Low carb foods for diabetics

Diabetic diet secrets

People suffering from diabetes have to pay close attention to just about anything they eat, in order to maintain their sugar levels above the critical mark. One of the best ways to succeed, is by making changes from their regular diet to a one that is mostly comprised of foods low in carbohydrates. They are not regarded only as extremely healthy, but also quite influential in aiding a people in question, control their levels of glucose much easier.

Diabetes - background

It is a known fact that once a person is diagnosed with this illness which was created, due to an imbalance of sugars in the body, that resulted in glucose buildups in the person’s blood. The elevated levels of glucose in the blood can initiate quite a number of different disorders, conditions and illnesses, diabetes being one of them as well. Given the fact that the illness in question appears once the carbohydrate metabolism begins experiencing downfalls and difficulties, a significant number of people share the opinion that if one decreases carbohydrate consummation, this will bring the entire condition under control. This showed to be effective and helpful with a certain number of people suffering from diabetes, but not all, and that is also one of the reasons why many doctors today do recommend the medication therapy first, and then the fortification in the form of low carb diet.

Low in carbs and savory

In order to make the pursuit of low carb food less easy, I have made a list of those food that are regarded as the most beneficial ones, and most of all, extremely healthy as well as tasty. The list goes as follows:

Vegetables – having the low carb food pyramid in mind, vegetables are found at its base. The recommendation is three to five servings of vegetables, on a daily basis. Important to know is that vegetables containing starch are not a part of the diet for people suffering from diabetes. Proteins – follow immediately after the vegetables, being recommended for their great potential to keep one satiated for much longer periods of time, than any other food. Fats – those monosaturated fats originating from olive oil, and also the omega-3 fatty acids are the ones that one will want to include in his/her diet. Fruits – those low in sugar, of course. On a daily basis, one should have up to three servings of such fruit as apples, cherries, strawberries and mangoes.

Other food varieties that also need to be included in this special diet are nuts and seeds, as well as whole grains, dairy products, beans and legumes.