Brewer’s Yeast: Brewer’s yeast is a wonder food. It is rich in traces of mineral chromium. This mineral helps the pancreas produce more insulin. It is one of the best supports for normal handling of sugar by the body. According to an article by Dr. Richard J. Doisy and others, which appeared in the Medical World News, Brewer’s yeast has lowered the insulin requirements of many diabetes patients.
Broccoli: Broccoli, a close relation of the cauliflower, has long been a popular food in Europe. This vegetable has proved to be an effective anti-diabetic food. It is rich source of chromium, a trace mineral that seems to lower blood sugar. This trace mineral regulates blood sugar, thereby often reducing the medication and insulin needs of diabetes. In cases of mild diabetes, chromium may prevent the onset of the full-fledged disease. If a person’s glucose tolerance is on border, chromium can help control it. Even low blood sugar levels can be brought to normal with chromium.
Curd: Curd injects friendly bacteria in to the digestive system that stimulate the pancreas. It also washes the pancreas of its acids and wastes. These cleansing actions enable the pancreas to perform much better and thereby help in the production of insulin.
Garlic: In scientific trials garlic and its constituents have been found to lower blood sugar in diabetes. This vegetable is rich in potassium, which effectively replaces the large quantities of potassium lost in the urine of diabetics. It also contains zinc and sulphur, which are constituents of insulin. Some authorities believe that low levels of zinc may be one of the factors responsible for the onset of diabetes. Garlic also contains manganese, a deficiency of which can contribute towards diabetes.
Garlic constituents appear to act by blocking the inactivation of insulin in the liver. The result is higher blood insulin levels and lower blood sugar.
Garlic has other benefits for diabetes besides lowering blood sugar. It prevents arteriosclerosis, which is a common complication of diabetes and relieves body paid. Diabetics can take the equivalent of one or two cloves of garlic a day in any form they like, either raw or cooked in food or as capsules. Garlic milk, prepared by adding four cloves of crushed garlic to 110 ml of milk, is one good way of taking garlic. The best way, however, is to chew raw garlic thoroughly first thing in the morning.
Bengal Gram: Bengal gram, also known as chickpea, is a widely used important component of Indian diet. It is a valuable anti-diabetic food. Experiments have shown that the oral ingestion of the water extract of Bengal gram increases the utilization of glucose in diabetics as well as normal people. In a study conducted at Central Food Technological Research Institute in Mysore, the requirement of insulin of chronic diabetes patients decreased from 40 units a day to 20 units, when kept on a diet which included liberal supplements of Bengal gram extract.
Diabetic patients who are on a restricted diet, which does not severely limit the intake of carbohydrates but includes liberal amounts of Bengal gram extract, have shown considerable improvement in their fasting blood sugar levels, glucose tolerance, urinary excretion of sugar and general condition.
Bitter Gourd: The bitter gourd is a common vegetable cultivated extensively. It has excellent medicinal virtues. This vegetable has been used as fold medicine for diabetes from ancient times. Research has established that it contains insulin like principle designated as plant-insulin, which has been found beneficial in lowering blood and urine sugar levels.
Bitter gourd is thus and effective anti-diabetic food and should be included liberally in the diet of a diabetic. Juice of three or four bitter gourds taken every morning on an empty stomach has been found more effective than eating fruits. The seeds of bitter gourd can be powdered and added to regular meals. A decoction prepared by boiling chopped bitter gourd is water is equally effective, as is its dry powder mixed with liquid foods.
Bitter gourd is rich in all essential vitamins and minerals especially vitamins A, B1, B2, C and iron. Its regular use, therefore, prevents many complications associated with diabetes including hypertension, eye complications, neuritis and the defective metabolism of carbohydrates.
Black Gram: Black gram is a highly prized pulse in India. It is an anti diabetic food. Germinated black gram taken with half a cup of fresh bitter gourd juice, forms and effective remedy for treating mild types of diabetes. It should be taken once a day, for three to four months, with a restricted intake of carbohydrates.
In severe diabetes, regular use of this combination is an effective complement to other treatments. It is also a useful health food for preventing complications due to malnutrition in diabetes. Milk prepared by grinding sprouted whole black gram is also recommended for diabetics.
Groundnut: Groundnuts are valuable in diabetes. Eating a handful of groundnuts daily by diabetics will not only prevent malnutrition, particularly the deficiency of niacin, but also checks the development of vascular complications.
Find complete diabetes information, diabetes supply, diabetes treatment, diabetes diet, diabetes causes, diabetes types. More on Diabetes Mellitus Information and Treatment Supply. Also see Natural Ayurvedic Herbal Cure for Diabetes.
Dr John Anne
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What foods are recommended for gestational diabetes?
My doctor has just informed me that I may have gestational diabetes and now I am in desperate need of help. I know the basic low sugar rule but could I get specific food ideas that don’t taste like cardboard?? Any help would be great! Thanks!!
