Diabetes mellitus is a disease of the endocrine system, due to a lack of insulin in the body.
As a result, the blood glucose increases, which leads to a metabolic disorder and the gradual defeat of virtually all functional systems in the human body. The disease is divided into type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
To date, nutrition issues and diets for diabetes of any type - this is an extremely serious topic that is raised by every patient after the delivery of a diagnosis of the disease.
In general, proper nutrition with diabetes should be observed every day, since without a diet, the health of a person will worsen.
Tips for lowering the sugar level
The diet is necessary for people with diabetes of any type, but dietary recommendations have certain differences in type I and II diabetes. At the last reduction of excess body weight due to diet can be the only measure of therapeutic effect.
The type of diabetes mellitus is determined by a doctor endocrinologist who is engaged in your treatment.
- With type 1 diabetes type : proper nutrition is a necessary background for insulin therapy. If you do not pay attention to it, all efforts to reduce blood sugar will be in vain: this indicator does not stabilize, and this affects the condition of the vessels of all organs and systems.
- Type 2 diabetes : does not always need drug therapy. First, the patient is recommended a diet that will help reduce weight. With good dynamics in this case, drugs generally may not be required.
General tips to help reduce blood sugar:
- Reduce the consumption of soft drinks, lemonade and juices. With regular use of sweetened drinks, the risk of developing diabetes increases by about 15%.When consuming tea and coffee, reduce the amount of cream and sweetener.
- Try to choose unsweetened food, for example, unsweetened tea with ice, yogurt or unsweetened oatmeal. You can sweeten the food to your liking. Most likely, at the same time you will add much less sugar in your food than the manufacturer.
- Replace your favorite sweets with healthier food. Instead of ice cream, rasstolkite frozen bananas and whip the mixture with a mixer, you will get a wonderful dessert. Instead of your favorite milk chocolate it is better to eat a piece of dark chocolate.
It is especially important to follow a diet for easy diabetes, because it is practically the main method of treatment.
Differences in the diet for type 1 and type 2 diabetes
For patients, type 1 diabetes mellitus requires a low calorie diet( 25-30 kcal per 1 kg of body weight), which prevents late complications of the disease. In this case, the diet is extremely important, it must be strictly observed. The main thing that you should pay attention to when preparing a diet is the balance of proteins, fats and carbohydrates.
Patients with type 2 diabetes are given a subcaloric diet( daily energy value of food 1600-1800 kcal).On such a diet, patients should lose about 300-400 g of body weight per week. In the presence of a strong excess weight, the daily number of calories decreases according to the percentage of excess body weight to 15-17 kcal per 1 kg.
Basics of nutrition
In each individual case, the doctor appoints a diabetic patient a special diet that must be adhered to maintain the body in the norm.
Beginning to eat right, observe simple rules every day:
- To eat during the day, you need 5-6 times in small portions( every 2-3 hours).
- The ratio of proteins, carbohydrates and fats should be balanced.
- The amount of calories received from food should be equal to the energy expenditure of the patient.
- A person should receive proper nutrition: certain vegetables and fruits, cereals, dietary meat and fish, natural juices without added sugar, dairy products, soups.
The food of a patient with diabetes should be rich in vitamins, so it is useful to inject vitamins into the ration: baker's yeast, beer, boar brew, SPP, dietary supplements.
Nutrition rules for diabetes for every day
For diabetes, you can use the following products:
- Bread - up to 200 grams per day, mostly black or special diabetic.
- Soups cook on vegetable broth, the use of weak meat and fish broth is allowed 1-2 times a week.
- Dishes from meat products and poultry .In diabetes mellitus, the patient is allowed to use cooked beef, chicken, and rabbit meat.
- Vegetables and greens .Potatoes, beets, carrots are recommended to use no more than 200 grams per day. But other vegetables( cabbage, lettuce, radish, cucumbers, zucchini, tomatoes) and herbs( except spicy) can be consumed almost unrestrictedly in raw and cooked form, occasionally in the liver.
- Cereals, legumes , as well as pasta products should not be consumed often. If you decide to eat a plate of spaghetti, refuse this day from bread and other carbohydrate foods and dishes.
- Eggs can be consumed no more than 2 pieces per day, adding to other dishes, boiled soft-boiled or in the form of an omelette.
- Fruits and berries of sour and sweet and sour varieties( apples antonovku, oranges, lemons, cranberries, red currants. ..) - up to 200-300 grams per day.
- Milk - by permission of the doctor, kefir, yogurt( only 1-2 glasses a day), curd( 50-200 grams per day) in kind or in the form of curds, cheese cakes and puddings.
- Curd is recommended to be consumed daily, up to 100-200 grams per day in kind or in the form of cottage cheese, cheese cakes, puddings, casseroles. Cottage cheese, as well as oatmeal and buckwheat porridge, bran, rosehip improve fat metabolism and normalize liver function, prevent fatty liver changes.
- Tea with milk, coffee not strong, tomato juice, fruit and berry juices( whole liquid together with soup to 5 glasses per day).
Thoroughly plan your menu on a daily basis and use only useful and necessary products in your case.
Foods banned by
The diet of diabetics should be thought out, first of all people who have been diagnosed with this disease should refuse such products:
- Candy, chocolate, confectionery, muffin, jam, honey, ice cream and other sweets;
- Spicy, spicy, salty and smoked snacks and dishes, mutton and pork fat;
- Pepper, mustard;
- Alcoholic beverages;
- Grapes, bananas, raisins;
- Sugar is allowed only in small quantities at the doctor's permission.
All products for diabetes should be consumed on schedule, and to control glucose in the blood, the daily menu should contain fiber.
Sample menu for the day
Observing a diet for type 2 diabetes, you can stick to a simple menu, alternating products in it among the allowed. Breakfast: porridge, oatmeal. Egg. Bread. Coffee.
Example №2:
- Breakfast: cottage cheese 150 gr, buckwheat or oatmeal 150 grams, black bread, unsweetened tea.
- Second breakfast: unsweetened compote 250 ml.
- Lunch: chicken soup 250 g, boiled lean meat 75 grams, cabbage stew-100 grams, jelly-free sugar - 100 grams, bread, mineral water 250 ml.
- Snack - apple 1 pc.
- Dinner: stewed vegetables 150 grams, meatballs 100 grams, cabbage schnitzel - 200 grams, bread, unsweetened broth from rose hips.
- Second supper: drinking yogurt - 250 ml.
Example No. 3:
- Breakfast: carrot-apple salad - 100 g, fat-free cottage cheese with milk - 150 g Bread with bran - 50 g Tea without sugar - 1 glass. Second breakfast: mineral water - 1 glass, apple.
- Lunch: vegetable soup with soy - 200 g, meat goulash - 150 g, vegetable roe - 50 g. Rye bread - 50 g. Xylitol tea - 1 glass.
- Snack: fruit salad - 100 g. Tea without sugar - 1 glass.
- Dinner: fish schnitzel - 150 g, millet porridge porridge - 150 g. Bread with bran - 50 g. Tea without sugar - 1 glass. Second dinner: kefir - 1 glass.
Remember: a diabetic patient should not be hungry. It should be eaten at the same time, but if a slight hunger occurs between the main meals - it is necessary to muffle it with a cup of tea or vegetables. But this should be just a light snack - overeating for a diabetic is dangerous.