Diet Meal Plans Q & A

Jamison Bentley asked:


Type 2 Diabetes is an illness that is developing in epidemic proportion. There are diabetic meal plans that have been released to help with weight loss of up to 30 to 40 lbs and to cure diabetes.

The diabetic meal plan does not have to be boring and there are foods that are especially helpful for you during this time. Making healthy food choices during this time is the most effective treatment for your disease.

Vegetables: Select foods such as spinach, carrots, broccoli and green beans.
Whole Grain: Select whole grain bread and pasta with your favorite tomato sauce
Beans: Dried bean such as kidney and pinto and lentils will lower your blood sugar
Fish: All fish will lower your blood sugar and your cholesterol – eat it at least 2 to 3 times per week
Dairy: Eat all dairy products that are non-fat such as skim milk, non-fat yogurt.
Drink: Water or sugar free drinks
Fat: Liquid Oils

There is no reason why you cannot enjoy your meals and eating out. Just make a little healthier choice each time you pick a food item. Instead of a hamburger and french fries have a grilled fish sandwich with a salad. Easy and simple and you lose weight.

The complications of diabetes can be blindness and even loss of limb. Do not take a chance with your health.

Pick these food items and strictly stay within your diabetic meal plan and you can lose 30 to 40 lbs and cure your diabetes.

Fit Yummy Mummy!

Jamison Bentley asked:


Has your physicians told you or your family member that you have diabetes type 2? I know that this information was the worst news that you have heard in a long time, but just know that there is something that you can do to reverse diabetes. Diabetes is just not a disease of the pancreas but it will affect every part of your body if the blood sugar is not under control. The complications of diabetes can be blindness, hypertension, stroke and even heart attack.

A diabetic diet is the most effective treatment for diabetes. If you change the way you eat then you can lose weight, reduce your blood sugar level and may even reverse this diabetes.

A diabetic diet will consist of a balance of carbohydrates, protein and fats. There is lot of discussion on how much carbohydrates you should have but most nutritionist would agree that the carbohydrates that you should eat will be a low glycemic index (or a carbohydrate that will not raise your blood sugar level) such as having for breakfast a piece of whole wheat toast vs. a doughnut.

Most people who start out on a diet do very well, but then fall back into their old ways. It is believed that if you want to succeed you need a plan. There are professionals on line that will create a diabetic meal plan for you to get your started today. Also have a plan for when you are eating out, decide before what you will order or eat before you leave so you will not be so ravenous and be tempted to eat some things that you should not eat.

Decide today that you will follow the diabetic diet. There are professionals that will plan the diet just for you. Don’t let diabetes take over your life. Take back control today and decide that you will eat the right food in the right amounts.

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Tehmina Mazher asked:


Here is a sample diet for gestational diabetes. This Gestational Diabetes Diet Plan is designed to work as an outline for further daily meal plans. This should be kept in mind that gestational diabetes is only a temporary phase and can be effectively controlled by diet alone. It is recommended that it should not be treated by other oral hypoglycemic drugs.

The goal of this diet plan is to provide a woman with proper energy, to ensure a steady nutritional supply along with the required increase in the weight of the body of the mother. This diet plan aims at healthy growth of the baby while controlling the sugar levels of the mother’s blood.

The key idea of this meal planning is that it should center on eating small foods throughout the day. These small meals keep the blood sugar levels in a healthy range as compared to the large meals. The sample diet for gestational diabetes is given below.

Breakfast

2 slices Whole grain bread
6 tsp Peanut butter
4 ounces Pure juice

Mid-morning Snack

1 apple
8 ounces cottage cheese

Lunch

8 ounces Bean soup
1 slice Whole Grain Crackers
2 ounces Low Fat Cheese
8 ounces Carrots

Mid-afternoon Snack

8 ounces Almonds
8 ounces Grapes

Dinner

6 ounces Fish
8 ounces boiled/steamed broccoli
8 ounces brown rice
8 ounces low fat milk

Evening Snack

5 cups air-popped popcorn (plain)

The goal of the above meal plan is to provide the pregnant woman with a steady supply of energy. The caloric need vary a lot from person to person. Still an average woman may require an extra 300 calories during the second and third trimester. But these calories should be loaded up with all the required minerals and vitamins. This diet plan should be accompanied by a plenty of fluid intake evenly distributed throughout the day. A snack just before bed time is recommended to avoid hypoglycemia during the night.

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Nina Meister asked:


Diabetes is a dangerous chronic disease that can eventually lead to death.  In the meantime, it can lead to numerous detrimental complications such as blindness, kidney disease, amputation and neurological issues.  Diabetes can also lead to heart disease and stroke.

What’s the problem?  ACID!  If you have diabetes or any other disease, it is likely that your body is very acidic (the medical term is Acidosis).  Acidity is the result of a bad diet, drinking soda and other acidic drinks- even many of the so called healthy drinks on the market including most bottled waters. 

Acidity is also caused by stress, anxiety and the overall environment we live in.  Our bodies were not designed to metabolize and digest processed foods, large amounts of animal proteins, chemicals and pesticides.  Diseases such as diabetes love a cozy, polluted, acidic environment.  This environment allows disease to progress, run rampant, and wreak havoc on your health and quality of life!

The Keys to Fighting Diabetes – Become Alkaline

Eat more raw fruits and vegetables- they are very alkaline.  Buy organic when you can.  Clean your produce thoroughly as pesticides left on foods metabolize to acid in your body.  If you don’t like raw vegetables, steam them lightly to a slight tenderness. This alone could improve your diabetes. Reduce the amounts of animal proteins in your diet.  Use less meat in your meals by replacing some of your meat with legumes such as dried beans (rinsed and cooked), nuts, seeds, and even try some soy products. Reduce the dairy products in your life.  Try soy milk for example and plain unsweetened yogurt. Reduce the stress and anxiety in your life and learn how to deal with what you can’t change.  Stress alone creates massive amounts of acid in your body.  Diabetes loves the acid created by stress!  There are many good books and audio materials on the market to help you relax.  Stress and anger don’t make issues go away.  Drink high quality alkaline antioxidant water.  This will neutralize the acids created when your body metabolizes acidic food, pesticides, and other contaminants.  Invest in a high quality water ionizer to make your alkaline water.  Eliminate all acidic drinks from your life.  Many people who start drinking alkaline water experience a significant improvement in their diabetes in a short amount of time.Drinking healthy alkaline antioxidant water will put your alkalizing efforts way ahead of the game. This alone could help you get control of your diabetes quickly and naturally.  Alkalizing by diet alone can be difficult, but water that detoxifies and energizes you is the key to changing your health and your life.  You will have more energy, mental clarity, alkalizing enhances weight loss efforts and you will feel a renewed feeling of well-being.  You can live a longer healthier happier life just by changing a few simple things in your diet and by changing the water you drink.  You could take control of your diabetes instead of having your diabetes control you.

To Your Health! 

Fit Yummy Mummy!