am a diabetic person.

My Favourite Recepie:

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Barbequed Beef Kebabs with Sweet Mustard Marinade
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You will need 12 bamboo skewers and at least 2 hours to marinade beef before cooking for this recipe.
Ingredients:

1 tablespoon of wholegrain mustard

2 spring onions finely chopped

2 cloves of garlic, crushed

Juice from one orange

2 tsp extra virgin olive oil

¼ cup of Natvia

Freshly ground black pepper

700g lean rump steak cut into 2cm chunks

1 green capsicum

300g cherry tomatoes

Cooking spray

Method:

1. Place the mustard, spring onions, garlic, juice from one orange, oil, Natvia and pepper into a shallow dish and stir. Add the beef and turn to coat well. Cover and place in the fridge to marinate for at least 2 hours, turning meat once in the marinade.

2. Drain the beef, reserve the marinade. Thread the beef, capsicum and whole cherry tomatoes onto 12 small bamboo skewers. Set aside.

3. Heat a barbecue grill or plate on medium/high. Spray the kebabs with cooking spray. Place on the barbeque and cook for 2-3 minutes each side, brushing once with the reserved marinade.

4. Serve.

Tomato Chutney

Ingredients

½ brown onion, finely chopped

1 garlic clove, crushed

1 tablespoon of water

4 roma tomatoes, chopped

1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

1 teaspoon Natvia

Freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Put onion, garlic and water in a medium saucepan. Cook, covered, stirring often, over a medium heat for 4-5 minutes or until the onion softens slightly.

Add tomato and vinegar. Bring to simmer. Reduced heat to low. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes.

Cook, uncovered, stir occasionally for a further 10 minutes until the sauce thickens. Stir in the Natvia. Season with black pepper and transfer to a dish.
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http://www.sweeterlifeclub.natvia.com/yummy-recipes.html

low sugar, low fat, balanced meals with whole grains.
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There is no one-size-fits-all diet for diabetics. In general, the foods that spike blood sugar the most are carbohydrate. That means bread, grains, oatmeal, rice, potatoes, noodles, pasta, corn. You will often hear people talking about ‘good’ unrefined carbs versus ‘bad’ refined carbs but in reality, a carb is a carb. All carbohydrates turn to sugar in the blood, so wholegrain bread is the same as a sugar donut, it all becomes pure sugar. As diabetes is about uncontrolled high blood sugars, all diabetics need to be careful in their consumption of whatever spikes blood sugar the most, i.e., all carbohydrate.

You should eat to your meter. Buy a blood glucose meter if you have not got one already. Log everything that you eat. Test 2 hours after eating. If you are under 140mg/7.8 mm/ol, then you are OK. If you are above this target, then you need to look at what you ate. Either reduce the portion, or cut it out entirely.

Everyone’s body is different. Only by testing will you find patterns that are right for YOU, and only by testing will you know how much carb you can eat. Note too that the amount of carb you can tolerate might be different depending on the time of the day (most people are more insulin resistant in the morning), the time of the month if you are female, stress, and exercise.

There is no typical meal plan but in general you want to limit carbohydrates as carbs are what raise blood sugar the most. The only thing ‘typical’ about my meal plan is that my meals are low in carbs.

BTW, it’s also perfectly possible to eat a ‘normal’ meal with the rest of the family while avoiding the high-carb items. Last night, I made linguine with meatballs for my non-diabetic family. For myself, I replaced the linguine with shredded spaghetti squash (a delicious non-starchy vegetable alternative to pasta). I had the squash with the same sauce and the same meatballs as everyone else. Another great option is doing a roast chicken with all the trimmings. I eat the same chicken, gravy, and non-starchy vegetables as everyone else, but I don’t eat the potatoes, bread or other starchy stuff.
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