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Worried about giving up your favorite foods now that you have
been diagnosed with diabetes? Luckily, that is one thing you don’t
have to worry about, not really. Although you will have to make some
changes in your diet, you don’t have to say good-bye to all the
things you love to eat. You may have to relegate them to special
treat status, but that will only serve to make them more special.
The best part about a type 2 diabetes diet is that it isn’t a diet
at all; it’s a healthy eating plan.
There are two ways to help keep your glucose maintained at
acceptable levels. The first thing you must do is make healthy
choices for your foods, keeping in mind the type of food and portion
size. The other important part of the plan is establishing and
sticking to a regular schedule of meals and snacks. A dietitian or
nutritionist can help you with this.
There are a variety of ways to keep to your eating plan. You can
use the exchange system or count carbohydrates to achieve your goals
of attaining your ideal weight, maintaining normal glucose levels
and limiting the foods that lead to heart disease and high blood
pressure.
The other part of the type 2 diabetes diet plan is exercise. The
easiest way to lose weight is to burn more calories than you eat.
This method is safe and steady and helps to maintain the blood
glucose levels without the extreme highs and lows.
For a diet plan to work, it has to be in your comfort range. Fad
diets result in yo-yo weight loss and gain and don’t do you any good
in the long run. Making healthy choices that still allow for the
foods you enjoy most is a better way to achieve weight loss and keep
your blood sugar levels in the normal range. A type 2 diabetes plan
that incorporates these choices as well as exercise is a plan that
can work for you.
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