Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Diabetic Diet



There are many people around the globe who are diabetic. It is really necessary to know about their diet.

DIABETIC DIET – The purpose of it is to maintain the normal ideal body weight and to get that plasma glucose level close to normal as possible. According to the ADA (American diet Association) come up with little change in this. This one maintains normal plasma glucose level. The reality of getting it close normal is impossible with diabetes. What the ADA recommends now is not normal but steady. We don’t want 110 today and 300 tomorrow. Steady if it end up 150, 160 but steady is much better than 110 today and 180 tomorrow.

The principle is to avoid sweets, avoid food high in simple sugars like jams, jelly, and cakes, cream, cookies and pies.
Complex carbohydrates like rice, pasta, bread are good but cake is not good. As nurses it is our responsibility to teach diabetic patients to use he exchange list (the normal to make their lives the more compliant they will be).

1 comment:

  1. What a helpful blog! There is no doubt that it keeps a lot of beneficial facts. There are a lot of diabetes business opportunity that we should not miss. Thanks for the nudge!

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