DIET PLAN FOR DIABETIC

Diabetes is a sensitive disease that depends on nutrition. Since Diabetes is a chronic disease related to energy production in our body, patients should pay special attention to their eating habits. They should organize their daily meals according to their own body needs and, if necessary, they should supplement their body with snacks.

Diabetic diet is important. As it is known, daily meals consist of three meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner). These meals are of course mostly valid for healthy individuals. Diabetics should add three snacks (morning, afternoon snack and before going to bed) in addition to these main meals. Diabetics should pay attention to their diet list and know that their nutrition will be regulated when they are determined.

Diet List for Diabetics

(Organized according to meals)

There are essentials for nutrition in diabetes. The sample diet list recommended by experts for diabetics is as follows. Sticking to this diet list and regulating your eating habits is extremely important for your body health.

Sample food list for a diet for diabetes:

Breakfast (8:00): A glass of skim milk (without sugar) (200 ml.) A matchbox size (30 gr.) of low-fat and reduced-salt white cheese. (alert-success)

Snack (11:00): 20 grams of bread and 5 green olives. A portion of fruit (choose the one you want from the fruit exchange list). (alert-success)

Lunch (13:00): 60 grams of bread. 1 bowl of lean broth soup (if rice or noodles are added, it should be watery, with 2-3 pieces of these in each tablespoon). 75 grams of lean meat (usually white meat, chicken and fish are preferred; there should be boiled vegetables prepared from seasonal green vegetables next to the meat). 1 plate of green vegetables (should be cooked with olive oil) (you can choose the amount you can eat according to the type of vegetable by looking at the vegetable exchange list). 1 large bowl of green salad, cucumber, tomato, lettuce mix (a bowl of salad should be prepared with 1 teaspoon of olive oil and plenty of lemon juice; do not add too much salt). 1 tea glass of yogurt (skim) and 1 serving of fruit. (alert-success)

Snack (17.00): 20 grams of bread. A matchbox of white cheese (30 grams). One or two glasses of tea (artificial sweetener will be used). (alert-success)

Dinner: Same as lunch; protein amount will be adjusted according to the other. (alert-success)

Night Meal (22.30): 20 grams of bread and a glass of skimmed milk or a serving of fruit. (alert-success)

Vegetable Exchange List;

Green vegetables are divided into the following groups according to the amount of carbohydrate they contain and it is recommended to eat them in the specified amounts.

At each meal, they will eat a soup plate (raw weight 300 gr): Spinach, purslane, chard, mallow, green curly lettuce, lettuce, cucumber or (alert-success)

At each meal, they will eat a dinner plate (raw weight 200 gr): Cabbage, tomato, cauliflower, eggplant, red radish or (alert-success)

At each meal, they will eat 2/3 dinner plate (raw weight 150 gr): Leek, zucchini, string beans, okra or (alert-success)

At each meal, they will eat half a dinner plate (raw weight 100 gr): Carrots, kidney beans, green peas, celery, artichoke, onion or (alert-success)

At each meal, they will eat 1/4 dinner plate (raw weight 50 gr): Potato and Jerusalem artichoke (It is recommended that this last group of vegetables not be eaten frequently.) (alert-success)

Fruit Exchange List;

Plum (green, 8 pieces), Plum (red, 5 pieces), Orange (one medium size), Sour Orange (one large size), Quince (one medium size), Pomegranate (half), Watermelon (one slice), Melon (rarely, one slice), Strawberry (6 pieces), Apple (one medium size), Tangerine (one medium size), Lemon (one medium size), Pear (raw, one medium size), Cherry (5 pieces), Sour Cherry (10 pieces), Peach (raw, one piece).

1 tea glass of squeezed orange or apple juice contains carbohydrates equal to 1 glass of squeezed grapefruit juice. The most preferred fruits should be sour apple, orange and quince. (alert-success)

Diabetes is not a single type of diet. You can apply additional foods (see: foods that can be eaten by diabetics) or incomplete foods (see: foods that are dangerous for diabetics) according to yourself from similar diet lists. Do not forget to inform your doctor for every application you will make.