diabetes diet menu

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Q: Can you look at my diet menu and tell me if it’s good for someone with diabetes?
Here’s my menu (I know it may seem long but please read, I need the help):

Breakfast
- Salmon cakes with egg white omelet with onion (2 or 3 egg whites), sauteed diced tomatoes, fresh raw spinach, fresh avocado, 1 slice of whole grain toast, extra virgin olive oil, berry smoothie (with frozen strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, 1 fresh orange, green tea – I heard berries were low in sugar)

Snack
- Smoothie with chlorella and spirulina (form of blue-green algae powder), 1/2 a small kiwi, 1/4 mango, 1/4 cup frozen pineapple (not from can), 1 whole apple (with skin), 1/4 of a fresh banana (less than half), sugar-free sweetener – All these fruits plus water are in the smoothie

Lunch
- Homemade soup with extra beans for protein, egg whites stirred in broth, lean meat for more protein and vegetables, PLUS a tuna or turkey with swiss cheese sandwich on whole grain bread with lettuce and tomatoes (just half a sandwich though)

Snack
- Yogurt Parfait made from low fat, sugar-free, Plain yogurt, sweetened with sugar free sweetener, with granola (homemade from toasted oats and HONEY???? – don’t know if honey is good????) and Fresh strawberries and blueberries (a dash of cinnamon optional – heard cinnamon is good for blood sugar)
OR
a handful of walnuts with raisins (don’t know if raisins are bad for diabetes????)

Dinner
- Fresh salad with lean meat and fresh veggies, ranch dressing OR a cod salad with salted cod, yucca root (heard it was not too bad for blood sugar), fresh spinach, fresh tomatoes, steamed carrots, hard boiled eggs and carmalized onions (I know the onions might not be so good – so I can use raw onion) and extra virgin olive oil

Snack
- Chocolate Smoothie with raw, sugar-free, organic cacao powder (it’s just raw cocoa bean powder), cacao nibs (raw cocoa bean pieces, naturally sugar-free cause it’s raw cocoa bean), fresh, homemade almond milk (just water + almonds and sugar-free sweetener which is optional), 1/4 of a fresh banana, 2 tspns or tblspns of ground flaxseed for a healthy fat and protein (all of these go in the blender for smoothie)

That’s it… but is the fruit bad ESPECIALLY the banana??? And are raisins or the honey not o.k. for diabetes???

Help

Is this menu o.k. for blood sugar (I’ll eat every two to three hours a day).
Forgot to mention… I will also drink green tea three to four times a day (I’ll work my way up to it) and PLENTY of water 64 oz or more depending on exercise.

I will also exercise regularly with aerobic and strength training exercise.

Heard green tea helped with blood sugar.

A: Looks pretty good to me…. as long as you’re getting adequate exercise.

Don’t buy that crap about fruit being bad. For a type two, that’s one of the things we often give up when it’s exactly what we need to get better. I eat a banana, an apple, some apricots and a wide variety of other wholesome natural foods. Thanks to that philosophy, I was able to stop taking Metformin over 15 months ago.

Q: Does anyone have a Pre-Diabeties Menu they would be willing to share?
I was recently diagnosed with pre-diabeties and am wondering if anyone has a really great food (diet) menu? I am doing everything that I can exercise wise, but am finding it hard to find a good pre-diabetic meal planning menu. Does anyone have any other health pointers to help avoid turning this into full blown diabetes? I am a 25 year old female in otherwise general good health. Thanks so much.
Chellie

A: B-Two scrambled eggs with onions, peppers and ham .
One piece of fruit
Coffee, Tea or water.
Snack :Crackers and 1tbs of PB.
L-Chef salad with cheese.Fruit
D- Roasted or grilled protein, loads of veggies.
Snack-1 cup ice cream

Q: Did your hear that Hill’s is recalling prescription diet for weightloss and diabetes in cats?
they did it as a precaution because during couple of months the wheat gluten was supplied by the same company which supplied for Menu foods and small amounts of melamine were found.

It concerns dry food Hill’s Feline m/d 4 and 10 lb bags.

