Best Foods to Eat and Avoid with Diabetes

When you have diabetes, nutrition and physical activity also plays an important role in your healthy lifestyle. When a person follows a healthy diet plan it will automatically helps him/her to control blood glucose level, also called Blood sugar. To manage this, person should know what to eat or what to drink along with the medications him/her taking (if any). These things will help him/her to control the blood glucose level.

What to eat and when to eat will definitely help you to

Control the blood glucose level, cholesterol and blood pressure which automatically decreases hypertension
Helps to control your body weight
Helps in prevention of diabetes
Helps in gaining energy for your daily routine work

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What are the Best Foods for Diabetics?

If you are thinking that skipping a meal a day will help you to control your diabetes. No, that’s not a good option as it will weaken your inner strength as well as less energy is produced in your body. So, what can you do in this case? Just eat your daily meal in smaller portions or enjoy it less often.

Make a meal plan and follow it in your daily routine. Here are the best foods for diabetes listed below:

Protein: Eggs, fish, nuts, and peanuts, dried beans, chicken, meat substitutes such as tofu
Vegetables: Starchy vegetables include corn, potatoes, and green peas and Non-starchy vegetables include carrot, broccoli, peppers and tomatoes
Grains: In a day person should at least take half of the whole grains which include rice, oats, corn meals, Wheat. For example- pasta, cereal, bread etc.
Fruits: Apple, grapes, bananas, berries, orange, melon.
Dairy: Milk, yogurt, cheese

What Foods to Avoid with Diabetes?

As you have diabetes, you should avoid the following things:

Salty food, which contains high amount of sodium as it will cause high blood pressure
Oily Food or fried food items
Sweets with high sugar content like ice cream, bakery items or candies
Sweet drinks or beverages with additional amount of sugar like cold drinks, juices etc.

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