generally dinner is pretty healthy with foods like chicken/fish/vegetables/etc.) instead of eating crackers dipped in chocolate sauce all day long until lunch or dinner comes along. While I understand that results shouldn't be showing in a span of 3 days, during my diet I've been steadily gaining weight instead. Is this because I'm cutting down on the /massive/ (no, seriously) amounts of sugar I used to take in or something?
Water between meals! To feel you up.
It helps me... it could be your thirsty not hungry.
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Avoid foods made with white flour [breads, crackers], starchy foods like white rice and potatoes, pasta [Dreamfields brand has only 5% digestible carbs], as these elevate blood sugars rapidly. Instead, eat whole grains, vegetables, fish, lean poultry [remove the skin] and lean meats. Eat fruits with other foods to slow the absorption of fructose [fruit sugar]. Understand the difference between Simple and Complex carbs.
If you want some carbs, then eat wheat pasta, or whole grain crackers. I put Tuna on whole grain crackers. These are complex carbs and do not cause insulin spike.
Obviosly NO sugar at all. It is instanty converted into fat.
Eat the right food and you can pig out on them and still loose weight. No need to go hungry.
Do a Google search for a list of complex carbohydrate foods. This will give you all the choices you have regarding carbs.
Hi, first i want to tell you that I am not diabetic. I think it is important that I tell you this so you can judge for yourself what I say. My Mom's husband is, and I always had lower blood sugar, so I do my best to follow a diabetic diet as I find I feel much better.
Now in the foodregardss. You want your grains to be as close to nature as possible. Brown rice, not white rice. UncleBen'ss might be a lower score due to fat added in the rice mix?
I find rice cakes are a quick choice too. If you buy the brown rice or wholegrain rice ones, they are a lot less dense then bread but will give you some carbohydrates for energy and they are very light. If you chop up some lettuce or tomato before you go and prepare it, they'll be really quick to eat :)
Some wholegrain bars are ok too... but you have to be careful and read the labels because some of them aren't that healthy.
Avoid foods made with white flour [breads, crackers], starchy foods like potatoes and white rice. When foods are quickly digested, the sugar from these foods are absorbed into the blood stream rapidily thus elevating blood sugar levels.
• Lose the body fat. Number 1 reason for t2 diabetes is obesity. Many have reversed their diabetes by shedding the extra poundage. Not saying you will but being at normal weight makes you feel good.
Healthy diet is high in unprocessed and minimally processed foods. This means you will eat lean meats in moderation, plenty of green and brightly colored veges, moderate whole grain cereals, some fruits - but stay away or limit portions of very sweet fruits, nuts, some dairy, healthy fats / oils.
Bad carbs could be considered those white carbs that break down quickly. This includes bread, white rice, cookies, candies etc.
t overboard thinking you need massive amounts of carbs for energy. Also, avoid foods made with white flour - breads, crackers, rice - and heavy starches like potatoes as these turn into sugar quickly after eating.
Prediabetes only means that, pre. You have an excellent chance of reversing and returning to normal levels by paying strict attention to proper nutrition, continue exercising, and maintain proper body weight.
15 mintues later he is hungry again. Mid morning he gets a snack Usually peanut butter crackers or a low fat yogurt. Lunch time he gets a sandwich on whole wheat bread ususally ham and cheese. a bag of low fat torilla chips and a water and a sugar free drink. afternoon snack is usually a banana or an kind of fruit. For dinner he eats a large portion of meat, some kind of starch (rice or potatoes)
and ususally 2 different vegetables broccoli or green beans.
This is an excerpt from an older posted comment of mine -
Besides watching sugar in your diet-- you also need to watch carbohydrates (starches) carefully too. For example-- things like breads, potatoes, pasta, crackers, white rice, etc [foods made with white flour], can cause a drastic rise in your blood sugar if you aren't careful. [They are converted to sugar after you eat them].
Different people do well on different diets, so generalizing is difficult, but one that seems to work is to eat fewer simple carbs. Now, simple carbs, such as white bread and sugar, do tend to be less expensive than whole foods, but since they tend to lack nutrients, you don't have to eat as much of more nutrient packed foods to get your energy, so less food needs to be purchased. Why don't you tell us what your diet is like now and how much you move each day?
There is nothing wrong with eating grains as long as they are whole grains. There is nothing wrong with eating carbs -- all vegetables are carbs. It's the simple carbs that are the problem. And eating grains doesn't mean you have to eat flour -- you can just eat the grain, just as you do with brown rice or oatmeal. The real problem grain is wheat, because it's human-invented -- there is no wild wheat.
avoid refined sugars, high carbohydrate foods, practice, avoid dairy products like milk and yogurt, avoid food made with white flour [breads, crackers, etc]. Avoid starchy foods like white rice and potatoes [these quickly turn into sugar after eating], and adhere to weight control, do some sort of 30-60 minutes exercise daily, practice stress management, and get adequate sleep.
many beers are made from wheat, barley, corn, or rice...typically high in carbohydrates. Wine is often made from grapes or other fruits that are then fermented to produce alcohol) In short- alcohol does have carbohydrates, but the amount of carbs varies a good bit between various types of drinks.
As for where calories come from... You can find products that have zero carbohydrates, but are still pretty high in calories. A calorie is actually a measure of energy.
Along with avoiding sugar and sugary foods you need to limit your carbohydrate and starch intake as these foods quickly turn into sugar after eating. For example, potatoes, white rice, foods made with white flour - breads, crackers, etc. Eat lean meats, fish, poultry and vegetables. Avoid snacking before bedtime. Use Google search on 'good carbs vs bad carbs' and the Glycemic Index to understand proper nutrition.
I absolutely have no sweets and switched to sprouted grain bread (no flour and has a low GI) and high fiber carbs which are better for your blood sugars. I gave up sweets, junk food, crackers/cookies/chips, ice cream for the most part with an occasional indulgance of 1/2 cup serving, and gave up rice and have only whole grain pasta. So, if he's serious like that, maybe he can avoid the medication entirely. But, you have to run everything by the doctors.
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