Are you as worried as I am about commercial pet foods and that there may be many more foods affected? Are you prepared to start to cook for your cats? And would you like me to put some home made recipes together including prescription diets? I could contact a few vets and publish it on a website http://www.catbehaviortraining.com/catrecipes and you could contribute too if you have some good recipes.

In the mean time I have published a few recipes from a holistic vet on:

http://www.catbehaviortraining.com/ajonesptfr.html

But if there is enough interest I could add more recipes including weight loss and renal diets on this site: http://www.catbehaviortraining.com/catrecipes

A: Been giving my cats (one is diabetic)people food for a long time for exactly the above reason. … a bunch of cats got killed and there are no charges filed…if it was cornflakes or baked beans someone would be going to jail….as for what to cook…frozen cooked prawns are easy when you are in a rush in the morning……just pour boiling water on top to defrost..or canned tuna in spring water…..frozen cod/haddock boiled for about 10 min at dinner….usually supplement with cooked slice meat from the deli…for snacks during the day if i am home…occasionally they will eat steak or minced beef or fried chicken (i get a big bag frozen from tesco)….tuna is about the same price as cat food so it makes sense if you care about your cats well being…plus if you do the research on what goes into cat food (apart from the occasional poisoning) you will likely make the change.

In addition, a bunch of the big pet food companies badly mistreat animals so i don’t like to buy from them.

Q: Diabetes Type 2 diet plan daily … Please help.?
Hello Every1. I am 33 Male and weigh 72 kg and live in the Persian Gulf. I used to weigh 81 kg. I was diagnosed for Diabetes (Type 2) almost 4 years back. My fasting BGL (Blood Glucose Level) ranges from 110-145.
Doctor has prescribed me metformin (500mg) twice daily after meals.
I have stopped this medicine as I don’t feel like I should take it @ this age. Also becoz of medicine I don’t induldge in physical activity (Cycling, walking etc..) I informed my doctor for stopping the medicine and he says the best medicine for type 2 diabates is walking and keeping urself physically fit.
Please advise me what should be the daily meal plan that I should follow in order to keep my BGL normal. Should I go by 3 normal meals a day or 3 small meals and 2 snacks in between?
If I go for 3 normal meals + 1 hr physical activity daily then which is better choice for me from the menu below.

Breakfast: Which is better choice Weetabix/Oats or just whole meal bread with Light Jam Spread + Tea (no sugar).
Lunch: Beans (Red Beans/Butter Beans/Kidney Beans etc…) + White Rice or Fish/Chicken + Rice
Dinner: Light Tuna Sandwich + Vegetable Soup or Brown Pasta + Green Salad

Thanks.

A: While it is impossible to know what you should eat, we can make suggestions.
Metformin is safe and is the greatest help in managing my type 2 diabetes. Give it a go again.

Your diet should have 6 1/2 cup servings of non starch veggies , 3 1/2 cup serving of fruit , lean protein and milk or other calcium .
We all need carbs so try and have 2-4 carb choices a meal.
You can add a 15 carb or less snack if you like.
Your best bet is to talk to your doctor and a dietitian.
Good luck.

Q: A typical days diet for somebody with type 2 diabetes?
I’m 20 years old. I have an aunt coming to visit my family and I for about 4 days (From another state). Shes a VERY busy person when shes home. She is a single mom with 3 boys, and she is a nurse – often working 12+ hour shifts! When she comes to stay with us, we like to do everything we can for her – Including cooking!

She recently found out that she has type 2 diabetes (due to her being overweight). The doctor has not yet put her on any kind of pills or anything – he only told her to eat 5-6 small meals per day consisting of “the right foods for her problem”

What would the right foods be?

I’m almost looking for a whole layout. If you can give me a sourt of menu that would be great!
(Example:
Meal 1:
Meal 2:
Meal 3:
Meal 4:
Meal 5:

That sourt of deal.

I’m sure my aunt will be able to tell me once she gets here what her body needs – but part of it is that I want to have the right foods in the house to offer.

