Advice on Weight Management for Overweight
Diabetic Patients
Weight Loss For Diabetics
Please Note: Diabetes - whether Type 1
or Type 2 - is a serious condition which is affected by diet, nutrition,
exercise and weight control. It requires regular monitoring and regular
contact with your doctor and/or diabetes teacher. This page offers general
diet and lifestyle information only. For specific help, please see your
doctor and/or consult the Diabetes Help section at the foot of this page.
Diabetes Diet - In a Nutshell
Eat a Well Balanced Diet with a Variety
of Food at Each Meal
- In general, follow the Food
Pyramid Guidelines. Every day, choose foods from these food
groups: starches, vegetables, fruit, meat and meat substitutes, and
milk and yogurt. How much of each depends on how many calories you need
a day.
- The key to a healthy diabetic diet for
healthy weight maintenance, is BALANCE. Balance your food intake throughout
the day, and balance your meals so as to include as many food groups
as possible at each meal. In particular, balance your carb-intake throughout
the day.
- Limit your intake of Fats, Sugars and
Alcohol.
- Include moderate amounts of low-fat
protein. Protein helps to control between-meal hunger.
- Eat some starchy carbohydrates at each
meal. People might tell you not to eat starches, but that is not correct.
Eating starches is healthy for everyone, including people with diabetes.
Whenever possible, choose whole wheat or wholegrain carbohydrates: e.g.
whole wheat bread.
For next page, see: Weight
Loss Diet Tips for Diabetics
For full article, see:
Weight
Loss for Diabetics
Weight Loss Diet Tips for Diabetics
Weight Control for Diabetics
Weight Loss Advice for Diabetics
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Sources include: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases (NIDDK). NIH Publication No. 02-5043 May 2002
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