Knowing what to eat in diabetes is important to keep the blood sugar rate constant, avoiding hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia.
Thus, in diabetes it is recommended to eat high-fiber foods at all meals, as these foods help control blood sugar concentration and avoid fat and sugar-rich foods as much as they increase blood sugar levels and consequently, worsen diabetes. Before exercise, it is also important to eat so that the sugar does not lower too much. Here's what the diabetic should eat before exercising.
The following table guides the patient with diabetes about foods that should be eaten and avoided:
| Eat | Do not eat | Avoid |
| Vegetables | Fritters, such as rissole, thigh, pie, breaded steak, fried egg, french fries | Roasted snack foods such as puff pastry, white rice and potatoes |
| Fruit, such as apple, pear, orange, grape, watermelon, melon; always in shell | Fruits such as date, fig, coconut | Canned fruits, such as fig and peach in syrup, jams |
| Whole grains such as muesli without sugar, flaxseed, chia, | Vegetable fat, sweets in general, sweet popcorn | Salty popcorn |
| Lean meats such as chicken, fish, rabbit, seafood | Sausages and sausages, such as bacon, sausage, salami, mortadella, ham, lard | Pork |
| Complex carbohydrates such as whole-grain bread, cake or biscuit | Simple carbs like cake, French bread type white bread, sweet biscuit, stuffed biscuit | sweets and jellies |
| Sweetener Stevia | Sugar, honey, brown sugar, molasses, cane juice | Sweeteners with aspartame, such as Zero lime, for example |
| White cheese, cottage cheese | Cream of milk, butter, yellow cheese | Cottage cheese, cream cheese, like Philadelphia |
| Water, natural fruit juice | Alcoholic drinks, processed juices and soft drinks | Juices and diet soda |
| Milk and low-fat yogurt | Milk and whole yogurt | Greek yogurt |
It is very important that the diabetic also know that it is not because a certain food is released for consumption that it may exaggerate the dose. Ideally, always eat small portions of food and eat at the same time, avoiding too much time without eating anything.
The fruits allowed in diabetes should not be consumed in isolation, but should be accompanied with other foods and preferably at the end of a main meal, such as lunch or dinner, always in small portions corresponding to about 100 g of fruit.
See also: 9 tips for caring for the child with diabetes.
Can you eat sweet in diabetes?
You can not eat sweets in diabetes because they contain large amounts of sugar, which causes the glucose rate to rise and diabetes to become uncontrolled, increasing the risk of scarring, blindness and heart problems, for example. However, one time or another one can eat some sweet diet.
Here's a complete list of sugar-rich foods you should avoid.
What to Eat to Lower Diabetes
To lower diabetes is recommended to eat high-fiber foods at all meals and eat every 3 hours. Also, it is important to check your blood glucose daily and take the medicine as directed by your doctor.
Watch the video and see what the diet for diabetes should be like:
