What you should not eat if you have diabetes. We introduce it into the diet. Low glycemic index foods

The root cause of complications that develop with type 2 diabetes is high levels of insulin in the blood. It can be normalized quickly and for a long time only by a strict low-carbohydrate diet, when the intake of carbohydrates from food is reduced as much as possible.

And only after the indicators stabilize, some relaxation is possible. It concerns a narrow range of cereals, raw root vegetables, fermented milk products- under the control of blood glucose levels (!).

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Click on item #3 in the table of contents below. The table should be printed and hung in the kitchen.

It provides a detailed list of what foods you can eat if you have type 2 diabetes, which is designed conveniently and concisely.

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Benefits of a healthy low-carbohydrate diet

If type 2 diabetes is diagnosed early stage, such a diet is a complete treatment. Reduce carbs to a minimum as quickly as possible! And you don’t have to take “pills by the handful.”

What is the deceit systemic disease exchange?

It is important to understand that breakdowns affect all types of metabolism, not just carbohydrate metabolism. The main targets of diabetes are blood vessels, eyes and kidneys, as well as the heart.

The dangerous future of a diabetic who could not change his diet is neuropathy lower limbs up to gangrene and amputation, blindness, severe atherosclerosis, and this is a direct path to heart attack and stroke. According to statistics, the listed conditions on average take up to 16 years of life for a poorly compensated diabetic.

A healthy diet and lifelong carbohydrate restrictions will ensure stable insulin levels in the blood. This will give correct exchange substances in tissues and reducing the risk of severe complications.

If necessary, do not be afraid to take medications to control insulin production. Find motivation for the diet in the fact that it allows you to reduce the dose of medications or reduce their set to a minimum.

By the way, metformin - a common prescription for type 2 diabetes - is already being studied in scientific circles as a possible mass protector against systemic age-related inflammation, even for healthy people.

Diet principles and food choices

Worried that restrictions will make your diet tasteless?

In vain! List of permitted products diabetes mellitus Type 2 is quite wide. You will be able to choose from it delicious options for a healthy and varied menu.

What foods can you eat if you have type 2 diabetes?

• Protein products

All kinds of meat, poultry, fish, eggs (whole!), mushrooms. The latter should be limited if you have kidney problems.

Based on protein intake, 1-1.5 g per 1 kg of body weight.

Attention! The numbers 1-1.5 grams are pure protein, not the weight of the product. Find tables online that show how much protein is in the meat and fish you eat.

• Low GI vegetables

They contain up to 500 grams of high-fiber vegetables, raw if possible (salads, smoothies). This will ensure a stable feeling of satiety and good cleansing intestines.

• Healthy fats

Say "No!" trans fats. Say "Yes!" fish oil and vegetable oils, where omega-6 is no more than 30%. Alas, the popular sunflower and corn oils are not one of them.

• Unsweetened fruits and berries with low GI

No more than 100 grams per day. Your task is to choose fruits from glycemic index up to 40, occasionally - up to 50.

From 1 to 2 times a week you can eat diabetic sweets ( based on stevia and erythritol). Remember the names! Now it is very important for you to remember that most popular sweeteners are dangerous to your health.

Always consider the glycemic index

It is vital for a diabetic to understand the concept of the “glycemic index” of foods. This number shows the average person’s reaction to the product - how quickly blood glucose rises after taking it.

GI is determined for all products. There are three gradations of the indicator.

1. High GI - from 70 to 100. A diabetic should exclude such foods.
2. Average GI - from 41 to 70. Moderate consumption when stabilization of blood glucose is achieved - occasionally, no more than 1/5 of all food per day, in the right combinations with other foods.
3. Low GI - from 0 to 40. These products are the basis of the diet for diabetes.

What increases the GI of a product?

Culinary processing with “invisible” carbohydrates (breading!), accompaniment of high-carbohydrate foods, temperature of food consumption.

So, cauliflower, steamed does not cease to be low-glycemic. And its neighbor, fried in breadcrumbs, is no longer indicated for diabetics.

One more example. We lower the GI of the meal by accompanying carbohydrate meals with a powerful portion of protein. Chicken and avocado salad with berry sauce is an affordable dish for diabetes. But these same berries, whipped into a seemingly “harmless dessert” with oranges, just a spoonful of honey and sour cream, are already a bad choice.

Let's stop being afraid of fats and learn to choose healthy ones

Since the end of the last century, humanity has rushed to fight fats in food. The motto is “no cholesterol!” Only babies don't know. But what are the results of this struggle? Fear of fats has led to an increase in fatal vascular accidents (heart attack, stroke, pulmonary embolism) and the dominance of civilizational diseases, among which diabetes and atherosclerosis are in the top three.

This is due to the fact that the consumption of trans fats from hydrogenated foods has greatly increased. vegetable oils and there was a harmful imbalance of nutrition in excess of omega-6 fatty acids. A good omega3/omega-6 ratio is 1:4. But in our traditional diet it reaches 1:16 or more.

Your job is to choose the right fats.

Focusing on omega-3s, adding omega-9s and reducing omega-6s will help align the diet to a healthy ratio of omegas. For example, make cold-pressed olive oil the main oil in cold dishes. Remove trans fats completely. If you fry, then coconut oil, which is resistant to prolonged heating.

Table of products you can and cannot

Let's make a reservation once again. The lists in the table describe not an archaic view of diet (classic Diet 9 table), but modern low-carbohydrate nutrition for type 2 diabetes.

It includes:

• Normal protein intake is 1-1.5 g per kg of weight;
• Normal or increased intake of healthy fats;
• Complete removal of sweets, cereals, pasta and milk;
• A sharp reduction in root vegetables, legumes and liquid fermented milk products.

At the first stage of the diet, your carbohydrate goal is 25-50 grams per day.

For convenience, the table should hang in the kitchen of a diabetic - next to information about the glycemic index of foods and the calorie content of the most frequent recipes.

Product	You can eat	Possible to a limited extent (1-3 times/week) with stable glucose levels for a month
Cereals		Green buckwheat, steamed with boiling water overnight, quinoa: 1 dish of 40 grams of dry product 1-2 times a week. Under blood glucose control after 1.5 hours. If you detect a rise of 3 mmol/l or more from the initial level, exclude the product.
Vegetables, root vegetables, greens, legumes	All vegetables that grow above the ground. Cabbage of all varieties (white, red, broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts), fresh greens, including all types of leafy greens (garden lettuce, arugula, etc.), tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, bell pepper, artichoke, pumpkin, asparagus, green beans, mushrooms.	Raw carrots, celery root, radish, Jerusalem artichoke, turnip, radish, sweet potato. Black beans, lentils: 1 dish of 30 grams of dry product 1 r/week. Under blood glucose control after 1.5 hours. If you detect a rise of 3 mmol/l or more from the initial level, exclude the product.
Fruits, berries	Avocado, lemon, cranberry. Less commonly, strawberries, wild strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, red currants, gooseberries. Divide into 2 doses and accompany with proteins and fats. A good option- sauces from these fruits for salads and meat.	No more than 100 g/day + not on an empty stomach! Berries (blackcurrants, blueberries), plums, watermelon, grapefruit, pears, figs, apricots, cherries, tangerines, sweet and sour apples.
Condiments, spices	Pepper, cinnamon, spices, spices, mustard.	Dry salad dressings, homemade mayonnaise with olive oil, avocado sauces.
Dairy and cheeses	Cottage cheese and sour cream of normal fat content. Hard cheeses. Less often - cream and butter.	Brynza. Fermented milk drinks of normal fat content (from 5%), preferably homemade sourdough: 1 glass per day, preferably not daily.
Fish and seafood	Not a large (!) sea and River fish. Squid, shrimp, crayfish, mussels, oysters.
Meat, eggs and meat products	Whole eggs: 2-3 pcs. in a day. Chicken, turkey, duck, rabbit, veal, beef, pork, offal from animals and birds (heart, liver, stomachs).
Fats	In salads, cold first-pressed olive, peanut, almond. Coconut (it is preferable to fry in this oil). Natural butter. Fish oil - as a food supplement. Cod liver. Less commonly - lard and rendered animal fats.	Fresh flaxseed (alas, this oil quickly oxidizes and is inferior to fish oil in terms of omega bioavailability).
Dessert	Salads and frozen desserts made from low GI fruits (up to 40). No more than 100 grams per day. No added sugar, fructose, honey!	Fruit jelly without sugar from fruits with a GI of up to 50. Dark chocolate (cocoa from 75% and above).
Bakery		Unsweetened baked goods made with buckwheat and nut flour. Pancakes with quinoa and buckwheat flour.
Sweets		Dark chocolate (Real! From 75% cocoa) - no more than 20 g/day
Nuts, seeds		Almond, walnuts, hazelnuts, cashews, pistachios, sunflower and pumpkin seeds(no more than 30 grams per day!). Nut and seed flour (almond, coconut, chia, etc.)
Beverages	Tea and natural (!) coffee, still mineral water.

