1500
Calorie Diabetic Diet1500
calorie diabetic diet provides a guide for planning your
meals and snacks. A diabetic diet helps individuals with diabetes keep
their blood sugars close to or in the normal range (80-130 mg/dl). This
diet plan can be used for anyone who has a desire to eat a healthy
diet. The diabetic diet plan can reduce a person's risk of
developing diabetes, heart disease or becoming overweight.
There is one question you need to
answer before you follow this diet. Do you
know if 1500 calories is the right amount of calories for your body? If
you're not sure, go to free
diabetic diets
to find out.
1500
Calorie Diabetic Diet can be used for:
- Women
who want to lose weight and improve blood sugars. A woman may be able to follow
this diet for many months and still meet her nutritional needs for her
body.
- Men
who have high blood sugars (more than 130 mg/dl in the morning and
throughout the day) and want to lower the sugars to normal (80-120
mg/dl) within several weeks. If
a man
follows this diet for a long time, he may not be able to meet his
nutritional needs for his body. If 1500 calories is a lot less
than his body needs, he will lose lean muscle and bone tissue not fat.
| This diet plan may not be
appropriate for women who are diabetic and pregnant or for children. |
The
Diabetic Diet-Think in 3's-Avoid 1's
3 calories.....
carbohydrates, protein and fats, to keep your body living, moving and
healthy. And guess what? Mother nature provides us
with
foods that contain the exact 3 calories our body needs.Your diabetic
diet will have symbols for these 3 calories.
3 Meals......
to nourish your body when you move the most.
Try to eat every 4 or 5 hours and think in 3's - include foods
that contain carbohydrates, proteins and fat at each meal.
Avoid the 1's..... 1
large meal a day and in only 1
food at your meal. One food will not contain the
right balance of
carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals your body needs. One
large meal at the end of the day when you are inactive will most likely
raise your blood sugar too high. And when you move less, insulin is
lazy too and fails to move the glucose ( sugar) from the blood to your
cells.
Not sure if your meal was too much food? Here's a way
to figure it out.
- Prepare
a
meal that you would normally eat for your largest daily meal.
- Test
your blood sugar before you eat.
- Test your blood
sugar two hours after you take the
first bite of your meal.
If
your blood sugar rises more than 40
points ( subtract the before blood
sugar reading from the after blood sugar reading), you'll know the meal
gave your body too much glucose. |
The
1500 calorie diabetic diet meal pattern below will help you include the
3's and
avoid the 1's. Give it a try.
 How do you know
the 1500 calorie diabetic diet is working?
If blood sugars are improving and the readings are closer to normal
level (80-130 mg/dl)than before you followed this diet,
It's
working... Congratulations!
Your
hard work is paying off!
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