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Diet and diabetes
Reasons for diet
• Weight control
• Blood glucose control
• Prevention and management of short-term and long-term complications of diabetes
Dietary recommendations for diabetes
• Eat starchy foods regularly
• Eat more fruit and vegetables
• Reduce animal or saturated fat
• Cut down on sugar
• Reduce salt
Balancing food choices
Eat starchy foods regularly
• Bread• Potatoes• Rice• Pasta• Cereals• Plantain• Chapatis
Eat more fruit and vegetables
• Fresh
• Frozen
• Tinned
• Dried
• Juice
Choose more high fibre foods
To help maintain blood glucose levels and cholesterol levels
• Fruit• Vegetables• Pulses• Oats
Helps to maintain a healthy gut
• Wholegrain cereals• Wholemeal bread• Wholewheat pasta• Brown rice
Reduce animal or saturated fat intake
• Use low fat milk• Use low fat spread
instead of butter• Use oil high in
unsaturated fat, eg olive oil, rapeseed oil
Use less fat in cooking
• Grill
• Dry-roast
• Microwave
• Steam
Choose the right sort of fat
SATURATED
• Full fat dairy produce (eg cheese, butter, full cream milk)
• Pies
• Biscuits
• Savoury snacks
• Lard
• Hard vegetable fat
MONO- UNSATURATED
• Olive oil
• Rapeseed oil
• Groundnut oil
POLY- UNSATURATED
• Sunflower oil (products)
• Oily fish
Cut down on sugary foods
• Not a sugar free diet
• Cut out sweets
• Cut out sugary drinks
Choose low sugar products
• Use diet or low calorie, sugar free drinks
Intense sweeteners
• Tablet
• Liquid
• Granulated
Avoid diabetic products
• Cost
• Laxative effects
• Focus on ‘sugar free’
• Still raise blood glucose levels
• Still contain same calories
Reduce salt intake
• Cut down on added salt
• Use alternative seasonings
• Look out for reduced/low sodium foods, eg bread
• Avoid salt substitutes
Eat regular meals based on carbohydrate:
Breakfast
Lunch or snack meal
Main meal
Weight management and diabetes
Be more active
Slimming tips
• Be realistic about your target weight
• Aim to lose weight gradually
• Eat regular meals
• Make small changes you can stick to
Drink alcohol in moderation
That’s
2 units a day for women
3 units a day for men
How many units in your drink?
units
• 1 pint premium strength lager or cider 3• 1 pint average strength lager 2.8• 1 pint average strength cider 2.6• 1 pint bitter 2.3• 1 pint stout 2.3 • Medium glass (175mls)white or red wine 2.3• Large glass (250mls) white or red wine 3.3• Pub measure (25mls) spirit 1
For more information on diabetes0800 585 088
Diabetes UK Careline0845 120 2960
Monday to Friday9am to 5pm
Recorded diabetes information 24hours/day
Website - www.diabetes.org.uk