Modern life, unfortunately, is conducive to the development of diabetes of the 2nd type: we don't move at all, eat fast food and semi-finished products, which many an overweight and violation of basic metabolic processes in the body. But today, thanks to medical advances, this disease can be controlled and to live a full life.
Of course, have to make some changes in your eating regime, to regularly monitor the level of glucose in blood and to eat right. No restrictions are necessary, but all the same, with diabetes of the 2nd type your menu can be varied and tasty.
Required constraints:
• products with high sugar content: honey, candy, sweet fruits (grapes, figs, dates, melons, bananas), sweet sodas, packaged fruit juices (during their manufacture uses a lot of sugar, even if the package you don't always find a mention of this);
• products made from wheat fine flour (white flour): sweet pastries, white bread, etc. it is better to replace rye, trubnik, whole grain bread;
• foods high in fat content: including pork, lamb, soft cheeses, thick cream, milk, butter;
• vegetables with lots of starch: potato, legumes;
• you should also limit excessively salty, spicy, fried food and alcohol.
But do not be upset because of the restrictions, because they do not mean a complete ban on these products. You can include them in your diet, just with more caution and in very moderate quantities, after consulting with your doctor.
Recommended products:
• vegetables: cabbage, onions, beets, bell peppers, zucchini, eggplant, cucumbers, tomatoes, green beans, garlic, celery, lettuce, turnip, radish, radishes, asparagus;
• fresh fruit and berries: apples, pears, cherries, sweet cherries, plums, citrus, pineapples, kiwis, pomegranates, etc. — except those that are in the list of limitations;
• dairy products: low fat cheese, cottage cheese, sour cream, milk, kefir, yogurt, curdled milk, fermented baked milk;
• cereals, pasta: oatmeal, millet, rice, pasta from durum wheat;
• meat and eggs: chicken, Turkey, beef, quail and chicken eggs;
• fish and seafood: any fish species from natural reservoirs, shrimps, mussels, squid;
• drink herbal teas, coffee without sugar and cream, mineral and plain drinking water.
Just remember that most products should be used in amounts about half of your usual.