What should you not eat if you have type 2 diabetes?

• All bakery products and cereals not listed in the table;
• Cookies, pastilles, marshmallows and others confectionery, cakes, pastries, etc.;
• Honey, unspecified chocolate, sweets, naturally - white sugar;
• Potatoes, carbohydrate-breaded fried vegetables, most root vegetables, except those noted above;
• Store-bought mayonnaise, ketchup, frying into soup with flour and all sauces based on it;
• Condensed milk, store-bought ice cream (any kind!), store-bought products complex composition marked “milk”, because these are hidden sugars and trans fats;
• Fruits and berries with high GI: banana, grapes, cherries, pineapple, peaches, watermelon, melon, pineapple;
• Dried fruits and candied fruits: figs, dried apricots, dates, raisins;
• Store-bought sausages, sausages, etc., containing starch, cellulose and sugar;
• Sunflower and corn oil, any refined oils, margarine;
• Large fish, canned food in oil, smoked fish and seafood, dry salty snacks, popular with beer.

Don’t rush to dismiss your diet because of strict restrictions!

Yes, it's unusual. Yes, no bread at all. And you can’t even eat buckwheat at the first stage. And then they offer to get acquainted with new cereals and legumes. And they encourage you to delve into the composition of the products. And the oils listed are strange. AND unusual principle- “you can eat fats, look for healthy ones”... It’s completely bewildering, but how to live on such a diet?!

Live well and long! The proposed nutrition will work for you within a month.

Bonus: you will eat many times better than your peers who have not yet been affected by diabetes, will have grandchildren and will increase your chances of active longevity.

Understand that type 2 diabetes should not be underestimated.

Many people have risk factors for this disease (among them is our sweet and starchy diet, with bad fats and lack of protein). But the disease most often occurs in mature and elderly people, when other weak points have already formed in the body.

If left unchecked, diabetes will actually shorten your life and kill you before it expires. It attacks all blood vessels, heart, liver, will not allow you to lose weight and will critically worsen your quality of life. Decide to limit carbohydrates to a minimum! The result will please you.

How to properly build a diet for type 2 diabetes

When creating a diet for a diabetic, it is beneficial to evaluate which foods and processing methods bring the maximum benefit to the body.

