Diet for a diabetic?

Question

My father was just diagnose with type II diabetes. He has always been a big eater but veryb active. He loves twinkies and mainly any other kind of snacks.But now they said that he can no longer eat his favorite fried foods or snacks. My mom doesn't really understand the diet papers that the doctors give her. I was wondering if I could get some help with finding some websites with easy to understand diets and directions.Maybe some info on portions and planned meals.Any help would be very much appreciated.

He is not overweight.

Answer 1

i found this web site yesterday that will plan meals for you by answering a few questions. if there is something on the menu that you don't like they offer subs. the website is onetouchgold.com you could also try dlife.com the have different recipes there i have tried a few and have no complaints

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Answer 4

Its at not at all necessary to give into these "fad" diets. Depending upon the type of diabetes you have, just get a list from your MD of those foods to avoid. You can also start weighing the amount of foods you consume if overindulgence is a problem. Bottom line....any doctors office has information on what and what not to eat once diagnosed with diabetes. The important thing is monitor your blood glucose levels daily and take any medications (whether oral or injection) as prescribed and follow the diet suggested by your MD. Never go on a self-induced diet with any medical condition (especially diabetes) without consulting your doctor.

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As far as diabetic cooking goes, a simple search for "diabetic recipes" will produce thousands of wonderful results. The most important thing for your dad is to lose weight. Most Type II diabetics are weight induced and many times if they lose the weight, the resolve the diabetes. My father (and most of my family!) is a type II diabetic and recently started The Cambridge Diet in an effort to lose weight to control his blood sugar. There are several different plans within the Cambridge Diet, the most popular being the Fast Start diet where only Cambridge shakes, soups or oat products are consumed. It produces weight loss the equivalent of Gastric Bypass surgery and many diabetics and persons with various health issues have had tremendous success on this diet. Because my father is like yours though, he did not want to give up his favorite foods so he chose the Maintenance Plan instead where he still consumes 3 servings of Cambridge a day, just as in the Fast Start program because it provides 100% of the bodies daily nutritional needs, but he adds in supper in the evenings and tries to keep it around 800 calories. An 800 calorie meal is actually a fairly good meal ! I was shocked to find out that, not only did his blood sugars go from 240 to 130 in 2 days, but he began feeling great and actually LOVES the products. My step-mother says he's obsessed with the potato soup and the cappacino shakes and finds them very satisfying, plus, he still gets to eat his supper of chicken and macaroni. He's already starting to lose weight. Cambridge also encourages behaviour modification, which is what ultimately makes the difference between gaining the weight back or keeping it off. When he reaches a reasonable weight he plans to follow a "re-feeding" program that tells him specifically what foods to eat for how many days until he gradually learns proper nutrition and portion sizes. Hope this helps! He goes through www.cambridgediethealth.com for his orders and information.

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I was diagnosed in January. You can diabetic education at your local hospital, your Dr. can set that up for you. You can also get information from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) at: www.store.diabetes.org/, they have excellent info and cook books. Also another good web is related to your testing equipment, for example I have an ACCU-CHEK, so I go to the site www.accu-chek.com and lots of info there. Also is Diabetes Self Management at: www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/blog/. I've been to a preclass appointment, (before the actual education classes), with a nurse and a nutritionist and I feel more hopeful now. They explained to me that you can eat anything you want as long as you do not exceed 60grams of carbohydrates per meal. Made me feel a lot better because it still leaves you some freedom as opposed to a strict diet. But it is still a serious disease that needs a lot of learning and attention to control it. I'm still working on it but getting better. With more info you'll feel a lot more in control. I wish you the best of luck.

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I'm a 45 year old woman and was recently diagnosed as being a borderline diabetic. My doctor prescribed some medication, but before filling it I decided to do some research on the internet which led me to the methods. After reading this ebook and applying the methods, my scepticism turned to 100% belief. I noticed that my energy levels increased significantly and I felt more rested in the morning, my symptoms started going away.

I am very happy to tell you that I have been feeling better than I have felt in years and my doctor informed me that he will be taking me off my prescriptions if I keep this up.

I recommend you use the Type 2 Diabetes Destroyer to naturally reverse your diabetes.

Answer 8

You don't need to have special cookbooks and the like to have food that is healthy and edible, but they are always good to do something out of the ordinary.

What's mainly the easiest is if you just modify current foods you currently make, and then branch out from there. Replace oil with cooking spray, grill or bake instead of fry, replace sugar with splenda or some other artificial sweetner in cooking or baking, iced teas or flavored waters instead of soda.

As far as portion control, start paying attention to the Nutritonal facts on the backs of things, they usually are a pretty good way to judge how much you should be eating. Usually drinks are in 8oz portions, and other things are in one cup. Meats are usually sized about the size of a deck of playing cards for one person's serving.

There are also some foods, however that are "free" that means doesn't have any negative impact on your eating whatsoever and you can use freely. Mustard is one such thing and is probably a better replacement for Mayo on burgers. Another one is Cinnamon. Not only does it sort of sweeten and flavor, it also is known to help manage blood sugar.

It's alot to absorb at first but, you'll eventualyl get used to it.
Oh, and no seconds.

Answer 9

It is very hard for this diet, getting used of eating many different things now almost come to an end. Fruit is bad for us, red meats are bad for us and veggies, candy's, anything with sugar and coffee that is not with sugar is bad, of course soda pop and energy drinks are no good... Lots of chicken and turkey, but only the white meat is good, my favorites are dark meat and pork and beef but no more my doctor has taken it away, yes i feel a little better but my blood sugar darts out of control when I am asleep and the doctors do not understand what is happening.
Sorry I go by what the doctor says and I get my blood down to 120 to 140 and then go to sleep and be over 650 and glucose monitors will not read that hi, but the doctors will, I take so much insulin that I am very sore and running out of areas to inject my self...

Answer 10

Do a LOT of research on a raw/living food diet. A good resource I've found is www.alissacohen.com. That diet is known to cure diabetes.

Answer 11

Don't know much about diabetics, just know my granddad was type II as well, along with my ex girlfriends dad. All I know is that you can't take in alot of sugery/salty foods, and always test before and after meals so ya know how much inciallin to take. Make sure his sugar level doesn't drop too low cause he can go into diabetic shock and alot of people who go into diabetic shock usually don't come out of it and end up dying. A friend of mine went just below his suger level and passed out, but I got him to the doc right in time and the doc gave him some glucose tables and orenges to bring him back up, and he was fine about 2 or 3 hours later. And its also good to get yourself check about every 10-15 years or so cause its a good chance you might get it sometime on down the road, and it may skip a generation.