Low Carb Diet for Type 1 and 2 Type Diabetes

 

 Doctors say that “every diabetic has diabetes,” and that claim is true. Therefore, each patient needs a diet for type 2 diabetes to treat the disease.

The fundamental guidelines for managing blood sugar levels apply universally. However, the efficacy of these strategies varies for each individual, contingent upon factors such as the progression of the condition, its stage, accompanying health issues, and other influences directly or indirectly impacting diabetes management. It is known that, in some situations, the disease requires injections of hormones—insulin. In cases where the patient adheres to a low-carbohydrate diet for diabetics, it is still impossible to completely give up insulin. The exception can be attributed to newly diagnosed diabetes, and due to the strictest diet, it is possible to completely give up injections. It is worth knowing that the dose of basic insulin will decrease over time. In connection with this fact, it is important not to miss the period in which probable hypoglycemia occurs. It is necessary to consider what a low-carbohydrate diet means for type 2 diabetes, as well as the first type. And what foods does the diet include?

Low Carb Type 1 Diabetes: Guidelines

Initially, a person diagnosed with diabetes should realize that he is not going on a strict diet; he is simply changing his lifestyle, especially composing a diet that is full and balanced. All these actions are aimed at lowering a person's blood glucose level because the fewer carbohydrates received, the lower the likelihood of disease progression, and the likelihood of well-being and stable blood sugar levels at normal levels increases several times. Whether the patient is taking medication or not, he is shown a healthy diet. At the moment, it is not as strict as it was before; however, it implies some limitations. Assign the following reasons to change your dietary rules:

1. 1. Each patient has a special device for measuring blood sugar—a glucometer—with which you can find out the glucose content at home at any time. There is no need to visit a medical facility every time to get a blood test. 2. The dose of the hormone, which patients apply immediately before a meal, is not fixed, and a person can vary it. 3. Due to the availability of medical data, patients with diabetes can calculate the number of carbohydrates in food products to choose the required amount of insulin for themselves.

Important tip: For diabetes, you must learn to properly correlate the number of carbohydrates a person ingests with food and the dose of hormones needed to administer them. A low-carbohydrate diet for diabetics is a guarantee that the patient's quality of life will not deteriorate and that he will live a normal life with a normal rhythm. In addition, a diet for type 1 diabetes helps prevent possible complications of cardiovascular disease.

The first type of diabetes: menus, food

In the presence of diabetes, it is recommended to monitor body weight and eat in such a way that the weight is within the normal range for patients. Before eating, you need to assess your carbohydrate balance.

You need to enrich your menu for a week and the rest of the time with foods that contain carbohydrates, which have a low glycemic index. It will also be important to know your glycemic profile to choose the right diet and foods.

If the patient is overweight and has diabetes mellitus, it is recommended to limit the amount of animal fat. If the patient's weight is normal, then there is no need to control the amount of fat because the proportion of fat in the food consumed will not affect the insulin dosage.

Tip for diabetics: for the first type of disease, the patient's diet must contain the required number of calories and fiber. In this case, the patient can eat table salt and granulated sugar as healthy people, but without abuse.

Foods that must be excluded from the diet:

• Ice cream, chocolate, and other sweets, jam.
• Marinades, salty and smoked dishes.
• Fatty dairy products.
• The first high-fat courses.
• Concentrated sales juices, carbonated sweet liquids.
• Sweet fruits: grapes, bananas, peaches.
• Sweet dough, pastries, pastries, and more.

Foods that can be eaten with diabetes:

• - All flour products, if made from whole grains
• - Okroshka is the first course for vegetable soups
• - Seafood, low-fat fish fillets
• - Low-sugar vegetables
• - Dried fruit: As a rule, compotes, fruit drinks, and the like are prepared from them, but without granulated sugar
• - Porridge, dairy products, natural honey (in moderation)

Regardless of the type of diabetes, the patient should always control the intake of fruits, dairy products, pasta, and cereals.

In addition, each diabetic is recommended to have a special notebook in which to record the consumption of sugar along with food. This action will facilitate the preparation of diets to avoid excess sugar.

Type 2 low-carb diabetes

For type 2 diabetics, the Atkins diet, which includes 4 phases, is recommended. Each phase has its characteristics and its own time in time.

