What are some good foods for diabetics?

Question

Specifics, please.

This isn't for me, so I really don't know any other details.

Answer 1

You need to work on a meal plan with your doctor and dietitian. No two people are the same.
You can eat any food you like as long as it in covered by medication, exercises and a good blood sugar.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

Such a short question with such a complex answer. Then you add "specifics please".

Well, there's no way I can be specific for you. Only you can. Apart from not knowing whether you are type 1, 2, or something else, I don't know what's going on in your body when you eat.

The good news is that you can find out. Test at your peak blood glucose spike after you eat, then review what you ate to see what caused that. Then change it next time if the spike was too high. Test, review, adjust. For a more complete description of how to do that, see the sources below.

Answer 5

Anything with no sugar or if it has spenda in it, if your a coffee drinker, use spenda instead of sugar. also meats are good for you. just watch the carb intake....as long as you watch your carbs and regulate your blood sugar levels, you will be fine, always get your feet check when you go to the doctor too :)

Answer 6

got to any page with a "Low Glycemic Index" of foods...that should help

If you want "healthy foods" try Usana Health Sciences. All of their bars and shakes are low glycemic (and you can get them at wholesale if you ask)

Answer 7

GOOD FOODS:

- Fats are your friend! slows down the "hit"; i.e. good fats.

- Avocados

- Berries

- Olive oil

- nuts

- FLOURLESS so-called bible bread (look for "Seven grain all sprouted")

- wild salmon

- pine nuts

- cinnamon

- all the non spicy Indian spices

- prickly pear / NOPAL

- kale, kale, kale

- green zucchini

- egg whites

- raw unsalted amonds

- beans, pulses

- quinoa

- very dak chocolate

- Caslon's LEMON cold liver oil (tastes great) (no mercury)

- steamed broccoli

- NO: pasta, rice, bread ,flour ,sugar of any kind

- lots of water

Answer 8

No meat or refined foods.

Yes on low fat and foods rich in fiber: whole grains, whole fruits & vegetables.

Answer 9

long acting carbohydrates like brown rice are better than potatoes or white bread. also vegetables like celery, cucumbers, etc. are really good. proteins that are low in fat are good (fish, chicken, etc.)

Answer 10

All meat – lamb, beef, pork, bacon, etc


include the organ meats: liver, kidneys, heart, as these contain the widest range of the vitamins and minerals your body needs (weight for weight, liver has 4 times as much Vitamin C as apples and pears, for example);


All poultry: chicken (with the skin on), goose, duck, turkey, etc. But be aware that turkey is very low in fat, so fat needs to be added.


Continental sausage (beware of British sausage which usually has a high cereal content.)


All animal and meat fats – without restriction – never cut the fat off meat.


Fish and seafood of all types


Eggs (no limit, but avoid "omega-3 eggs" as these have been artificially fed which upsets the natural fatty acid profile)

All cheeses (except cottage cheese as this has a high carb content and very little fat)


butter and cream (put butter on cooked veges instead of gravy; use cream in hot drinks in place of milk)


Plain full-fat yogurt



Vegetables and fruits as allowed by carb content. (See tables below)


Condiments: pepper, salt, mustard, herbs and spices


Soy products are allowed but, as they are toxic, I don't recommend them (see http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz)

AVOID THESE FOODS

Below is a list of foods to avoid. Some will be obvious – others less so.


Sugar and artificial sweeteners, including honey. The only allowed sweetener is stevia. (Sugar is a problem as it is addictive. I suggest you cut down gradually until you can do without. The other option is to go 'cold turkey' and stop it altogether. This will give you withdrawal symptoms, just like stopping any other addictive drug. But this will wear off within about two weeks.)

Sweets and chocolates, including so-called sugar-free types. (If you want a chocolate treat, say once a week, then eat Continental dark chocolate with 70% or more cocoa solids, not the British stuff where sugar is the first named ingredient.)


Foods which contain significant proportions of things whose ingredients end in -ol or -ose as these are sugars (the only exception is cellulose, which is a form of dietary fibre)

"Diet" and "sugar-free" foods (except sugar-free jelly)


Grains and foods made from them: wheat, rye, barley, corn, rice, bread, pasta, pastry, cakes, biscuits, pies, tarts, breakfast cereals, et cetera.


Starchy vegetables: potatoes and parsnips in particular; and go easy with beet, carrots, peas, beans, et cetera and packets of mixed vegetables which might contain them

Beans with the exception of runner beans


Milk (except in small quantities)

Sweetened, fruit and low-fat yogurts

Cottage cheese (except in small amounts)


Beware of commercially packaged foods such as TV dinners, "lean" or "light" in particular, and fast foods, snack foods and "health foods".


Fruit juices, as these are much higher in carbs than fresh fruit. (If you like fruit juices as a drink, dilute about 1 part fruit juice with 2-4 parts water.)