By Kathi Jo Robinson
At times, do you really feel like the constant worry, planning and diet changes just aren't worth all the hassle?
It just seems like you try so hard to make the recommended changes and yet your glucose meter still has readings much higher than your doctor said was supposed to be your goal.
Why is it the harder I try, I never seem to get this diabetic diet plan right?
Below is a list of foods, when added to your daily diet, can and will help you gain better control over the long term. Remember, these changes are not some quick fix. They are changes, that if used daily, will slowly begin a steady decline in your blood sugar readings. None are difficult, but all are effective for setting up ideal conditions in your digestive system to stabilize errant blood sugars. Thus all of these will, with time, help to lead to impressive results. Start by practicing one or two, slowly add a few more with time, and soon you will see you are on the road to better health.
* Anytime you eat a high carbohydrate selection, make sure all the other accompanying foods with that meal are a source of good fats. Fats slow the absorption of sugar into the bloodstream. A good example: for breakfast have a piece of toast with homemade peanut butter, not toast and jelly.
* Snack on raw cherries - up to one cup a day. Other than its many proven health benefits, they are low in calories, low on both the glycemic index and the glycemic load tables and its a nice sweet summertime treat.
* When using rice as your grain choice for dinner, add a can of drained and rinsed beans (legumes). The low glycemic can of beans will reduce the overall high sugar concentration of the rice and the balance of your meal.
* Try incorporating one of the best grains into your daily diet by using pearl barley. Mix it into soups and stews, bake it with a vegetable and sauce combination (something like scalloped potatoes), use it as an extender in meatballs, meat loaf or turkey loaf or just enjoy its flavor as a breakfast treat.
Again it is low on both the glycemic index charts and the glycemic load charts so a little goes a long way in blunting your blood sugars.
* Add a fresh salad or a raw vegetable plate to your lunch or dinner each day with a vinaigrette side. The acetic acid compounds blunt the enzymes which help to raise your blood sugars.
* If allergies are not a concern, think like a squirrel and add a handful of unsalted peanuts to your daily diet. Peanuts are high in the "good fats", high in proteins, low on both glycemic charts and they offer a superb boost of energy without the "crash" an hour later which is common with carbohydrates.
Go easy though on nuts and seeds as a snack (about a quarter cup for a daily serving). All of these, although good for you in many ways, they are also very high in calories.
* Reach for high protein selections for your snack attack hunger. Proteins are just like the good fats at actually reducing the absorption rate of sugars into your system. Therefore a hard-boiled egg, some string cheese, a piece of skinless chicken or turkey plus any others will help to satisfy your hunger pangs for hours.
* Sprinkle a little cinnamon, at least a 1/2 teaspoon daily over your selections. Add it to cereals, puddings, custards, yogurt, fruit or vegetable smoothies, fruit salads or many baked goods such as oatmeal cookies or muffins and toast. Some people have found they enjoy its flavor on poultry, fish and pork also.
Again, the advantage of cinnamon daily blunts the absorption of excess sugars being released into the bloodstream.
Many people have found even with all these new wonder drugs, the drugs require increasingly higher dosages, require more lifestyle changes and after following their prescribed medication schedule from their doctor, the patient still can not seem to find any combination that is not a partial failure.
The patient is rarely ever informed by a medical doctor but diabetes as a disease does continually evolve and develop. Medications which once worked for a while will eventually lose its effectiveness. The beta cells in your pancreas will produce less and less insulin over time. As the disease progresses, your medications lose their power to help you in your fight to control your sugars.
Cover these concerns with your doctor. Do not wait for them to bring it up. Tell them you are trying to do everything you have been asked and still the treatment plan is not working, it is not keeping up!
At times, do you really feel like the constant worry, planning and diet changes just aren't worth all the hassle?
It just seems like you try so hard to make the recommended changes and yet your glucose meter still has readings much higher than your doctor said was supposed to be your goal.
Why is it the harder I try, I never seem to get this diabetic diet plan right?
Below is a list of foods, when added to your daily diet, can and will help you gain better control over the long term. Remember, these changes are not some quick fix. They are changes, that if used daily, will slowly begin a steady decline in your blood sugar readings. None are difficult, but all are effective for setting up ideal conditions in your digestive system to stabilize errant blood sugars. Thus all of these will, with time, help to lead to impressive results. Start by practicing one or two, slowly add a few more with time, and soon you will see you are on the road to better health.
* Anytime you eat a high carbohydrate selection, make sure all the other accompanying foods with that meal are a source of good fats. Fats slow the absorption of sugar into the bloodstream. A good example: for breakfast have a piece of toast with homemade peanut butter, not toast and jelly.
* Snack on raw cherries - up to one cup a day. Other than its many proven health benefits, they are low in calories, low on both the glycemic index and the glycemic load tables and its a nice sweet summertime treat.
* When using rice as your grain choice for dinner, add a can of drained and rinsed beans (legumes). The low glycemic can of beans will reduce the overall high sugar concentration of the rice and the balance of your meal.
* Try incorporating one of the best grains into your daily diet by using pearl barley. Mix it into soups and stews, bake it with a vegetable and sauce combination (something like scalloped potatoes), use it as an extender in meatballs, meat loaf or turkey loaf or just enjoy its flavor as a breakfast treat.
Again it is low on both the glycemic index charts and the glycemic load charts so a little goes a long way in blunting your blood sugars.
* Add a fresh salad or a raw vegetable plate to your lunch or dinner each day with a vinaigrette side. The acetic acid compounds blunt the enzymes which help to raise your blood sugars.
* If allergies are not a concern, think like a squirrel and add a handful of unsalted peanuts to your daily diet. Peanuts are high in the "good fats", high in proteins, low on both glycemic charts and they offer a superb boost of energy without the "crash" an hour later which is common with carbohydrates.
Go easy though on nuts and seeds as a snack (about a quarter cup for a daily serving). All of these, although good for you in many ways, they are also very high in calories.
* Reach for high protein selections for your snack attack hunger. Proteins are just like the good fats at actually reducing the absorption rate of sugars into your system. Therefore a hard-boiled egg, some string cheese, a piece of skinless chicken or turkey plus any others will help to satisfy your hunger pangs for hours.
* Sprinkle a little cinnamon, at least a 1/2 teaspoon daily over your selections. Add it to cereals, puddings, custards, yogurt, fruit or vegetable smoothies, fruit salads or many baked goods such as oatmeal cookies or muffins and toast. Some people have found they enjoy its flavor on poultry, fish and pork also.
Again, the advantage of cinnamon daily blunts the absorption of excess sugars being released into the bloodstream.
Many people have found even with all these new wonder drugs, the drugs require increasingly higher dosages, require more lifestyle changes and after following their prescribed medication schedule from their doctor, the patient still can not seem to find any combination that is not a partial failure.
The patient is rarely ever informed by a medical doctor but diabetes as a disease does continually evolve and develop. Medications which once worked for a while will eventually lose its effectiveness. The beta cells in your pancreas will produce less and less insulin over time. As the disease progresses, your medications lose their power to help you in your fight to control your sugars.
Cover these concerns with your doctor. Do not wait for them to bring it up. Tell them you are trying to do everything you have been asked and still the treatment plan is not working, it is not keeping up!
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