Healthy food for People having Diabetes

Update: 2022-04-01 16:00 IST

Individual must choose to eat whole, fresh foods such as whole grains, vegetables and fruits, which contain high amount of nutrients and vitamins, rather than processed counterparts.

In the new age, many people are suffering from diabetes, they need to have healthy foods in order to remain fit.

Eat more fruits and vegetables

Those individuals who tend eat good amount of fruits as well as vegetable is associated with a lower risk of heart attacks and strokes as well as a lower risk of premature death. If you do not get five or more serving, then you can start to add one more serving a day. Move vegetables and fruits to top drawers of your refrigerator for easier visibility. Wash and cut up fruits and vegetables in advance for easy addition to meals as well as snacks.

Eat more plant-based meals

A plant based eating pattern includes mostly fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, legumes and beans. It limits processed foods. This eating plan might include small amounts of animal products such as meat, fish and seafood, eggs and diary. When you limit animal protein and replacing it with plant protein might help improve cardiovascular risk factors such as blood pressure and cholesterol.

Eat whole foods

Individual must choose to eat whole, fresh foods such as whole grains, vegetables and fruits, which contain high amount of nutrients and vitamins, rather than processed counterparts. When it comes to heavily processed foods, it does contain excess amount of salt and/or added sugars. You can think of having salmon, apples, walnuts and spinach.

Eat high quality fats and oils

One must remember both healthy fats as well as oils are essential part of heart-healthy eating pattern as well as overall health. Olive oil, nuts and seeds all these are mainly contain fat, but due to types of fat they have, they seem to lower your risk of heart disease and stroke. All fats, regardless of their quality, they tend to have same number of calories, but few fats as well as oil are healthier when compared to others.

Few tips to follow

You must choose foods having unsaturated fats such as olives, peanuts, almonds, avocados and sesame seeds.

You should also limit foods which are high in saturated fat, such as fatty cuts of meats, sausage, bacon and cheese. You can replace saturated fat with oils which contain poly and/or mon unsaturated fats such as olive oil, canola oil or nut oil.

Avoid trans fats added to foods, like commercial baked goods and fried foods.

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