Diabetes is a serious disease that leads to many health problems and affects health adversely......READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
It starts with high blood sugar levels in the body which rises to a level so as to achieve the situation of diabetes. However, if the blood sugar is monitored properly, diabetes can be stopped or delayed.
When a person has high blood sugar but not in the range where it can be termed as diabetes, it is known as pre-diabetes.
Pre-diabetes can be controlled by diet and some other factors which can prevent diabetes from developing.
I will share some dietary/food changes you need to put in order to prevent diabetes.
They are:
1. Eat according to glycemic index: Glycemic index is a tool for calculating your calories and measuring carbohydrates.
It can control your sugar levels by taking a dig in the sugar intake in your diet.
A person having pre-diabetes should switch to natural sugar that is present in fruits.
It has good carbs that does not harm your health and keeps blood sugar in place. According to glycemic index, you need to eat more fruits, vegetables, whole grains and fibre for maintaining adequate blood sugar in the body.
Glycemic index will give you variety of foods to choose to maintain your blood sugar level so that everything remains under control and you do not get bored of one food.
2. Count your carbohydrates in your diet: Most important source of nutrition is carbohydrates in your diet.
But even after taking good carbs, the quantity should be adequate. Excessive carbs can increase blood sugar thus try to count carbohydrates in your diet by choosing the right food.
A person with pre-diabetes should have low carbohydrate food such as broccoli, celery, green beans, pepper, spinach, carrot etc.
3. The DASH diet: DASH diet which means Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension is a combination of carbs with other various food items to help people with pre-diabetes too.
It encourages people to have low calories with healthy food choices.
This diet includes-
a. Vegetables
b. Fruits.
c. Whole grains.
d. Low dairy fat products.
e. Nuts.
f. Beans.
g. Fish.
h. Poultry.
I. Vegetable oils.
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