Diabetic Food Help Needed

Losing2Live1989
Losing2Live1989 Posts: 423 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I'm trying to make a meal plan out and it is hard. I'm a diabetic and it seems like everything is high in sugars....anyone have any good lunch and snack ideas????

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  • jennifersam1
    jennifersam1 Posts: 2
    Hello,
    Well, diabetic people must avoid high sugar containing foods. Yes, i do have an advice for you. Use papaya juice instead of sugar in the food. Take some specialist advice about food for diabetic patient like you.
  • leligrace
    leligrace Posts: 23
    Hi! I'm also diabetic, and here's what I did.

    Scratch out - sodas, concentrated juices, cakes, chocolates, ice cream, dairy food, .. all those high sugar content.. scratch them out in your life.

    For breakfast - whole wheat bread, oatmeals, low fat milk

    For lunch - go poultry, fishes, and veggies

    For snack - go FRUITS or crackers.

    Always check for the Nutrition Facts on the packaging.

    Since I'm Asian, I lessen eating rice... or eat no rice at all.
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    I ate a diabetic diet when I was pregnant; I had gestational diabetes in both my pregnancies.

    I was able to control my blood sugar without insulin or medication by having my carbs spaced out throughout the day and combining with protein at every opportunity:

    Breakfast - 30g carbs (1 pc sprouted grain toast with a glass of milk and an egg or cottage cheese on the toast)
    Snack - 15g carbs (1 pc fruit and 1oz cheese)
    Lunch - 45g carbs (2 pc bread i.e. sandwich, veggies, nuts, another fruit or milk)
    Snack - 15g carbs (I usually had a cup of coffee with real sugar and cream)
    Dinner - 60g carbs (1-2 starch servings with meat & veggies)
    Snack - 30g carbs (before bed, 1pc toast with peanut butter and a cup of milk)

    That worked for me. If I wanted to indulge in a dessert, it would be a high-fat dessert i.e. ice cream or cheesecake and I would offset the carbs by having a meat/veg-only dinner just beforehand. Combining fat and protein with your carbs slows the sugar spike in your blood. If I ate a steak and a salad, I could eat a dessert and keep my sugars completely normal.

    I would ensure you're taking a moderate approach to weight loss since you will need protein and fat to offset the carbs. Aim for protein as your main source in each meal and build the meal or snack around that. But I would probably recommend you aim for a 1/2-1lb per week loss. Going for more than that will require you to cut back pretty drastically and I'd be concerned you wouldn't be getting enough balance in your diet.

    For snacks I would just combine a small piece of fruit with cheese/cottage cheese or a hard boiled egg, those mini tuna cans, a pepperoni stick (like pillars turkey bites), beef jerkey, or greek yogurt. You could also go for a protein shake made with almond milk, or just have a handful of nuts.
  • SpankyTaz
    SpankyTaz Posts: 6 Member
    Being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in February this year meant that I had to seriously rethink my health and diet regime. There are many good sources of diabetic/low-sugar recipes on the net and also in print. I got most of my info from being sent on some courses run by my local area health authority and from the British Diabetic Society's web site:

    http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Food_and_recipes/

    One thing that surprised me was that it's not just raw sugar content you have to be aware of, it's also important to monitor carbs and fat content too as these also impact the body's insulin levels. If you get an idea of what affects your body in a negative way, it becomes so much easier to either avoid the foodstuff or else look for a 'diabetic friendly' substitute. Sugar free jelly (or jello as the Americans call it) is now my go-to with regards to dessert.

    Be careful with fruit as their natural sugar (fructose) can sneakily catch you out by being a lot more than you think it is. Probably the hardest thing to do is get the balance right between low sugar/sugar free and low fat/fat free as what falls into one category often falls out of the other.

    Hope this helps in some small way and good luck to you in your endeavors.
  • piratesaregrand
    piratesaregrand Posts: 356 Member
    I'm type1

    I bought a vege slicer thing so I can easily make up bags of carrot and cucumber sticks, sugar free jelly and these pancakes


    Oatmeal pancakes

    6 egg whites
    1 cup cottage cheese lite or normal
    1 cup oatmeal
    2 tsp sugar or stevia
    1 tsp vanilla
    1 tsp cinnamon

    Put all in blender and process until smooth. The longer you blend the better they are. Makes about 8 pancakes, using 1/4 cup of batter per pancake.
  • jamesnapier975
    jamesnapier975 Posts: 2
    I think you should try a type 2 diabetes diet so that you can gain a control over your eating habits, plus you can lose weight simultaneously without drop in the sugar level.
    http://greenestoneclinics.com/type-2-diabetes-diet-foods-diabetics-eat/

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