Low-Carb Diabetic Diet

Diabetes is a dangerous disease that can manifest itself at any age. Most often, diabetes affects the body in the prime of life.
The causes of the disease can be many, for example:

• harmful habits;
• malnutrition;
• genetics.

It does not matter for what reason the amount of sugar in the blood has increased. The disease can not be started. In addition to maintaining a normal state of health with insulin preparations, a diabetic patient needs to observe a special low-carbohydrate diet.

Low carbohydrate diet with diabetes

1. The primary position of a low carbohydrate diet is a decrease in the intake of carbohydrate foods:
   • bakery products;
   • pasta;
   • croup;
   • sweet fruit.
2. In addition, is recommended to use more liquid and introduce vitamin-mineral supplements into the diet: calcium, potassium, magnesium and others.
3. When a low-carb diet is forbidden to consume all sweet foods, so this diet is called savory, and it is beneficial for people with diabetes.
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4. With a significant intake of carbohydrates in the blood increases the sugar level, there is a splash of insulin. This is a threat to the general condition of a person who has diabetes.
5. When taking slow carbohydrates, sugar increases gradually, and insulin is released in a small fraction.

The diet is useful not only for people suffering from diabetes, but also for people with a lot of weight who are trying to lose weight. The diet suggests a reduction in the number of carbohydrates in the menu, while the amount of protein is not reduced. Therefore, people do not feel hungry.

Diabetes mellitus is distinguished by the first and second types. In type 1 diabetes, insulin in the blood is produced in a small proportion, and at 2 - the amount of insulin is neutral. Nevertheless, the connection between insulin and cells is broken, and sugar does not enter the bloodstream.

Low carbohydrate diet for people with type 2 diabetes

People who had diabetes mellitus used to have a diet with a low energy value, because they are overweight. However, if the diet is developed on the basis of the minimum caloric content, then the risk of its violation increases. Under this regime, a person can feel malnutrition and reduced strength. For diabetics, this state of health is risky for health, since as with fasting, the sugar level in the blood "jumps".

At present, when researching diets for diabetics, the interest is not only in calorie content, but also in the number of carbohydrates in foods. The number of carbohydrates is brought to an allowable rate, because the diet, which adhere to diabetics of the second type, was called low-carbohydrate.

This diet closely resembles the Kremlin diet. The patient, sitting on such a diet, takes food mainly proteins. Carbohydrates are also included in the menu, but not all.

When developing a diet, carbohydrates are divided into two groups:

• simple;
• complex.

Simple carbohydrates contain sugar, which after ingestion immediately enters the blood. A healthy person, eating fast carbohydrates, feels an influx of strength and energy, but not for long.

Complex carbohydrates in the body are absorbed longer, so the degree of sugar in the blood increases little by little. Having used complex carbohydrates in the menu, a person feels saturated for a long time.

Menu building for type 2 diabetes

1. In type 2 diabetes, fast carbohydrates are excluded from the patient's menu. They are found in products such as:
   • jam;
   • honey;
   • pasta;
   • bakery products:
   • confectionery;
   • melon;
   • grapes;
   • dried fruits;
   • bananas;
   • figs.
2. Products with a slow carbohydrate content, on the contrary, are included in the diet. These products are divided into several groups:
   • herbs and vegetables;
   • porridge;
   • dairy products;
   • cereals and pulses.
3. From fruits recommend:
   • unsweetened varieties of apples;
   • peaches;
   • apricots;
   • grapefruits;
   • oranges;
   • plums;
   • cherries.
4. For diabetics, lean food is perfect.
5. On the day of plant food, you can eat no more than 300 grams.
6. Diabetics of the second type can only be baked bread or whole grains. The daily norm of flour products should not be above 120 grams per day.
7. The mandatory element in the patient's menu should be porridge. It is famous as the main source of vitamins E, B and dietary fiber. Dietary fibers in the body of a diabetic normalize the degree of glucose and cholesterol.
8. Protein food is the main one in the diabetic menu. More often it is dairy and meat products, chicken eggs. From dairy products preference is given to skimmed yogurt, ryazhenka, cottage cheese, yoghurts without fillers. Daily allowance should not exceed 500 grams.
9. Chicken eggs can be consumed in food in any form, but not more than 2 pieces per day.
10. The ideal meat product for people with diabetes is white meat, because it includes a small amount of fat and cholesterol. This is poultry meat, turkey and rabbit. When consuming meat, a person does not feel hunger for a long time. Also in the menu you can include seafood, but fatty fish should not be carried away.
11. Many diabetics find it difficult to refrain from sugar, so it can be replaced with xylitol.

Nutrition rules for type 1 diabetes

To ensure that the patient's nutrition is complete, his daily diet should consist of carbohydrates, and fats and proteins are reduced to 25%.A simple daily ration can be considered such an example:

• porridge;
• serving of potatoes;
• pasta;
• braised or baked fish;
• piece of chicken.

In some cases, this diet is supplemented with vitamins and minerals.