I had gestational diabetes with both of my children and it sucked because I had to give up a lot of different foods.
I’ve tried the low carb waffles and cereals and they might as well be cardboard.
Basically you need to eat lean meats, vegetables are high in fiber and lower your blood sugar, whole grain breads (the darker the bread the better for you), soups are also good.
They have sugar free peanut butter and jelly which is actually pretty good also.
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Oh boy that’s a hard one! Everyone’s body is different on how they process carbs!
First, find out what your carb number for each meal is. Mine was 15 carbs for breakfast, 15 carbs for snacks, 30 carbs for lunch and 30-45 carbs for dinner.
Check your blood sugars frequently. Try a variety of foods, also try pairing different foods together. One time during my pregnancy I had a huge piece of cake (it was a special occasion) along with a hard boiled egg (sounds wierd) but my bs numbers didn’t spike at all.
~I did well on proteins and lots of veggies (of course). Also, dips and dressings helped with the numbers.
~Beans, legumes, etc. helped
~Cheese and crackers were a miracle worker.
~Hummus with whole wheat pita -great!
~Eating whole fruit did better for me than processed fruit.
~I also found that by switching from regular milk to soy that it helped my bs #’s.
~My nutritionist had me pair up carbs with fats and proteins to help slow the absorbtion so for the only time in my life real butter, oils, greasy foods was a YES!
~Nuts helped me alot for snacks.
~Raisin nut bread did better than regular toast for me.
~Hard boiled eggs, bacon and sausage (although it sounds really bad) was actually really good for the gestational diabetes and I stopped gaining as much weight.
~Also, try whole grain carbs instead of processed carbs. But keep in mind that CARBS are CARBS no matter what, so even the whole grain carbs may make your numbers high. I couldn’t eat any cereal, even high fiber cereal, because my body digested it badly. But for some, the high fiber works.
After you have the baby, you’ll have to learn how to eat all over again (without the fats, etc. that are so yummy) but it’s worth it!
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Diagnosed with gestational diabetes at 33 weeks.
I had Gestational Diabetes with my 4th child and now I have a pre-diabetic condition called Glucose Intolerance. If you do end up being diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes you will have help through your doctor’s office as well as from a diabetes counselor who will help you set up your meal plan and teach you when and how to use a glucose monitor. With any form of diabetes, the consistent intake of carbohydrates is one of the most important goals you’ll have. It is typically assumed that only foods that are sweet and sugary are the problem foods, but there are many foods that you have to monitor and eat in moderation. Carbohydrate containing foods are breads, pastas, rice, grains, cereals, fruit, juice, milk, yogurt, legumes (dried peas and beans), starchy vegetables (potatoes, peas, corn), starchy snacks (chips, crackers), and sweets. It is not that you should avoid these things and in fact carbohydrates, especially in the whole grain category, are an important part of a healthy diet. Your body needs things as this is where energy comes from. When I had Gestational Diabetes and now that I have Glucose Intolerance, I preferred to try to eat several small complete meals per day instead of 3 large meals plus snacks, but everyone has to plan their meals around their own preference and schedule. I try to focus most of my meals/snacks around at least 2 servings of vegetables as well as 1 serving of protein. Then, depending on the time of day I add in between 30-60 grams of carbs. It is basically like an exchange program. I look for products that are high in fiber since if the food has more than 5 grams of fiber per serving I can lower the carb content of the food. For instance, the bread I like is a 12 grain bread with 6 grams of fiber per slice. The carb count is 22 grams per serving, so 22 minus 6 equals 16 grams of carbs per serving. This way I can add some fruit or some yogurt along with a protein source such as a scrambled egg or a piece of ham and be nicely satisfied for about 2-3 hours when I plan to eat again. Foods like pizza or lasagne can be quite carb heavy, but if you plan to eat a salad or some steamed vegetables along with it, you can have one slice or piece without any problems. You can even have chocolate or sweets, but you have to eat them in smaller quantities and as part of a meal or snack that includes protein and veggies. You can relax as Gestational Diabetes is no reason to become desperate. You will eat a bit differently, monitor your blood glucose, and be monitored more closely by your doctor. You may need insulin, but not everyone does, I didn’t. It is possible to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby with Gestational Diabetes. My baby was born at 41 weeks and weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces. One of the possible problems with Gestational Diabetes is having a larger than normal birth weight baby, but it doesn’t happen every time. Everything will be OK even if you do develop Gestational Diabetes.
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I happen to Love Sugar Free Cake and Mousses, not because they are ALL tasty in general but because I found the best product that any diabetic would definitely come to admire. I found a company called eDietShop. They sell sugar free cake mixes that are only about 2$ and the Mousses are about 3$. They happened to have invented the sugar free cake mix and have even made the product better over the years. They even have sugar free icing to go with the cake. I love the Cakes and Mousses as well as the icing. You will like the guilt free cake mix as well.
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http://www.edietshop.com
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