• Food processing: boil, bake, steam.
• No - frequent frying sunflower oil and strong salting!
• Emphasis on raw gifts of nature, if there are no contraindications from the stomach and intestines. For example, eat up to 60% fresh vegetables and fruits, and leave 40% for heat-treated ones.
• We carefully select the types of fish (small size protects against excess mercury).
• We study potential harm most sweeteners. The only neutral ones: based on stevia and erythritol.
• We enrich the diet with the right dietary fiber(kale, psyllium, pure fiber).
• We enrich the diet with omega-3 fatty acids ( fish fat, a small red fish).
• No to alcohol! Empty calories = hypoglycemia, a harmful condition when there is a lot of insulin in the blood and little glucose. Danger of fainting and increasing brain starvation. IN advanced cases- up to coma.

When and how often to eat during the day

• The frequency of meals during the day is from 3 times a day, preferably at the same time;
• No - late dinner! A full last meal - 2 hours before bedtime;
• Yes to daily breakfast! It promotes stable blood insulin levels;
• We start the meal with salad - this curbs insulin surges and quickly satisfies the subjective feeling of hunger, which is important for mandatory weight loss in type 2 diabetes.

How to spend a day without hunger and insulin spikes in the blood

We prepare a large bowl of salad and 1 recipe with baked meat - from the entire set of products for the day. From these dishes we form breakfast, lunch, and dinner that are close in size. Snacks (afternoon snack and second breakfast) to choose from - bowl boiled shrimp(sprinkle with mixture olive oil And lemon juice), cottage cheese, kefir and a handful of nuts.

This regime will allow you to quickly adapt, lose weight comfortably and not hang out in the kitchen, lamenting the usual recipes.

Let's remember the main thing! Reducing excess weight in type 2 diabetes is one of the main factors for successful treatment.

We have described a working method on how to establish a low-carb diet for a diabetic. When you have a table in front of your eyes showing what foods you can eat if you have type 2 diabetes, it’s not at all difficult to create a tasty and varied menu.

On the pages of our website we will also prepare recipes for diabetics and talk about modern views for addition to therapy food additives(fish oil for omega-3, alpha lipoic acid, chromium picolinate, etc.). Stay tuned!

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Diabetes mellitus is a disease when metabolic processes are disrupted: proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, salts. You can improve your body's functioning by following a diet. But if the disease has acquired severe form, then insulin is added to the diet. We will look at what the diet should be in this article.

What is the disease diabetes mellitus?

Doctors recognize diabetes mellitus when a person has increased level blood glucose. Glucose is most abundant in carbohydrates. But not all carbohydrates contain the same amount of sugar: some have more, others less. The diet consists of making the right choice carbohydrates and strictly counting them per day.

What should be done to improve the condition of a person with diabetes?

You can improve the condition of a person with diabetes if you adhere to the following rules:

• Strictly count the carbohydrates you eat
• Eat fewer calories
• Have more vitamins
• Eat little by little, 5-6 times a day, on schedule

For people with diabetes, all foods are measured by the glycemic index, abbreviated as GI, another name is grain units HEH. According to GI, products are divided into 3 types:

• Low content – ​​up to 49 GI
• Average – 50-69 GI
• High content - more than 70 GI

When choosing what to eat, a sick person must consider how much GI he has eaten.

Let's list the products and the amount of GI per 100 g of product

• Sugar – 70
• Ice cream – 70
• Fried pies – 88
• Bun – 88
• Cream cake – 100
• Black bread – 45
• Pork – 58
• Veal, beef, rabbit, skinless chicken – 0
• Boiled egg – 48
• Mayonnaise – 60
• Vegetable oil – 0
• Butter – 51
• Fat cottage cheese – 55
• Low-fat cottage cheese – 30
• Pasta – 85
• Boiled potatoes – 65
• Fried potatoes – 95
• Cucumbers – 20
• Tomatoes, cabbage – 10
• Apples – 30
• Grapefruit – 22
• Bananas – 60
• Watermelon – 72
• Raisins – 65
• Green tea, purified water – 0
• Sweet drinks – 74

What can you eat if you have diabetes?

