Are you fed up of all the diabetic diet menu advertised in the media? Are you appalled that none of them work? I am not surprised though for most of them are shit. Diabetic patients face a big problem while taking meals as they have to face a lot of restrictions while consuming food. This is because a diabetic diet menu is pretty different from the normal menus that ordinary people follow. Instead of remaining confused and perplexed, you can take the help of the diabetic diet menu I have described in this article.
Importance of snacks in diabetic diet menu
Like any other normal individual, a diabetic patient too can feel hungry in between meals and wish to munch on snacks to satiate the gnawing hunger. Let me list a few light snacks for you.
You can consume sixteen fat free tortilla chips dipped in salsa sauce to throw in a bit of spice; you may eat any kind of artificially sweetened dessert that you like or a ½ cup sugar free dessert; 1 ounce of string cheese will do just fine; you can chomp on any kind of citrus fruit – specially Indian gooseberry and guava or you can pop in 3 cups of light popcorn.
There are 15 gm of carbohydrates and 60 calories in each of these snacks.
Carbohydrates in diabetic diet menu
First I will concentrate on fruits.
You should eat apples, green apples, and all varieties of citrus fruits, berries, peaches, pears, plum, rubard and guava.
Among veggies, you can eat carb rich items like avocados, beans, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, celery, cucumber, onions, lettuce, mushrooms, olives, peas, pepper, spinach and tomatoes.
Along with these, you should also be aware of which carbohydrate food items you should avoid. They are corn flakes, cereals coated with sugar, dinner rolls and white bread, cakes, biscuits, bagels, buns, muffins, pan cakes, doughnuts, white rice, dates, prunes, water melon, broad beans, potatoes, parsnip and Swede.
Fats
In a diabetic diet menu, most kinds of vegetable oils such as pure extra virgin olive oil, sesame seed oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, oil of avocado, various kinds of oily fishes rich in fatty acids omega 3, 6 and 9, salmon, mackerel, tuna, herrings, seeds and nuts and bread spreads like margarine can be safely consumed by a diabetic patient without any worry.
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