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Question: What is the best healthy food that people with diabetics can eat?

(Posted by: nonato de alexandria on 2010-07-20 23:27:50)

My mother in law is diabetic, she can not eat sweet stuff, the doctor said she can't eat carrots but another doctor suggest she can. now, we are confuse. a little help please.

Posted by: Tin S on 2010-07-21, 01:27:13

To find out what you can eat and what not to eat and how much , go to mendosa.com/ gilists.htm This table includes the glycemic index and glycemic load of more than 2,480 individual food items. Not all of them, however, are available in the United States. They represent a true international effort of testing around the world. The glycemic index (GI) is a numerical system of measuring how much of a rise in circulating blood sugar a carbohydrate triggers–the higher the number, the greater the blood sugar response. So a low GI food will cause a small rise, while a high GI food will trigger a dramatic spike. A list of carbohydrates with their glycemic values is shown below. A GI is 70 or more is high, a GI of 56 to 69 inclusive is medium, and a GI of 55 or less is low. The glycemic load (GL) is a relatively new way to assess the impact of carbohydrate consumption that takes the glycemic index into account, but gives a fuller picture than does glycemic index alone. A GI value tells you only how rapidly a particular carbohydrate turns into sugar. It doesn't tell you how much of that carbohydrate is in a serving of a particular food. You need to know both things to understand a food's effect on blood sugar. That is where glycemic load comes in. The carbohydrate in watermelon, for example, has a high GI. But there isn't a lot of it, so watermelon's glycemic load is relatively low. A GL of 20 or more is high, a GL of 11 to 19 inclusive is medium, and a GL of 10 or less is low. Foods that have a low GL almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL range from very low to very high GI. Both GI and GL are listed here. The GI is of foods based on the glucose index–where glucose is set to equal 100. The other is the glycemic load, which is the glycemic index divided by 100 multiplied by its available carbohydrate content (i.e. carbohydrates minus fiber) in grams. (The "Serve size (g) " column is the serving size in grams for calculating the glycemic load; for simplicity of presentation I have left out an intermediate column that shows the available carbohydrates in the stated serving sizes.) Take, watermelon as an example of calculating glycemic load. Its glycemic index is pretty high, about 72. According to the calculations by the people at the University of Sydney's Human Nutrition Unit, in a serving of 120 grams it has 6 grams of available carbohydrate per serving, so its glycemic load is pretty low, 72/ 100*6= 4.32, rounded to 4. Carrots have a high Glycemic Index , but have a low LOAD > So carrots are fine . The won't spike your glucose levels. This glycemic index is a great way for the whole family to eat . Don't forget the Exercise . It's as important as meds. and diet . Knowledge is the key to glucose control. Good luck Tin

Posted by: red rose on 2010-07-21, 03:09:50

Your mother in law should eat what she craves for listen to her body and watch how it reacts..all in moderation..sugar is not the enemy malabsorbtion is..medications help the body to absorbe the sugars needed for the fonctions of your organs...i have found that cinnamon helps with the control of the sugers.have her try it on her cereals or where ever she wants to use it...it does help.good luck.

Posted by: gangadharan nair on 2010-07-21, 06:48:33

Follow the instructions contained in the diabetic diet. In this connection it should be noted that diabetic patients should be considered as heart patients. Steps should be taken to prevent coronary artery disease by reducing cholesterol and saturated oil and trans-fat in the diet. Eat a low-cholesterol, low-fat diet, which includes cottage cheese, fat-free milk, fish, vegetables, poultry, and egg whites. Use monounsaturated oils such as olive, peanut, and canola oils or polyunsaturated oils such as corn, safflower, soy, sunflower, cottonseed, and soybean oils. Avoid foods with excess fat in them such as meat (especially liver and fatty meat), egg yolks, whole milk, cream, butter, shortening, pastries, cakes, cookies, gravy, peanut butter, chocolate, olives, potato chips, coconut, cheese (other than cottage cheese), coconut oil, palm oil, and fried foods.

Posted by: TheOrange Evil on 2010-07-21, 08:23:05

In moderation, carrots probably aren't problem. I eat carrot shreds in coleslaw because there are relatively few of them. There's no one answer for all diabetics on this matter. In general, I'd say carrots cannot be eaten without regulation - they will raise blood sugar in a diabetic. How much, though, is completely variable by the diabetic. Your mother-in-law should be really be testing her blood sugar after she eats. That's how I know whether something is acceptable or not. If I don't reach my blood sugar goals, I cut the portions in half or just stop eating that food entirely. As a diabetic, she needs to avoid more than sweet foods. All carbohydrates affect a diabetic's blood sugar and sometimes the so-called 'complex carbs' are the worst culprits. It's not uncommon for a diabetic to get his or her worst blood sugar spike after eating bread or oatmeal.

Posted by: Tim Bon on 2010-07-21, 17:02:52

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Posted by: hookedforever on 2010-07-22, 21:40:03

We all know that people with diabetes need to control their food intake. Diabetes is not curable so the only way to deal with it is to live with it. Most people with diabetes often complain of having to eat the same kind of food since there are a lot of food that are not recommended for them. But this need not be the case. There are a lot of recipes out there that are specially made for diabetics. Our family also has a history of diabetes and it is really hard to come up with new food every now and then. I found this site which provides over hundreds of different food recipes especially for diabetic patients. I found this cookbook of great help. treatingdiabetesnow.com/ cookbook.html