Diabetic Food List For Type Two Diabetics
If you were diagnosed with type two diabetes, you should have a list of diabetic foods. In facts, you want to eat everything that truly gives you pleasure and satisfaction.
Unfortunately, eating unlimited amounts of whatever you feel like is usually how people end up with type two diabetes in the first place. You can still eat the foods you want, but you’re going to have to keep an eye on making better food choices and saving the treats for when you’re going to really enjoy them.
There are whole books on this sort of thing, so I’m just going to give you the quick and dirty diabetic food list to get you started. I’ll keep this as short and simple as I possibly can:
Meats – Basically, you can eat anything that used to have a face. Beef, chicken, fish, pork, etc. You’ll want to avoid any kind of breading except as a treat, but you should have protein at every meal.
Vegetables – You can also have pretty much as much as you like of anything green. Or really, any vegetable – spinach, pepper, tomatoes, etc. They’re al good for you and won’t negatively affect your blood sugar. This doesn’t include potatoes, corn, and the like.
Fruits – Fruit is tricky. As long as you don’t go overboard, fruit should be fine. Just don’t eat twenty bananas a day. And fruits don’t mean fruit juice.
Fats – Make sure you’re getting natural fats. No trans anything. Beyond that, don’t worry about it. I don’t recommend licking the bacon trough, but the worries about fat are vastly exaggerated.
Diary – Cheeses are usually fine, but other diary should be controlled. Milk is mostly sugar, and it will jack up your blood sugar if you have type two diabetes.
Grains – Should mostly be avoided. Don’t get me wrong, I love bread, but it needs to be something special and not a daily diet staple. Same goes for corn and rice. If you do have grains, go for real whole grains.
Sugar – Should be avoided, as much as possible. Try to only have sugar in things that you really enjoy, and not as routine things. I love tiramisu, for instance, and so when I really want that, I have it. But I keep sugar minimal the rest of the time.
So there you go a simple diabetic food list.
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