Life style of diabetic patient.Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism—the way the body uses digested food for growth and energy. Most of the food people eat is broken down into glucose, the form of sugar in the blood. Glucose is the main source of fuel for the body.
After digestion, glucose passes into the bloodstream, where it is used by cells for growth and energy. For glucose to get into cells, insulin must be present. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas, a large gland behind the stomach.
When people eat, the pancreas automatically produces the right amount of insulin to move glucose from blood into the cells. In people with diabetes, however, the pancreas either produces little or no insulin, or the cells do not respond appropriately to the insulin that is produced. Glucose builds up in the blood, overflows into the urine, and passes out of the body in the urine. Thus, the body loses its main source of fuel even though the blood contains large amounts of glucose.
Dietary Guidelines
In general,all foods can be classified into the following three categories for diabetics:
1. Foods that can be used freely:
* Vegetables
* Green leafy vegetables
* Spices
* High-fiber foods
2. Foods to be used in moderate amount:
* Fats
* Nuts
* Cereals/Roots/Tubers
* Pulses
* Fruits
* Milk Products
* Meat Products
* Eggs
* artificial sweeteners
3. Foods to be avoided:
* Sugar
* Honey
* Sweets
* Jam and jellies
* Cakes and pastries
* sweetened juices.
Advice for diabetic patient:
- 35-40 minute brisk walking ,jogging,swimming every day exercise enhances the action of insulin and thus helps to reduce the dose of anti-diabetic drugs.
- Fenugreek seeds to be taken daily dose (25 gm to 50gm).First begin with 25 gm of seeds may be taken in two equal doses of 12.5 each along with lunch and dinner.
- Drink one glass bitter guard juice empty stomach in the morning.
- Include high fiber foods as much as possible.
- Take permitted fruits in limited amounts.
- Diabetic person should eat food in short period intervals like take breakfast in morning, lunch, some snacks and dinner.
- Avoid sweets and oily food.
- Intake more fiber foods in meals. It increases glucose level gradually in blood and keeps control.
- Do not take fast food and also don’t party much.
- Diabetic person should eat food slowly.