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Eating Right with Diabetes

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Author: Adem

Let's talk carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are usually referred to as "carbs." There are low-carb diets and no-carb diets, but what exactly IS a carbohydrate? A carbohydrate refers to any of a large group of sugars or starches that the body uses by converting them into glucose.

There are simple carbohydrates and complex carbohydrates. Both types are converted into glucose to be used as fuel by the body, but the body treats the two types in different ways.

Simple carbohydrates are sugars such as glucose, fructose, sucrose, and lactose. You find simple carbohydrates in foods like table sugar, candy bars, and junk food.

Complex carbohydrates are also starches. But you can find complex carbohydrates in foods like whole grains and vegetables.

Basically, complex carbohydrates are the healthier of the two. Whole grain foods, vegetables, fruits, candy, soda, and junk food all have carbohydrates. But fruits, vegetables, and whole grain foods are healthier than sugary foods like candy and soda because they also have fiber, vitamins, and other nutrients.

Diabetics should choose those foods that have complex carbohydrates rather than the ones that have simple carbohydrates.

Here are diet suggestions for diabetics:

1. Choose fresh fruit and vegetables. 2. Increase your fiber consumption. 3. Eat more poultry and fish, and less beef and pork. 4. Use little or no cooking oil in food preparation. 5. Use less salt

Additionally, food portions do matter. If your allowed portion of meat is 4 ounces, then you must use a food scale and measure 4 ounces — not 6, not 8, FOUR. If an allowed serving size is one-half cup, you must use a measuring cup and measure out ONLY one-half cup. The number or calories or carbs is not only determined by what food you eat, but also by how much of it you eat.









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