what is the best food to give to my diabetic mother? and still control her blood sugar to the best?

Answer 1

The most important therapy for diabetes is a healthy diet. These suggestions will help regulate her levels of sugar and also reduce the risk of complications, such as cardiovascular disease.

Follow a diet that's high in fibre (veges, nuts, seeds, whole grains). Water-soluble fibre, as found in oat bran, beans, nuts, seeds, and apples, helps to balance blood sugar.
Ground flaxseeds should be consumed daily. Drink plenty of water with them.
A daily fibre target of 50g is great.
Consume vegetable protein (legumes, nuts, seeds, peas) or lean animal protein (turkey, chicken, fish) with each meal. Protein drinks that have low sugar levels can be consumed. Protein helps smooth out blood-sugar levels. Many people with diabetes benefit from increasing the relative amount of protein in the diet.
Focus on quality fats. Fish such as salmon is excellent, as are nuts and seeds. Use olive and flaxseed oil with her salads.
Instead of eating three large meals, have several smaller ones throughout the day to keep her insulin and blood-sugar levels steady. Don't let her go more than three hours without eating.
Chromium deficiency has been linked to diabetes, so eat lots of brewer's yeast, wheat germ, whole grains, cheese, soy products, onions, and garlic. Onions and garlic will also help lower blood-sugar levels and protect against heart disease. Chromium supplements are also readily available.
Enjoy plenty of berries, plums, and grapes, which contain phytochemicals to protect her vision.
Focus on low GI foods.

Keep her away from refined sugars. No candy, cookies, sodas, and other sweets.
White refined bread also spikes blood-sugar levels.
Eliminate caffeine and alcohol.
Cut back on saturated fat.
Avoid artificial sweeteners. Instead, use diabetic-safe and more healthful natural sweeteners, such as stevia or xylitol.

Also, I was at a book store the other day with my best friend who was looking for books on gluten intolerance. For every one book we found about gluten, we found about ten cookbooks for diabetics. So check out local book stores and libraries.

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what is the best food to give to my diabetic mother? and still control her blood sugar to the best?

Answer 6

There is no "1 food" that will help-most is common sense.Less fat/sugar.The best one I've seen is from the Canadian heart healthy data base.Most is food that you(the diabetic)and the rest of your family can eat too.Diabetes can be controlled but not cured,and it still hurts the body-nerve damage and feet swelling.It is caused by the pancreas not being able to produce insulin to handle sugar.Mostly eat sensibly,and moniter sugar levels,to learn what causes sugar levels to rise.

Answer 7

FOODS WITH A LOW GLYCEMIC INDEX.

do a google search for a list of foods by their glycemic index.

here is one site that lists foods by their glycemic index in different food groups.
http://www.lowglycemicdiet.com/gifoodlist.html

what this measures is how much a food will raise blood sugar.

some good foods would be: yams, foods that are actually whole grain, meats.

bad foods: white rice, white processed pasta, sugar(obviously) etc..

you will be able to find a list of low glycemic index foods if you search.. searching for that youll prolly also find alot of info on diabetes.
there are 100's of good foods and hundreds of bad foods. but this measure of glycemic index is the only thing that matters as far as what foods will raise blood sugar too much. and hence it is the only measurement that should really matter to a diabetic person.

and it just so happens that what is good for a diabetic is also good for anyone to stay thin and healthy.

Answer 8

I will always side with meat here. While true that you need a level of complex carbohydrates so the body will function as it was intended to, lean meats are a great thing to keep included. Salmon, Halibut, Shrimp, Chicken breast, etc. are all healthy ideas for these things.

To get complex carbs, various vegetables and/or whole grains can accent the main course very nicely.

Answer 9

There is variety of food items with low glycemic index (means causing less excursions of blood glucose levels).Either consult a dietitian or visit "diabetes care" website for peer group advice and support

Answer 10

for a little snack, I enjoy Blue Bunny Carb Freedom yogurt (about 5 carbs). Find out fro her nutritionish or doc how many carbs she should be intaking, just remember to save some carbs from your meals, so you can have snacks, small snacks low in carbs help heep you regulated, by controlling the spikes and crashes in your blood sugar