Diabetic diet menu may vary depending on one's sex, level of activity, age, weight and lifestyle. There are a few tools which can be found easily and are really helpful in the diabetic diet menu:
1/ Measuring tools: a table- and teaspoon, a standards measuring cup.
2/ Diabetic exchange diet charts which sort out all the foods you can eat in six groups: meat (or meat substitute), bread, milk (and yogurt), vegetables, fruit and fat. Thus you can design your diabetic diet menu exchanging the foods within one group and thus making it diverse.
3/ Diabetic diet recipes which are widely available online and can give you a plenty of ideas how to make your diabetic diet menu delicious.
4/ A calendar to stick to regular meals.
Here is the sample of 1800 calorie diabetic diet menu: you may have some stewed fruit, whole grain breakfast oat meal, and a soft cooked egg for breakfast before the work. Oat is a really essential part of the diabetic diet menu as it is a good source of fiber which controls the glucose levels in the blood. Then you may cook some lettuce salad, chicken and lemon tea for lunch. Dinner can consist of brown rice, tossed salad, baked or boiled beef. You may have some snacks during the day eating fresh fruit and some toasts with jam low in calories and sugar.
Things you should always avoid in your diabetic diet menu: sugar, salt, and alcohol. Foods you should try to avoid in your diabetic diet menu: fast food and juices as they are usually produced with a lot of sugar. You may buy tomato juice which is perfectly ok unless it is too salty. Fast food is also usually cooked with a lot of salt and spices added which is no good for diabetics. |
