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    Nutrition

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    Diabetes is a disease characterized by excessive urination and thirst caused by the body's inability to properly use insulin to regulate blood sugar levels. Proper nutrition and monitoring blood glucose levels can help individuals with diabetes develop personalized diets by evaluating which foods and amounts affect their blood sugar and working with a dietitian to design a plan tailored to their lifestyle and eating habits. The diet plan should consider proportions of calories, carbohydrates, protein, and fat and determine meal size, timing, and number of meals to help control blood sugar levels.

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    Diabetes is a disease characterized by excessive urination and thirst caused by the body's inability to properly use insulin to regulate blood sugar levels. Proper nutrition and monitoring blood glucose levels can help individuals with diabetes develop personalized diets by evaluating which foods and amounts affect their blood sugar and working with a dietitian to design a plan tailored to their lifestyle and eating habits. The diet plan should consider proportions of calories, carbohydrates, protein, and fat and determine meal size, timing, and number of meals to help control blood sugar levels.

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    Diabetes is a disease characterized by excessive urination and thirst caused by the body's inability to properly use insulin to regulate blood sugar levels. Proper nutrition and monitoring blood glucose levels can help individuals with diabetes develop personalized diets by evaluating which foods and amounts affect their blood sugar and working with a dietitian to design a plan tailored to their lifestyle and eating habits. The diet plan should consider proportions of calories, carbohydrates, protein, and fat and determine meal size, timing, and number of meals to help control blood sugar levels.

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    Diabetes is a disease characterized by excessive urination and thirst caused by the body's inability to properly use insulin to regulate blood sugar levels. Proper nutrition and monitoring blood glucose levels can help individuals with diabetes develop personalized diets by evaluating which foods and amounts affect their blood sugar and working with a dietitian to design a plan tailored to their lifestyle and eating habits. The diet plan should consider proportions of calories, carbohydrates, protein, and fat and determine meal size, timing, and number of meals to help control blood sugar levels.

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    Diabetes:

    Diabetes is a general term for an endocrine disease that is characterized by


    excessive urination and thirst. Many suffer from this disease, as well as the
    limitations to one’s lifestyle that accompanies it. The two most commonly known
    forms of diabetes are diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipid us.

    Role of NUTRITION in Diabetes:


    It is apparent that there are as many ‘diabetic diets’ as there are people with
    diabetes. Any dietary program is complicated by the fact that he same food may
    be eaten by different people and produce responses in blood sugar levels. On
    going research investigates a food’s ability to raise glucose levels known as
    glycemic index indicates that the response is dependent upon the proportions of
    carbohydrate, protein, fat. For example, some individuals will spike a high blood
    glucose level when juice is consumed alone. However, the same juice may be
    better tolerated if taken with a meal which includes more protein and fat.

    Carbohydrate, protein and fat supply the body with energy calories. Your body
    needs insulin to use this energy. Insulin is made in the pancreas. If you have
    diabetes, either your pancreas is no longer making the insulin or your body
    cannot use the insulin it is making. In either case, your blood glucose levels will
    probably not be normal.

    Starch and sugar in foods are carbohydrates. When you eat carbohydrates, they
    turn into glucose and travel in your blood stream. Insulin helps the glucose enter
    the cells, where it can be used for energy stored. Eating the same amount of
    carbohydrate daily at meals and snacks can help you control your blood glucose
    levels.

    The body uses protein found in meals, poultry, fish, milk, and other dairy
    products, eggs, and beans, peas, and lentils, for growth and maintenance and
    energy. Your body needs insulin to use the protein you eat.

    After you eat fat, it travels in your bloodstream. You need insulin to store in fats in
    the cells of your body. Fats are used for energy.
    What does the individual with diabetes do to create an individualized diet? Two of
    the most useful tools are blood glucose self-monitoring and a detailed diet diary.
    Glucose readings indicate the body’s response to meals, snacks, exercise, stress,
    illness and general eating habits. Upon careful evaluation of the glucose readings
    along with a complete diet dairy (indicating all foods eaten, portions eaten, and
    time eaten) an individual an seek out the advice and professional assistance of a
    registered dietitian or nutrition specialist to help create a diet plan suited to one’s
    lifestyle.

    Simple ‘cutting down sugar’ and ‘watching your diet’ are not diet plans. In fact, a
    successful plan generally includes all types of foods. A plan is designed around an
    individual’s lifestyle and eating habits. Proportions of calories, carbohydrates,
    protein and fat are estimated for each individual based on the need to maintain,
    lose, or gain weight.

    After these proportions have been estimated, the size, the time and number of
    meals may be determined. For example, it is possible that six small meals are
    going to be easier to digest and assimilate than three larger ones. For some
    people, it is easier to dispose of smaller amounts of glucose because less insulin is
    needed. Often times, merely eating meals and snacks at consistent times will
    improve glucose levels.

    Jyotika.Bhatia

    Nutrition & Wellness Advisor

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