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- What is diabetes?
- What are some of the symptoms of diabetes?
- What are the different types of diabetes?
- What are the known risk factors for diabetes?
- What treatments are available for diabetes?
- What can cause type 1 diabetes?
- What can cause type 2 diabetes?
- Can diabetes be prevented?
- Is there a cure for diabetes?
This is just a small sample of the questions you will find the
answers to, right here on the pages of, Diabetes and You.
Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, and Gestational Diabetes, these are
the three most common types of Diabetes. Each one has different
causes, treatments and risks. For those affected by this disease,
information is critical to being able to maintain their health, and
lifestyle.
For the person who has just been diagnosed with Diabetes, being able
to get the answers they need can help calm their fears, and help their psychological
well-being.
Unfortunately diabetes has the potential to cause very serious health
complications which can include: heart disease, blindness and vision
problems, kidney failure, and amputations.
Ultimately the patient with diabetes will be responsible for the
daily monitoring of their disease, based upon their own research along
with their health care provider.
Food Therapy should be followed under the supervision from your
doctor. Check your sugar level frequently so that sugar levels
do not go beyond the recommended level.
Foods to avoid
It is always advisable to avoid some foods if you are diabetic
such as refined sugar, sweets, syrups, glucose, jam, molasses,
fruit sugar, ice-cream, cakes, pastries, sweet biscuits,
chocolates, soft drinks, condensed milk, cream and fried foods.
Fats like butter, ghee and hydrogenated vegetable oil should
also be avoided. White sugar and white flour should be reduced
drastically. Avoid all processed foods, junk food, pastries,
cookies, canned and preserved foods. They contain harmful
preservatives and lot of salt. Avoid soft drinks since these
have a lot of sugar. Try to avoid fried foods from your diet.
Smoking results in the using up of oxygen in the body. It will
result in less of oxygen needed by the body to metabolize
glucose. So smoking should be avoided.
Foods to be limited
Salt consumption should be reduced to a minimum. You will get
enough salt form the vegetables and fruits you eat. Reduce
animal foods especially red meats. Reduce poultry and egg.
Reduce caffeine and alcohol. Do not drink tea and coffee more
than 2 cups a day. Try to replace it with green tea or herbal
teas like Parsley tea, Blueberry leaf, Tea made of tender walnut
tree leaves, Water in which kidney bean pods have been cooked is
good diabetes.
Do not consume alcohol in empty stomach. Alcohol on an empty
stomach can cause low blood glucose or hypoglycemia.Foods that
should be consumed in moderation are honey and other natural
sugars like palm sugar, dates which can be used instead of white
sugar. Remember these should be consumed in very little quantity
only.Pasta, coconut, other nuts, unsweetened juices, eggs should
be limited. You can replace it with whole grain, unpolished rice
and Soya products. Try to eat whole grain bread instead of white
flour. Fats like olive oil and peanut oil are more advisable
that hydrogenated fats. Low fat food like skimmed milk and low
fat home made cottage cheese can be taken in moderation. You can
also substitute it with yoghurt. Sea food and fish also can be
taken in moderation.
Foods to be taken Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day. An
alkaline diet with natural food is recommended. Wholegrain,
fruits, nuts, vegetables, and dairy products form a good diet
for the diabetic. Raw vegetables can be taken in high
quantities. It has been found that cooked foods raise blood
glucose higher than raw, unpeeled foods. Cooking destroys many
of the enzymes and some vitamins and minerals.
Eat at least five fruits every day. Fruits like grape fruit,
pomegranate juice, Indian blackberry, banana, granny smith
apples, fig, cranberries, black berry, kiwi fruits, and citrus
fruits are highly recommended. It can be taken as a snack.
Cucumber, Lettuce, onion garlic string beans cucumber radish,
tomato, carrot, leaves; spinach turnip, cabbage and Jerusalem
artichoke are good for diabetes. Colorful vegetables are good
for the functioning of pancreas. Drink Fruit juices without
sugar. Brewer's yeast and sprouted alfalfa and mung beans are
good for the body. Unripe banana also can be cooked and eaten.