Thanks!

A: I hate to sound glib, but most food is okay. It is the amount and number of carbs she has to watch. The doctor should have given her a better idea or sent her to a dietician. Of course, when you are a nurse, the doctor “assumes” you know everything about it all. He doesn’t realize that a nurse’s knowledge of nutrition (especially for a diabetic) is very basic. A nurse isn’t taught about carbs and counting, and how many and what carb is easy to digest or harder, etc. That is what a dietician goes to school to learn and help out the diabetics of the world. I can have about 45 grams of carbs for each meal and 2 snacks. That is my limit. I cut out all junk food and regular sodas. I know this isn’t what you want but each person will be different in their needs. I have to lose weight, otherwise I could have a larger carb count for my meals. Sorry, I can’t help any more than that.

Q: I have gestational diabetes needing dinner ideas?
My doctor didn’t give me a menu to go by. I’m needing some healthy dinner menu ideas any help will do thanks! I’ve never been on a diet before so I’m ignorant to all of this.

A: I like Chef Salads for dinner! Almost a complete meal in one dish, low carb! I will have real dressing on mine in a while. And have some fresh fruit for dessert with a cookie. totaling about 30 to 40 grams of carb.

Sometimes I dice up the apple, chicken, a few grapes, some cherry tomato, cucumber, and put this on a bed of spinach leaves. Have some wheat thins with it. Mayo is a good dressing on that to give the meal its necessary fat content.

Dressing always on the side so I don’t eat too much of a good thing.

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Q: I have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes and my nutritionist gave me a menu plan, the problem is…?
that I’m still hungry after almost every meal!! like for breakfast i can only eat one slice of bread with butter, and I eat that but i am still hungry, infact, this morning my stomach was growling! I have another appointment with my dietitian on the 23rd, but till then i don’t know, what am i supposed to do?? Yesterday i had a little more rice than the half cup they tell me to eat and my sugar shot up I’ve been eating the same bread n butter for breakfast everyday but today the sugar was still within the normal range but higher than what i get everyday after breakfast, like every day it’s between 97 to 101 and today it was 124! I just don’t get it. Although it was still under 135 which is what she said it should be but… this diet is really hard and very confusing and i not filling I am 28 weeks and 3 days by the way.
Oh I’m 8 lbs more than my pre pregnancy weight, but yeah i did lose 12 lbs in the first 5 months due to extreme nausea. SO i did gain a lot in 2 months time but I’m still not in the obese category, (thank God for that)
I knew i would get diabetes at some point in life ‘cos both my parents are diabetics, Infact almost every one i know, my aunt and uncles are all diabetics. I just didn’t know it would come soo soon and that too when i am pregnant !

A: You have made the right decision – to see your nutritionist. If your nutritionist is adequately qualified I would be inclined to follow her advice. Yes, I agree that you should not be “feeling hungry” after you have had what you are allowed. My feeling is that you are continually feeling hungry because you are now having to live with a lower blood sugar than you are used to. Over a period of time I have seen many patients get used to living with lower blood sugar, sedating medications and lower oxygen saturation. I feel you will be able to adjust but it will not happen in the short run. Good luck.

I used to manage a psychiatric unit. The motto of the unit was, “You have not failed until you stop trying.”

Good luck and best wishes. Continue to be under the care of professionals. Do not forget your contribution to your well being.

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Q: Gestational Diabetes — Need help with fasting levels?
Earlier this week I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, and my doctor instructed me to meet with a dietician and take a course to help me manage it with diet. Neither is avaiable until next week, so in the meantime I’m just taking my glucose levels 4x/day and trying to adjust my diet with a sample menu I found online. My after-lunch and after-dinner numbers are great, but my fasting and after-breakfast numbers are still a little high. Anyone have any suggestions on how I can help lower these morning numbers between now and the time I am able to meet with the dietician? What has worked for you? I only have 53 days until I deliver, and I feel like the clock is ticking and every day I don’t get this right is a day that is harming my baby!