In type 1 diabetes, you can combine insulin intake and food intake, which depends on the patient's lifestyle and day regimen. But there are several rules that a low-carb diet in diabetes does not advise to violate:

• Daily nutrition should occur 4 to 8 times, with the number of bread distributed per day. The frequency and time of ingestion directly depends on the type of insulin and the program of its reception. The bulk of carbohydrate food should be consumed for breakfast and lunch.
• Dosage of insulin should be considered daily if the diet is almost identical to the previous one.
• Increasing physical activity will require more carbohydrates. In the case of training, trips to rest in the forest or for a walk in the park, you should increase carbohydrate foods in the diet.
• It is forbidden to skip meals for diabetics, and it is also forbidden to overeat. One-time portion should not exceed more than 600 grams of calories, if there is a need for weight loss, then the number of calories is reduced. A diabetic with a good weight per day should not take in food more than 3100 calories.
• With a low-carb diet for diabetes, fats are not excluded, but fatty foods can not be abused.
• Also it is impossible to take a great interest in smoked, fried sharp and salty products.
• Do not drink alcohol.
• Dishes are advised to cook for a couple, in the oven.
• Fish and meat are best stewed, not fried.

Menu of low carbohydrate diets for diabetics for a week

For an easy transition to a low carbohydrate diet, you can try to eat strictly according to the prearranged menu for a week. On this diet the patient should receive 1200-1400 calories per day, per week 8400-8600 calories. In the event that the diabetic is not full, you can increase the calorie content.

Table for building a low-carb diet menu for the week:

Day of the week	Breakfast	Lunch	Lunch	Afternoon	Dinner	Sleeping
Monday	200 gr.porridges of pearl sauce 30-40 gr.cheese 20 -30 gr.rye bread Tea	200 ml of milk	100 gr.salad with squid; 250 gr.beet borsch; cutlet steamed; 25 gr.bread	200 gr.decoction of herbs; 1 apple	250 gr.baked carp; 200 gr.stewed cabbage; tea without sugar	200 ml kefir( 1%)
Tuesday	200 gr.porridge of buckwheat; Omelette from one egg; 150 gr.vegetable salad; Tea, coffee without sugar	200 ml of milk	220 gr.mushroom soup; 80-90 gr.boiled turkey breast; 130 g.salad from vegetables;	120 gr.fruit jelly	220 gr.boiled chicken liver; 130 g.stewed vegetables	200 ml of milk
Wednesday	210 gr.cabbage rolls; 30 gr.of bread; 30 gr.sour cream; Tea, coffee without sugar	200 ml compote of dried fruits; 30 gr.cracker	120 gr.salad with shrimps and vegetables; 180 gr.cabbage soup; 150 gr.stewed fish; 50 gr.pasta	1 orange	250 gr.curd casserole; 50 gr.berries; 20 gr.sour cream; 200 ml of rosehip broth	Kefir( 1%)
Thursday	Repeat the diet menu scheduled for Monday
Friday	25 gr.cottage cheese 200 ml of biocheffee	30 gr.of bread; 40-45 cheese; Tea without sugar	120 gr.vegetable salad; 80 gr.potato casserole; 150 gr.boiled fish; 50 gr.berries	200 ml of compote; 50 gr.fruit jelly	220 gr.vegetable salad; Steamed steak	Kefir( 1%)
Saturday	30 gr.salted salmon; 30 gr.of bread;tea without sugar	150 gr.berries; 50 gr.cottage cheese	220 gr.beetroots; 110 lazy cabbage rolls; 20-30 gr.sour cream	200 ml of milk	230 gr.boiled chicken fillet; 120 gr.stewed eggplant;	Kefir( 1%)
Sunday	1 boiled egg; 300 gr.buckwheat porridge on milk;	1 apple	100 gr.beef steamed steak; 350 gr.lean soup with beans; Pearl barley on water	200 ml of milk	320 gr.baked pollock; 80 gr.salat with seafood Tea	Kefir( 1%)

Recipes for a low-carb diet

There are many recipes for dishes that have the same effect on blood as a low-carb diabetic diet for diabetes.

Recipe cabbage soup. According to the recipe you need: 100-150 grams of cabbage, 25-30 grams of carrots, 25-30 grams of onion, 12 grams of wheat flour, 10-15 ml of lean oil, 5-7 grams of greens, 10 grams of sour cream. Cut cabbage finely, and boil over low heat in salted water until half cooked. Onions, carrots, flour put out in a frying pan with lean oil. Stewed vegetables are sent to the cabbage and cook for a few minutes. After adding greens, and sour cream.

Recipe for fish cutlets. The recipe requires: 100 grams of sea fish fillets, 25-30 grams of bread, 5-10 butter, 30 ml of milk. Bread soak in milk, and pass through the meat grinder along with the fish. In the prepared mince add the oil, salt to taste, and mix thoroughly. From the prepared forcemeat to form cutlets. Cook these cutlets for a couple.

Recipe for stewed eggplant. To implement this recipe, you need to take: 200-300 grams of eggplant, 50 grams of sour cream sauce, lean oil, greens, salt. Eggplants cleaned, chopped in circles and salt. Eggplants in the salt are left for 10 minutes, so that the bitterness disappears. Then the vegetables are washed and stewed in oil. As necessary, you can add water or vegetable broth. Just before the meal is ready, water is drained from the dish, sauce is added and extinguished for a few minutes. If you follow the recipe, serve with finely chopped greens.