Products useful for people with increased content blood sugar:

• Black, whole grain and bran bread. You can eat 200-350 g per day.
• Vegetables. Especially useful: cabbage (white, cauliflower), tomatoes, pumpkin, cucumbers, zucchini, celery, eggplant, onions, garlic, green salad and parsley.
• Fruits: kiwi, apples, cherries, lemons, pears, strawberries, plums, raspberries, peaches, lingonberries, black and red currants, cranberries, oranges, grapefruits, pomegranates.
• Qualitative honey, no more than 2 tbsp. spoons per day.
• Boiled meat(beef, turkey, chicken, rabbit, lamb).
• Poultry giblets(heart, liver, stomach).
• Fish(hake, flounder, pollock, blue whiting, herring, pike, crucian carp, perch, carp), crayfish, shellfish, cod liver.
• Cereals(buckwheat, pearl barley, millet, oatmeal).
• Low-fat dairy products(milk, cottage cheese, kefir, fermented baked milk, homemade yogurt).
• Drink for sick people who have high sugar in the blood, you can: pure water and mineral without gas, tea (green, hibiscus, medicinal herbs), juice, compote, jelly, cocoa, kvass. All drinks must be sugar-free.

What can't you eat if you have diabetes?

Doctors do not recommend eating the following foods:

• Sugar
• White bread, rolls, cakes
• White rice (uncooked is fine), semolina
• Fatty meats (pork, duck, goose) and smoked meats
• Fatty fish (herring, salmon, mackerel)
• Various canned foods

A limit with the calculation of the amount eaten per day should be set on the following products and products:

• Potatoes, carrots, beets, legumes
• Grapes, melon, watermelon, bananas, pineapples
• Dried fruits
• Pasta

So, we found out what you can eat if you have diabetes and what you can’t.

Video: Nutrition for diabetes

The future results of therapy depend on which diet is chosen. First of all, you should finally decide what products you are going to consume.

It is also important to think about what foods will be excluded from your daily diet. You should draw up a specific schedule that will have the following information: the number of meals per day, the time of its consumption, the calorie content of the dishes. It is important to note that the dosages of medications and insulin must be adjusted to your diet.

On this moment There is no other way to avoid spikes in blood sugar. Unfortunately, neither medications, nor injections of impressive doses of insulin can help avoid an uncontrolled increase in sugar after a direct meal.

It is important to note that endocrinology patients may experience long-term vascular complications. How more dose tablets and pancreatic hormone, the more often low blood sugar is diagnosed. It should be noted that the latter phenomenon poses a certain danger to the life of every diabetic.

A diabetic should avoid eating foods such as bakery products, as well as cereal breads.

They can instantly increase your blood sugar levels. It is necessary to stay as far as possible from all foods that are on the list of prohibited foods when following a low-carbohydrate diet during and. It is important to note that the so-called complex carbohydrates no less harmful than simple ones.

And all because they quickly and significantly increase the sugar level in the patient’s blood. You can do an experiment: eat pasta and check your glucose levels after that. When creating a suitable menu, you must adhere to the basic rules.
It is not recommended to focus on .

You should always keep a list of allowed and prohibited foods on hand.

Studies have shown that the abuse of animal fats does not increase the likelihood of developing. At the same time, it is allowed to eat low-fat foods.

Some scientists are of the opinion that animal fats are absolutely safe for the human heart. As for the use of margarine in food, it contains so-called trans fats, which are unsafe for the heart, unlike natural lipids of animal origin.

All food products that contain this component can be harmful to health. These include chips, baked goods, which can be purchased at the supermarket, as well as semi-finished products. It is better to completely stop using them.

If you regularly eat food that is overloaded with carbohydrates, then fiber and lipids will inhibit the rise in sugar after the immediate meal.

But, unfortunately, this effect is insignificant. It is not able to save you from a jump in blood sugar and the occurrence of cardiovascular complications. Doctors strictly prohibit eating unhealthy foods.

