Diabetic diet

Diabetic patients should first of all take the advice of a physician before opting for any kind of dietary plan. This is because diabetics need to carefully monitor their sugar levels. When there is insufficient production of insulin, you become a diabetic. Insulin is important to carry sugar for providing energy to cells in your body from the blood to the cells.  The proper diet is essential for diabetic treatment. It helps magically in patients suffering from diabetes. It provides relief from symptoms and various complications in diabetics. Many diabetic patients can control their blood glucose by losing weight and that is possible only be proper diet.

Three Things which you need to be considered
If you’re concerned about diabetes, you can make a difference by eating a healthy diet, keeping your weight in check, and getting exercise.  Eating right for diabetes comes down to three things.
* What you eat. Cut down sugar, non-essential fats consumption. Use more natural healthy uncooked foods, which will give you lots of energy to keep you going throughout the day.
* When you eat. Diet is part of it, but keeping regular meal and snack times also affects your blood sugar levels and will help to keep them more constant.
* How much you eat. If you eat very healthy meals or too much you will gain weight which is a factor in diabetes.

Food for Diabetic
The patients with diabetics should eat green leafy vegetables like gourd( lauki), Tinda, Tori, cucumber, Cabbage, Lettuce, radish leaf(mooli patta), spinach, Capsicum etc.
Also should add tomatoes, bitterguard (Karela), amla powder, fenugreek seed powder, Jammu beej powder, Goondkatira (in milk),

GARLIC
Diabetic patient should have tea without sugar, lemon water (without straining), Clear vegetables and lentils soup, whole pulses, plain aerated water, clear tamarind (imli), water, Jaljeera, coconut water, diluted khatti lassi (buttermilk).

BITTER GOURD
It is also known as Bitter Melon or Karela. It is used as a food as well as medicine. Bitter Melon is chiefly helpful in the treatment of diabetes and psoriasis. The seeds, leaves and vines of Bitter Gourd are used extensively.

APPLE
Apple is the delicious fruit and most of the people enjoy eating apples. It has been found beneficial in the treatment of diabetes because of its rich pectin content. It is a natural ingredient found in the inner portion of apple. This food also decreases the body’s insulin requirements. It is also a fighter against dangerous bacteria and viruses.

ARTICHOKE
It is also known as Agathi flower.
Artichoke contains large amount of insulin, hence it is used for the treatment of diabetes. Artichoke also contains large amount of potassium, calcium, iron and sulphur which is required by the body to perform various vital functions.

BENGAL GRAM
It’s Indian name of Chana. These seeds are rich in fibres. Due to its presence in the body, the cells become more sensitive to insulin and an increase in the number of insulin receptor sites occurs and there is a stimulation of the cell’s ability to burn glucose.

PROTEINS
Diabetics should eat proteins in moderation and prefer fish or soy protein, poultry on meat. High fat meat should be strictly avoided.

Food should be avoided
* Salt
* Sugar
* Fat
* Whole milk and products (Try to switch to low fat milk and its products like yogurt (curd)).  Replace high fat cheese with low fat cottage cheese.
* Tea and coffee
* White flour and its products.