Food therapy should be followed under the supervision of your doctor. Check your sugar level frequently so that your sugar levels do not exceed the recommended level.
Foods to Avoid
It is always advisable to avoid some foods if you are diabetic such as refined sugar, sweets, syrups, glucose, jam, molasses, fruit sugar, ice cream, cakes, pastries, sweet cakes, chocolates, soft drinks, condensed milk, cream. and fried foods. Fats like butter, ghee, and hydrogenated vegetable oil should also be avoided. White sugar and white flour should be drastically reduced. Avoid all processed foods, junk food, cakes, cookies, canned and preserved foods. They contain harmful preservatives and a lot of salt. Avoid sodas as they have a lot of sugar. Try to avoid fried foods from your diet.
Smoking results in the use of oxygen in the body. This will result in less oxygen than the body needs to metabolize glucose. Therefore, smoking should be avoided.
Foods to be limited
Salt consumption should be kept to a minimum. You will get enough salt from the vegetables and fruits you eat. Reduce foods of animal origin, especially red meat. Reduce the chicken and the egg. Cut down on caffeine and alcohol. Do not drink tea and coffee more than 2 cups a day. Try to replace it with green tea or herbal teas such as parsley tea, cranberry leaves, tea made from young walnut leaves, water in which the red bean pods have been cooked is good diabetes.
Don’t drink alcohol on an empty stomach. Fasting alcohol can cause low blood glucose or hypoglycemia. Foods to be consumed in moderation are honey and other natural sugars like palm sugar, dates that can be used instead of white sugar. Remember that these should be consumed only in very small amounts. You can replace it with whole grain products, unpolished rice, and soybeans. Try to eat whole wheat bread instead of white flour. Fats like olive oil and peanut oil are more recommended than hydrogenated fats. Low-fat foods like skim milk and low-fat cottage cheese can be eaten in moderation. You can also substitute it for yogurt. Shellfish and fish can also be consumed in moderation.
Foods to take
Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day.
An alkaline diet with natural foods is recommended. Whole grains, fruits, nuts, vegetables, and dairy products are a good diet for diabetics. Raw vegetables can be eaten in large quantities. Cooked foods have been found to increase blood glucose more than raw, unpeeled foods. Cooking destroys many of the enzymes and some vitamins and minerals.
Eat at least five fruits every day. Fruits such as grape, pomegranate juice, Indian blackberry, banana, Granny Smith apples, fig, blueberries, black berry, kiwis, and citrus are recommended. It can be taken as a snack. Cucumber, lettuce, onion, garlic green beans cucumber radish, tomato, carrot, leaves; Spinach turnip, cabbage, and Jerusalem artichoke are good for diabetes. Colored vegetables are good for the functioning of the pancreas. Drink unsweetened fruit juices. Brewer’s yeast and sprouted alfalfa and mung beans are good for the body. Green bananas can also be cooked and eaten.
Most important of all is a diet rich in fiber that reduces the need for insulin. Releases energy in the body slowly. Diabetes has also been found to decrease and may even disappear in people who eat a diet rich in fiber or made from whole foods. The high fiber diet has more chromium, and chromium is very good for people with diabetes.
Eat lots of potassium rich foods like raw peanuts, tomatoes, bananas, melons, dried peas, potatoes, apple cider vinegar, skimmed milk powder, wheat, but do not take potassium supplements.
Include soluble fiber in your meals such as barley, oatmeal, almond flour, dried beans, kidney beans, cooked black beans, peas, cereals, chickpeas, gram of Bengal that has a low glycemic index, black gram, lentils, and corn or chickpeas for help considerably in lowering blood sugar levels. Soy products such as tofu, tempeh, soy milk, soy powder, bean sprouts, seeds, etc. they are also very good at containing the neurological complications of diabetes. You can make bread with any of the whole grains. Get plenty of soluble fiber in your diet. When you eat a lot of bread, cereals and starchy vegetables, you will get enough starches, which is very helpful for diabetes. Insoluble fibers, found in bran (oat bran, wheat bran), whole grain breads, whole grains, and nuts, act as intestinal cleansers by cleaning the lower GI tract. Fiber cleanses your intestinal tract by removing food so it doesn’t stay there and spoil. Buttermilk and yogurt diet are very beneficial.