The most important of all is eating high fiber diet which lowers
need for insulin. It releases energy into the body slowly. It
has also been found that diabetes decreases and may even
disappear in people eating a high fiber or whole food diet. High
fiber diet has more chromium and chromium is very good for
people with diabetes. Eat lot of potassium rich foods like raw
peanuts, tomato, bananas, melons, dried peas, potatoes, apple
cider vinegar, skimmed milk powder, wheat but do not take
potassium supplements. Include soluble fiber in your meals like
barley, oatmeal, almond meal, dried beans, kidney beans, cooked
black beans, peas, cereals, chickpeas, Bengal gram which has low
glycemic index, , Black gram, lentils and corn or garbanzo beans
to helps considerably in reducing blood sugar levels. Soy
products like tofu, tempeh, soymilk, soya powder, soy bean
sprouts, nuggets etc are also very good in containing
neurological complications in diabetes. You can make bread out
of any of the whole grains. Get a lot of soluble fiber into your
diet. When you eat lots of bread, cereal and starchy vegetables
you will get enough of starches which is very helpful for
diabetes. Insoluble fibers, found in bran (oat bran, wheat
bran), whole grain breads, whole grains and nuts, act as
intestinal scrubbers by cleaning out the lower gastrointestinal
tract. Fiber cleans your intestinal tract by moving out the food
so that it wouldn't stay there and putrefy. Butter milk and
yoghurt diet are very beneficial.
Helpful herbs and vegetables
1. Bitter Gourd (Karela):
Bitter gourd Momordica-charantia or bitter melon juice contains
plant insulin and should be taken 2 ounce 2 times daily on an
empty stomach. It is found to be very effective for diabetes.
Or
It can be cooked as any vegetable and eaten.
Or
The bitter melon powder can be made by drying. Take bitter gourd
powder I teaspoon daily in empty stomach.
2. Taking half a teaspoon of cinnamon a day may help prevent the
onset of diabetes. Even soaking a cinnamon sticks in your tea,
could also benefit non-diabetics who have blood sugar problem
but are unaware of it.
3. 30 gram fenugreek seeds can be soaked in a glass of water at
night and after 12 hours take it and grind it into a paste with
the soaked water and drink it on a empty stomach.
Or
2 teaspoon if powdered seeds can be taken with water or milk.
Or
You can add fenugreek into anything you cook.
4. Eating upto 3 grapefruits a day has also been helpful
5. 1 tablespoon of amla (Emblica officinalis) after removing the
seeds extract the juice and mix with a cup of bitter gourd juice
and take daily for 2months in a empty stomach.
6. Gymnema Sylvestre a traditional ayurvedic herb the leaf of
which is to be taken up to 4 grams per day.
7. Indian blackberry seeds or Jamun seed powder (scientific name
of Jamun is Eugenia jambolana or Syzygium cumini L and) is very
good for diabetes. Take 1/4th teaspoon with 1 teasoon honey for
50 days.
8. Eating freshly crushed raw garlic 3-4 grams a day lowers
blood sugar. You can wash it down with a glass of water.
9. Neem seeds daily 2 times a pinch. Taking a gram of neem leaf
daily helps in diabetes.
10. Bael (Aegle marmelos) : The leave of the bael tree when
chewed are very useful in diabetes. Pulp of this fruit could be
dried and taken in doses of 5 to 10 gms a day
11. A pinch of pure turmeric powders mixed in amla juice (Indian
goose berry) and eat daily in empty stomach.
12. Use of turmeric and gooseberry in equal quantities in powder
form taken with warm water is very useful in this behalf. These
activate the pancreatic cells and more insulin is produced.
13. Wild jeerakam cumin seeds black colored 60 gm in 1 liter and
boil a reduce it ti 1/4th liter and take half divide it into two
equal parts and drink one part in the morning and one in the
evening 2 times daily
14. Grind (Bacopa monnieri )Bhrahmi and add a teaspoon of it to
milk and drink
Vitamins that help
Supplements in natural forms are more conducive to the body.
Magnesium supplementation has been shown to improve insulin
sensitivity .
Vitamin C: 500 mg is recommended. Vitamin E: This vitamin is
very valuable for diabetes. A daily dose of 200 i.u. of Vitamin
E is recommended for a fortnight at a time.
Chromium:. Whole grains, seeds, mushrooms, corn oil and brewer's
yeast are relatively good sources of biologically valuable
chromium.
Vitamin A:. Take A dose of 15,000i.u. on alternate days.
Vitamin B: Avoid large dosage of vitamin B because this vitamin
interferes with the absorption of insulin by cells.
Things to do
Controlling your Weight is the best way to treat diabetes.
Exercise improves the body's response to insulin. An exercise
program should be started only with the advice of a doctor to
avoid unnecessary complications. Walking, light games, jogging
and swimming are also good.
Yoga can help a lot. To relieve stress do meditation once a day
for 10 to 40 minutes. Yogic asanas like Siddhasana, Vajrasana,
Talasana, Yastikasana,, like Yogamudra, Hastapadasana,
Paschimottanasana, Chakrasana, Ustrasana, Bhujangasana,
Sarvangasana and Viparitakarani, as halasana, shalabhasana,
dhanurasana, Pratipaksabhavana and shavasana will also be
beneficial.
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