help me I'm new at being a diabetic?

Question

what kinds of recipies can i use since i am a diabetic? if you know of any good healthy foods. please help me i need all the help i can get. i just found out today that i am a diabetic and that scares me anyone who is a diabetic please talk to me and tell me what im up against. thank you so much everyone. only for anyone who is or who knows someone thats a diabetic that can get me adivice.

Answer 1

Tudor Rose is a little confused. Fruits contain plenty of sugars, and though you can stay healthy with diabetes, you have to be careful. Meet with a dietician first, he or she will advise you on the proper diet. Essentially, the diabetic diet is the old food pyramid--eat everything in proportion. Most bookstores will carry books which outline what is best. My dietician has me on the following diet:

Breakfast:

2 carbohydrate servings (15 carbs each--starches or sugars)
1 fruit (usually 1 or 2 fruits, depending on its size, or 1/3-1/2 cup of juice).
1 milk (8 oz. of either milk or yogurt--cheese is considered a meat, so it doesn't count for this)

Mid-Morning Snack: 1 fruit

Lunch:
3 oz. meat (about the size of a deck of cards)
2 servings of vegetables (1/2 cup canned or 1 cup raw)
2 carbohydrates
1 fat (such as 1 pat of butter or 1 tablespoon of salad dressing)

A deli sandwich and side salad with 1 tablespoon of dressing works well here.

Afternoon Snack:

1 fruit, 1 milk

Dinner:

4 oz. meat (about the size of the palm of your hand)
2 carbohydrates
2 vegetables
2 fats

(some sort of meat with a baked potato and vegetable would be good here)

Bedtime Snack:

1 carbohydrate, 1 milk

This is a good time for that Oreo cookie with milk, or whatever snack you've been craving, within limits. Weight Watchers makes great snack bars that are chocolate, caramel, or carrot cake and fill the need pretty well.

The reason you need to spread the food out like this is that it keeps your metabolism going all the time, so your blood sugar doesn't rise and fall all the time, and you don't get quite so hungry, either.

It's better for you to eat as few processed foods as possible, so natural sugars, like fruits, are better for you than the same amount of carbohydrates in a doughnut. Wheat breads are better than white, etc.

Also, keep drinking water, just like we're supposed to anyway--about a gallon of water a day is recommended. And exercise is just as important as your diet to keep your blood sugar under control.

Good luck. I know it's a club you don't want to belong to, but as long as you are faithful to managing it, you'll be fine.

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Answer 5

I'm very sorry to hear about your diabetes but..Don't be scared. My father's had diabetes for over 15 years and he's living well with it. Diabetes is very treatable. Avoid eating too many carbs and sugars as part of your regular diet. Bring candies and orange juice with you though, wherever you go, in case you get hypoglycemic. That's when your sugar goes down too low and you'll start sweating and feel faint. This can happen once you start treatment, as a result of your medications.. Most importantly, keep checking your blood sugar with a glucose meter and consult with your doctor and a nutritionist. The nutritionist can help you find a diet that fits in with your lifestyle and your diabetes. You can still live a long, happy life with diabetes as long as you take care of yourself. Good luck!

Answer 6

Sorry to have to say this but I would be remiss if I did not tell you DO NOT drink TONS of fruit juices. They can be detremental to you blood sugar levels as most fruits are LOADED with sugarwhich is a no no for a diabetic. There are some good books in the library about diabetes and you could easily find a diabetes specialist to help you. I have Type 2 and have for many years and keeping the blood sugar level corrected in your body is very important. Learn to eat right and healthy and watch breads and sugar and learn all you can about diabetes and you will do fine.

Answer 7

Diabetics(a disease) Type 1 diabetes is caused by an autoimmune disorder-a problem with the body's immune system. In a healthy body, specialized cells (called beta cells) in the pancreas make insulin. Insulin is a hormone that allows the body to use energy from food. In type 1 diabetes, the immune system mistakes beta cells for invaders and attacks them. When enough beta cells are destroyed, symptoms of diabetes appear. In type 2 diabetes, the beta cells still produce insulin. However, either the cells do not respond properly to the insulin or the insulin produced naturally is not enough to meet the needs of the body. So insulin is usually still present in a person with type 2 diabetes, but it does not work as well as it should. Some people with type 2 can keep it under control by losing weight, changing their diet, and increasing their exercise. Others take one or more medications, including insulin. A diabetes myth - diabetes is not caused by eating too much sugar. This myth probably began when people with diabetes were absolutely forbidden from consuming sugar. Researchers no longer believe this. Your child can still have all of her favorite sweets as long as they are scheduled in her eating plan. So I 'm sure your roommate is a fine person. No devil, no demons. Beings that you spelled DIABETIC correctly, thats what you mean..She either has insulin resistance and can't control without medication . Or Type 1 diabetes that has to have insulin to survive. Get to really Know her and enjoy your time spent with her. Time passes quickly, and sometime our roommate become life long friends. Good luck, my friend>I have to laugh , how you confused many of our answerers! Kewl

Answer 8

I have been diabetic for 3 years. I was told if you do drink juice make sure its 100% juice. Also im sure your dr will make an appointmet for a diabetic class. That will exlpian allot and help you with eating food that is healthy and balanced.

If you eat at the same time its helps keep your numbers down.

Some days are better then others. But always listen to your dr.

Eat lean meats. Lean meats are ones with Loin on them. Like Pork loin.

Your dr might ask you to count your carbs too. That is iporatant for taking your medicine so you know how much insulin to take.

Like for me I have to take 1 unit for every 12 carbs.

So if If I eat 56 carbs I have to figure out how many units to take which would be 4.5 units.

Good luck on the diabetic journey.

Answer 9

you need to work on carbahydrates 15grams of carbs is 1 serve depending on how slim you are will depend on how many serves of carbs you can have per meal the average serving amount is 2 serves of carbs a meal and 1 serve at snack time,when reading the info on the back of food labels do not read the sugar read the carbs as sugar is a carb and they put it all under carbs you also need to find out what sort of foods are carbs,1/2 a banana is 15 grams 1 apple or orange,pears corn,potatoe is 1 server(15grams)1/2 cup cooked pasta,rice is 1 serve.don't think because its fruit or vege you can eat as much as you like it is not all healthy for diabetics to eat alot as it can be just as harmful as to many lollies,but there are a lot of free foods (these are foods that your body doesn't turn into sugar)strawberries are free you can eat them as much as you like there are lots of other foods that you can and cannot eat eat lots of i suggest getting on the australian diabetics web site,also you have to have 3 meals and 3 snacks a day and you need to leave 2 hours in between each fed and you also have to have at least 2 serves at meals because if you don't you will get very sick and go to hospital.

Answer 10

i've been diabetic for twenty years. i'm now with an insulin pump. i've had it almost a year. you have to watch your carbs. i don't bake alot, or eat any kind of sweets. most of the sugar free things you can get if you eat too much it will make you sick to your stomach. the one thing you have to learn to deal with is you have to find something to do with your time besides eat or thinking about eating. eat what you need and do something else.