Useful herbs and vegetables
1. Bitter gourd (Karela): Momordica-charantia bitter gourd or bitter melon juice contains vegetable insulin and should be taken 2 ounces 2 times a day on an empty stomach. It has been found to be very effective for diabetes.
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It can be cooked like any vegetable and eaten.
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Bitter melon powder can be prepared by drying. Take one teaspoon of bitter gourd powder daily on an empty stomach.
2. Taking half a teaspoon of cinnamon a day can help prevent the onset of diabetes. Even steeping a cinnamon stick in your tea could also benefit non-diabetics who have blood sugar problems but don’t know it.
3. You can soak 30 grams of fenugreek seeds in a glass of water at night and after 12 hours take it and grind it into a paste with the soaked water and drink it on an empty stomach.
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2 teaspoons if the powdered seeds can be taken with water or milk.
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You can add fenugreek to anything you cook.
4. Eating up to 3 grapefruits a day has also been helpful.
5. 1 tablespoon of amla (Emblica officinalis) after removing the seeds extract the juice and mix with a cup of bitter gourd juice and take daily for 2 months on an empty stomach.
6. Gymnema Sylvestre, a traditional Ayurvedic herb whose leaf should be taken up to 4 grams per day.
7. Indian blackberry seeds or Jamun seed powder (Jamun’s scientific name is Eugenia jambolana or Syzygium cumini L and) is very good for diabetes. Take 1/4 teaspoon with 1 teaspoon of honey for 50 days.
8. Eating 3-4 grams of freshly crushed raw garlic a day lowers blood sugar. You can wash it with a glass of water.
9. Neem seeds daily 2 times per pinch. Taking one gram of neem leaf a day helps in diabetes.
10. Bael (Aegle marmelos): The leaves of the bael tree when chewed are very useful in diabetes. The pulp of this fruit can be dried and taken in doses of 5 to 10 grams per day.
11. A pinch of pure turmeric powder mixed with amla juice (Indian goose berry) and consume daily on an empty stomach.
12. The use of turmeric and gooseberry in equal amounts in powder form taken with warm water is very helpful in this regard. These activate the pancreatic cells and more insulin is produced.
13. Wild black jeerakam cumin seeds 60 g in 1 liter and boil, reduce it to 1/4 liter and take half, divide it into two equal parts and drink one part in the morning and another at night 2 times a day .
14. Grind (Bacopa monnieri) Bhrahmi and add a teaspoon to the milk and drink.
Vitamins that help
Supplements in natural forms are more conducive to the body.
Magnesium supplementation has been shown to improve insulin sensitivity.
Vitamin C: 500 mg is recommended. Vitamin E: this vitamin is very valuable for diabetes. A daily dose of 200 IU of vitamin E is recommended for fifteen days at a time.
Chromium: Whole grains, seeds, mushrooms, corn oil, and brewer’s yeast are relatively good sources of biologically valuable chromium.
Vitamin A:. Take a dose of 15,000 IU every other day.
Vitamin B: Avoid large doses of vitamin B because this vitamin interferes with the absorption of insulin by cells.
Things to do
Controlling your weight is the best way to treat diabetes. Exercise improves the body’s response to insulin. An exercise program should be started only with the advice of a doctor to avoid unnecessary complications. Walking, light games, jogging, and swimming are good too.
Yoga can help a lot. To relieve stress, do meditation once a day for 10 to 40 minutes. Yogic asanas like Siddhasana, Vajrasana, Talasana, Yastikasana, like Yogamudra, Hastapadasana, Paschimottanasana, Chakrasana, Ustrasana, Bhujangasana, Sarvangasana and Viparitakarani, like halasana, shalabhasana, shaakvasana will also be beneficial.