The first stage is the most difficult, lasting two weeks or more. During this period, a process of ketosis is observed in the patient's body, as a result of which fats are broken down.

At this stage, no more than 20 grams of carbohydrates are consumed per day, a fractional diet is needed - 3-5 times a day. The size of the serving at a time should not exceed 300 grams of food, and the interval between meals should not exceed 6 hours.

Important tip: it is necessary to maintain fluid balance in the body, so it is recommended to drink no less than 8-9 glasses of regular fluid a day; get off the table with a slight feeling of hunger.

Main foods on the menu:

• Lean meat, fish.
• Seafood - shrimp, mussels.
• Chicken and quail.
• Vegetable oil.

In the first phase, it is forbidden to eat sweet foods, bread, ketchup, nuts, sunflower seeds, carrots, as well as products that contain a lot of starch.

You can eat in limited quantities:

• Tomatoes, cucumbers.
• Low-fat cottage cheese.
• Olives, white cabbage.
• Fresh zucchini, eggplant.
• Dairy Products.

For type 2 diabetics, it is recommended to bring optimal physical activities into your life to activate the process of losing weight and removing excess weight. Medical experience shows that if you follow all the rules of the first phase, you can lose 5-6 kilograms.

The second phase of the diet can be two weeks or maybe two years. The duration of such a diet depends on the initial weight of the patient. At this stage, it is necessary to find out the required dose of carbohydrates, which will enable you to eat properly and rationally and, at the same time, lose weight.

If, during it, the weight starts to rise or stops at some point, you need to go back to the first stage.

The third phase implies that the patient has reached a normal weight. At this point, the amount of carbohydrates is determined, which will allow you to be at that weight without shifting in either direction.

The fourth and final stage of life. The required carbohydrate content is calculated based on a special table with a few carbohydrates.

In addition, each diabetic is recommended to have a special notebook in which to record the consumption of sugar along with food. This action will facilitate the preparation of diets to avoid excess sugar.

Based on it, the patient will be able to put together their own diet and even come up with new recipes for a low-carb diet for diabetes.

Low carb diet for the week: type 1 and 2 diabetes

The 7-day menu with type 1 diabetes includes no more than 1,400 calories a day. That is, such a diet will not only help to cope with excess weight but also improve the overall well-being of the patient.

For diabetics who do not have problems with excess weight, it is allowed to increase the amount of food consumed.

It is worth noting that many patients underestimate the importance of such a diet, considering it an unnecessary and stupid restriction, which is fundamentally wrong.

In fact, the medical experience of specialists shows that a proper diet helps control sugar levels, and in the vast majority of cases does not allow the development of complications.

Breakfast can look like this:

1. Porridge on water, a small piece of cheese and bread, water, or a cup of tea without sugar.
2. Steamed omelet of a few eggs, a boiled piece of veal, a small tomato, and a slice of whole-grain bread.
3. Cabbage cookies with low-fat content, a slice of bread, and low-fat yogurt.

Lunch options for type 1 diabetes mellitus:

• Fresh vegetable salad, first course - vegetable borsch, steamed meatballs, stewed cabbage with a little vegetable oil, a slice of bread.
• Cooked chicken breast, vegetable salad, pumpkin puree.
• Cooked meat or fish fillets, tomato and cucumber salad, pasta.

For an afternoon snack, you can eat low-calorie cheese, washed with pomegranate soup; orange grapefruit; and low-fat kefir.

Dinner with diabetes can look like this:

1. Cooked meat plus boiled cabbage.
2. Cabbage flour and boiled fish fillet.
3. Boiled chicken, stewed asparagus.
4. Cheese, tea.

The second type of diabetes involves creating an optimal and individual menu that takes into account the number of carbohydrates. It is not necessary to calculate protein and fat intake.

To develop a diet in seven days, you can pay attention to the following template:

• It is better to eat protein foods for breakfast, it is recommended to use only unsweetened green tea.
• At lunchtime, give preference to fish or lean meat, a side dish of vegetables, a small amount of bread, or cereals.
• For dinner, they also recommend fish or meat dishes, the main way of cooking is cooking or baking, as well as unsweetened vegetables and fruits.

As practice shows, diabetes is an insidious disease that requires not only adequate treatment but also adherence to strict dietary rules. Extremely complex therapy will not allow the deterioration of the patient's quality of life, as well as the improvement of the patient's well-being and general condition.