It should be noted that patients of endocrinologists, as well as such as and, bring more harm than tangible benefits. Eating such food increases blood sugar and stimulates blood sugar gain.

If you have diabetes, you need to completely stop eating fruits and vegetables. This will allow you to live long life. All essential and microelements can be obtained from greens and fresh vegetables. They are allowed to be consumed in unlimited quantities.

Diabetics should focus their diet on vegetables and greens.

Specifics of the diabetic diet

At the moment, the diet of a person suffering from diabetes is quite rich. It contains tasty and nutritious dishes that are not harmful to health.

Food can and must contain sufficient amounts of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, mineral compounds and vitamins.

It should be quite filling and high in calories at the same time. This allows us to fully satisfy the need for nutrients and energy.

It is very important that food intake must be coordinated in time with insulin injections and the use of appropriate medications.

What foods are good to eat if you have diabetes?

It is important to note that it is enough to eat at least a couple of slices of rye or protein-bran bread per day.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a pathology of the endocrine apparatus, in which there is a reduced sensitivity of the body’s cells and tissues to insulin (the hormone of the islets of Langerhans-Sobolev of the pancreas) with its sufficient synthesis. The result is high blood sugar and disruption of all types of metabolism.

To effectively contain the manifestation of the disease, you need to follow the rules of diet therapy ( therapeutic nutrition). The main goal is to keep the glucose level no higher than 5.6 mmol/l and glycosylated hemoglobin levels within 6-6.5%, reduce body weight, and reduce the load on the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas. What can you eat if you have type 2 diabetes and sample menu discussed below.

Nutritional Features

As a rule, patients are advised to adhere to table No. 9, however, the treating specialist can make individual adjustments to the diet based on the state of compensation endocrine pathology, the patient’s body weight, body characteristics, and the presence of complications.

The basic principles of nutrition are as follows:

• the ratio of “building” material - used / used - 60:25:15;
• daily caloric intake is calculated by the attending physician or nutritionist;
• sugar is excluded from the diet, you can use sweeteners (sorbitol, fructose, xylitol, stevia extract, maple syrup);
• a sufficient amount of vitamins and microelements must be supplied, since they are massively excreted due to polyuria;
• indicators of consumed animal fats are halved;
• reduce fluid intake to 1.5 l, salt to 6 g;
• frequent split meals (having snacks between main meals).

Important! There are special tables that indicate calorie content, chemical composition and the glycemic index of products, on the basis of which it is necessary to create an individual menu.

Allowed products

When asked what you can eat on a diet for type 2 diabetes, the nutritionist will answer that the emphasis is on vegetables, fruits, dairy and meat products. There is no need to completely eliminate carbohydrates from the diet, since they perform a number of important functions(construction, energy, reserve, regulatory). You just need to limit quickly digestible monosaccharides and give preference to polysaccharides (substances that have a large number of fiber in the composition and slowly increase blood glucose).

Bakery and flour products

Permitted products are those in the production of which “I did not participate” Wheat flour highest and first grade. Its calorie content is 334 kcal, and the GI (glycemic index) indicators are 95, which automatically puts the dish in the section of prohibited foods for diabetes.

Wholemeal bread is the basis of diet therapy for diabetes mellitus

• rye flour;
• bran;
• second grade wheat flour;
• buckwheat flour (in combination with any of the above).

Important! Whole wheat flour is the best option. It contains a significant amount useful substances and minerals, from which polished varieties are “purified”, and has low GI values.

Unsweetened crackers, bread rolls, biscuits, and savory pastries are considered permitted products. The group of savory baked goods includes those products in the production of which eggs, margarine, and fatty additives are not used.

The simplest dough from which you can make pies, muffins, and rolls for diabetics is prepared as follows. You need to dilute 30 g of yeast in warm water. Combine with 1 kg of rye flour, 1.5 tbsp. water, a pinch of salt and 2 tbsp. vegetable fat. After the dough has “proven” in a warm place, it can be used for baking.