A: Start doing this pranayam exercise and the levels will be under control.Be very patient.
Build up your timing gradually.If you feel tired or dizzy, stop and resume later.This is very good for the baby as well.
Anulom Vilom –
Close your right nostril with thumb and deep breath-in through left nostril
then – close left nostril with two fingers and breath-out through right nostril
then -keeping the left nostril closed deep breath-in through right nostril
then – close your right nostril with thumb and breath-out through left nostril.
This is one cycle of anulom vilom.
Repeat this cycle for 10 to 20 minutes twice a day(maximum 60 minutes in one day).
Children under 15 years – do 5 to 10 minutes twice a day.
You can do this before breakfast/lunch/dinner or before bedtime or in bed.Remember to take deep long breaths into the lungs.You can do this while sitting on floor or chair or lying in bed.

Q: Low carb diet during pregnancy?
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My obstetrician has me following the Insulin Resistence Diet during my pregnancy, in order to prevent gestational diabetes. (I have PCOS which puts me at a higher risk of g.d.)

I am looking for menu ideas, since this diet is very dull?

A: here is a good site

http://www.lowcarbluxury.com/pregnancy.html

but i would def. yahoo/google a low carb menu ideas to find recipes. maybe even go to a book store and buy a couple cookbooks for ideas on low carb meals

Q: Case study- Diabetes/athletes diets?
Well, I’m doing a case study on menu planning. My case study has a family who has a diabetic, and an athlete. Obviously, the athlete needs to consume extra carbs, but how could I accompany this with a diabetic who cannot consume as much carbs in order to avoid high blood pressure?

A: Interesting.

Is the diabetic a type 1 or a type 2? This would be very telling.

Also, in your case study. What kind of carbs is the athlete consuming?

Some carbs do not trigger a high insulin response, which would be bad for a diabetic.

Some carbs do trigger high insulin, which would be not good for an athlete who needs steady energy for work outs and recovery time.

Both a diabetic and an athlete need to be eating high fiber choices, so they are not as different as one might think.

One has to consume more calories to keep up with working out and muscle gain and the other doesn’t need as much if not that active.

What is cutting edge information is “low glycemic” eating. It is the way our ancestors ate and has been shown to reverse type 2 diabetes and improve the quality of life for type 1 diabetics.

Athletes do better on low glycemic eating.

Google “low glycemic eating chart” on Google.com You will find out if your diabetic is eating high or low glycemic which will give you a very revealing answer as to why they became a type 2 diabetic in the first place.

It will also reveal that if the athlete is not taking in low glycemic food choices and a lot of high glycemic food choices, then the athlete is setting up heart disease risk or diabetes later in life.

Both the diabetic and the athlete should be eating low glycemic and the only difference if practicing low glycemic eating, is that the athlete should be eating more calories and diabetic would then no longer be insulin dependent and recover.

Q: 1600 or 1700 cal. diet?
My mom was just diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. And the doctor put her on a 1600 or a 1700 cal. diet. What I have been trying to find is like a sample menu that tells what size portion of meat veggie and what not should be. I have looked online and I cant find a sight for it. Also need to know what foods they consider to be free foods, I know fresh carrots are considered a free food, but not sure what else is. If anyone has an idea of what I need and can let me know I would greatly appreciate it…

A: A serving size of meat is generally about the size of your fist. Most important is that she have lean meats that are baked or grilled and that she really watch the pasta and breads. (IE- she can have a serving of mac and cheese with her supper but no dinner roll to accompany it) An excellent source of information is the American Diabetes Association. She should have the benefit to speak with a diabetic counselor. Have her call her insurance company to verify her benefits and to get a list of participating counselors. They specialize in helping diabetics and teaching them everything they need to know about their diabetes and how and what to eat.

Q: Can diabetes completely go away? I’ve lost ten poundsand already my neuropathy of both feet have decreased. Wi
Need some new diets… old menus make you want to quit the effort… Thank You.

A: It will not go away ,however you can control it through diet. I’ve been one for 4 years and found that staying away from the junk really helped control my sugar levels. I found that what works for me is the low carbs/ more protein diet and lots of water. Tea is also good ,as it has antitoxins that help your kidneys out. I gave up drinking alcohol too, it’s a change of lifestyle you will have to make. You will feel better for it.

