Modes of Treatment of diabetes - IV

Hi friends,

Let us discuss about the Diet!

The Diet:

The important question is "What type of diet should a diabetic take"? which calls for a detailed answer.

It is very sad fact that a dieabetic does not get adequate guidance about food. Most advices about diet are limited to prohibiting or curtailing the use of refind sugar, rice, potatoes and fried eatables. Infact, besides the things to be avoided, a diabetic should also be supplied with a list of things to be eaten, the right amounts of those foods and the proper timings for taking those foods. Half knowledge does more harm than good to the diabetic because apart from the prohibited four or five items of food, he/she continues to eat everything else, thereby inviting a rise in blood-glucose level.

Some diabetics, heeding to the advice of their relatives or friends, observe fasts or opt for fad diets consisting of one or two food articles. This gradually leads to depletion of vitamins and minerals stored in the body and gives rise to symptoms of their deficiency. Besides, sooner or later, the tongue rebels against such monotonous diet. Ultimately the diabetic develops such avertion to dieting that he/she reverts to old faulty food habits with a vengeance. Infact a diabetic can choose his diet from a variety of food articles. He/she need to stay away from the taste he likes. Similarly he/she need not consume diet which is entirely different from that perpared for the rest of his/her family. Wheat, rice of bajri are similar in their nutrient contents. Likewise most vegetables have similar nutrients. Thus ther is no reason why a diabetic should eat the same cereal or the same vegetable day after day.

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