These products for type 2 diabetes are considered the most popular because they have low calorie content and low GI values ​​(with the exception of some). All green vegetables (zucchini, zucchini, cabbage, lettuce, cucumbers) can be used boiled, stewed, for preparing first courses and side dishes.

Vegetables are representatives with the lowest GI

Pumpkin, tomatoes, onions, peppers are also desirable foods. They contain a significant amount of antioxidants that bind free radicals, vitamins, pectins, flavonoids. For example, tomatoes contain a significant amount of lycopene, which has an antitumor effect. Onions are able to strengthen the body's defenses, have a positive effect on the functioning of the heart and blood vessels, removing excess cholesterol from the body.

Cabbage can be consumed not only stewed, but also pickled. Its main advantage is considered to be a decrease in blood glucose levels.

However, there are vegetables whose consumption must be limited (there is no need to refuse at all):

• carrot;
• potato;
• beet.

Important! They are able to increase their GI values ​​when heat treatment. For example, the GI of raw carrots is 35, but when cooked it can reach up to 80.

Fruits and berries

This healthy foods, but it is not recommended to consume them in kilograms. The following are considered safe:

• cherry;
• cherries;
• grapefruit;
• lemon;
• unsweetened varieties of apples and pears;
• pomegranate;
• sea ​​​​buckthorn;
• gooseberry;
• mango;
• a pineapple.

Berries and fruits are foods that have a positive effect on the diabetic body

Experts advise eating no more than 200 g at a time. The composition of fruits and berries includes a significant amount of acids, pectins, fiber, essential for the body, ascorbic acid. All these substances are useful for diabetics in that they can protect against the development chronic complications underlying diseases and slow down their progression.

In addition, berries and fruits normalize work intestinal tract, restore and strengthen defenses, elevate mood, have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.

Preference is given low-fat varieties, both meat and fish. The amount of meat in the diet is subject to strict dosage (no more than 150 g per day). This will prevent the unwanted development of complications that may arise against the background of endocrine pathology.

Optimal possible options Rabbit, chicken and beef are considered. They combine a sufficient amount of protein with low level lipids. In addition, beef can have a beneficial effect on the functioning of the pancreas, removing waste and toxins from the body.

If we talk about what you can eat from sausages, then preference is given to dietary and boiled varieties. Smoked meats are not recommended in this case. By-products are allowed, but in limited quantities.

From fish you can eat:

• pollock;
• trout;
• salmon;
• zander;
• perch;
• crucian carp

Meat and fish sources useful vitamins and minerals

Important! Fish must be baked, boiled, stewed. In salted and fried form, it is better to limit or eliminate it altogether.

Eggs and dairy products

Eggs are considered a storehouse of vitamins (A, E, C, D) and unsaturated fatty acids. For type 2 diabetes, no more than 2 pieces per day are allowed; it is advisable to eat only proteins. Quail eggs although small in size, they are superior in their beneficial properties chicken product. They have no cholesterol, which is especially good for sick people, and can be used raw.

Milk is an allowed product containing a significant amount of magnesium, phosphates, phosphorus, calcium, potassium and other macro- and microelements. It is recommended to consume up to 400 ml of medium-fat milk per day. It is not recommended to use fresh milk in the diet for type 2 diabetes, as it can cause a spike in blood sugar.

Kefir, yogurt and cottage cheese should be consumed rationally, monitoring carbohydrate levels. Preference is given to low-fat varieties.