Q: 3 hr glucose test resulted in gestational diabetes. Now what?
I had the 1 hr glucose tolerance test Monday. Thursday I had the 3 hour test. (5 blood tests in 4 hours and two swollen and black and blue arms to prove it). I was told today I have gestational diabetes (just made the criteria). I was told I will make appts for learning how to prick my finger and I have another appt for diet.

I have to tell you…with the ligament pain so bad I cant walk, to finding out I have to cut out all my favorite foods, I’m not a happy camper.

No starches, potatoes, white breads, rice, even friggen juice which is one of the only pleasures I had left. No diet soda, crystal light because the artificial sweeteners are no good. I feel like all I have been told is no. (and dont get me started on how much I miss my beer and cosmos!)

They tell me I should exercise but I cant walk. The pain makes me cry! I have fibromyalgia and had to stop taking all my meds when I found out I was pregnant. I am in constant pain. (major mood killer) I am so defeated and unhappy its not even funny. I dread pricking my finger, the whole thought makes me gag. (Im a baby when it comes to stuff like this).

So what CAN I eat? I have to tell ya, many things I already don’t like, or dont want to eat before pregnancy or because of pregnancy. My list of food allies has grown thin. How do you eat out at a restaurant? Its like everything on the menu is bad for you!

I think I might need some happy thoughts or support. I’m feeling very angry and depressed. My first baby was 10 lbs 2 oz. This dr thinks first child was large and the 3rd degree edema (swelling) was due to gest. diabetes too. First dr just thought I was eating “too much ice cream” and probably should have retested me in my 7th month again for diabetes.

We ARE tall parents. Husband is 6 2 and I am 5 7. I had my first child naturally (NO MEDS!). Granted I ripped to Kingdom Come but I did it in three pushes. I just dont want to have to have a C Section or another super large baby.

Im at the point now I dont even want to eat. It just causes problems (too much cholesteral, too much fat, too much sugar, too much salt, blah blah blah).

Any ideas as to what I can eat? Thats actually yummy? Sorry to be Debbie Downer. Just really finding it hard to see the silver lining. Im SO over this pregnancy. Any advice?

A: oh, i feel ur pain! i was diagnosed at 11 weeks, they caught mine so early cuz they noticed i had suger spilling over into my urine. and im even worse than u are when it comes to needles and blood, it makes me so naseated, i was so upset when i found out! the diet is hard, i will agree. my husband came to the rescue when it comes to diet. he is ahealth nut who works out alot (i dont, i hate it!) so he was right there to help. i would snack on mixed nuts, string cheese, sugar free jello cups, peanut butter crackers w/tall glasses of milk. i made sure to eat a small somthing every 2-3 hours, which was a pain at first, then became more natural. for dinner, my husband would grill us chicken breasts or steak, then we’d eat some steamed veggies w/it, and i drank lots of crystal light, my dr said it was fine cuz there is no actual proof that artifical sweetners are bad for ur baby. the hardest part for me were the insulin shots, i am terrified of needles, so i chickened out at first, and had my hubby do it for me while i looked away and shut my eyes lol. eventually, i learned to do it myself, and honestly, u get used to it. i had teh same problem u do, it was so painful for me to walk, even tho mine was just cuz i was so huge! i am only 5′1, and i had a 9 lb 2 oz baby, lol. the last 2 months of my preg, i thought i was gonna die! as for a restaurant, try ordering some grilled chicken, or tilapia, w/steamed veggies, maybe some unsweetened iced tea. and even tho ur not supposed to, every now and then, i had to cheat. im only human! i found that if i gave in and had a tiny bit of sweet, it made the craving go away. also, i always kept sugar free candy like jolly ranchers or life savers in teh cabinet, they taste exactly the same, and usually satisfied my hunger. i know its hard, but its not for long, and it willonly help ur baby, and u, be healthy and happy in the long run. good luck!

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