Cereals

Cereal name	GI indicators	Properties
Buckwheat	55	Has a beneficial effect on blood counts, contains a significant amount of fiber and iron
Corn	70	A high-calorie product, but it contains mainly polysaccharides. Has a beneficial effect on cardiovascular system, improves cell sensitivity to insulin, supports the functioning of the visual analyzer
Millet	71	Prevents the development of pathology of the heart and blood vessels, removes toxins and excess cholesterol from the body, normalizes blood pressure
Pearl barley	22	Reduces blood sugar, reduces the load on the pancreas, restores the processes of distribution of excitation along nerve fibers
Barley	50	Removes excess cholesterol, strengthens the body's defenses, normalizes the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract
Wheat	45	Helps reduce blood glucose levels, stimulates the gastrointestinal tract, improves functioning nervous system
Rice	50-70	Brown rice is preferred due to its lower GI values. Positively affects the functioning of the nervous system, contains essential amino acids
Oatmeal	40	Contains a significant amount of antioxidants, normalizes liver function, reduces blood cholesterol levels

Important! White rice should be limited in the diet, and semolina porridge should be completely abandoned due to its high GI numbers.

Beverages

When it comes to juices, you should give preference to drinks home production. Store-bought juices contain a large amount of preservatives and sugar. The consumption of freshly squeezed drinks from the following products is indicated:

• blueberry;
• tomatoes;
• lemon;
• potato;
• pomegranate.

Regular use mineral waters contributes to the normalization of the gastrointestinal tract. If you have type 2 diabetes, you can drink still water. It can be table, table-medicinal or medicinal-mineral.

Mineral still water is a drink that has a positive effect on the functioning of the intestinal tract.

Tea, coffee with milk, herbal teas are acceptable drinks if they do not contain sugar. As for alcohol, its consumption is unacceptable, since in the non-insulin-dependent form, surges in blood glucose are unpredictable, and alcoholic drinks can cause the development of delayed hypoglycemia and accelerate the onset of complications of the underlying disease.

Menu for the day

Breakfast: cottage cheese with unsweetened apples, tea with milk.

Snack: baked apple or orange.

Lunch: borscht in vegetable broth, fish casserole, apple and cabbage salad, bread, rosehip broth.

Snack: carrot salad with prunes.

Dinner: buckwheat with mushrooms, a slice of bread, a glass of blueberry juice.

Snack: a glass of kefir.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a disease with a terrible name, however, following the recommendations of specialists and diet therapy can maintain the patient’s quality of life high level. What foods to include in the diet is an individual choice for each patient. The attending physician and nutritionist will help you adjust the menu, select those dishes that can provide the body with the necessary organic substances, vitamins, and microelements.

The main culprits in diabetic diets are foods high in fat, sodium, carbohydrates and calories, which can increase cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, heart disease, uncontrolled blood sugar and weight gain.

However, the diet of people with pathology can be healthy, tasty and rich. The main thing is to look at your diet and remove harmful ingredients from it.

Table prohibited products contain ingredients with a reduced amount of simple sugar, which is quickly absorbed into the blood and increases glucose levels after eating. In addition to limiting fat intake, it is necessary to increase protein intake, obtained from plant components, fish and poultry. Very fatty and unhealthy foods should be avoided.

Although dietary recommendations treatments are allowed to use everything, but in moderation, doctors have identifiedprohibited foods for diabetes. Such restrictions will help to better control the patient’s condition.

Basic principles

Healthy habits such as healthy food and sufficient exercise stress Stress management is an important way of living as a diabetic. Patients should be more careful when making food choices. The wrong diet has Negative influence on their health:

Which is completely contraindicated

List of things what foods should you not eat if you have diabetes?, quite big. However, the ingredients present in it may vary depending on certain patient-specific factors.

Bread, grains and other starches:

• white flour and products made from it, white bread;
• processed grains such as white rice;
• sugar-containing components;
• French fries.

Vegetables - Most contain fiber and are naturally low in fat and sodium. However, there are some prohibited components for pathology:

• canned foods high in sodium;
• food cooked with butter, cheese or sauce;
• pickles;
• sauerkraut, cucumbers.

Fruits contain not only vitamins, minerals and fiber, but also fat. Therefore, many of them have a rather negative effect on sugar levels: