10 Food Tips for Diabetes

Food tips for people with diabetes you may know some of them already but it's always useful to have a reminder all of the health details in this video are recommendations from the NHS get your five a day we recommended to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables each day what counts as a portion eighty grams of fruit or vegetables counts as a portion a piece of fruit that fills your hand counts such as an apple three heat tablespoons of vegetables such as carrots peas or sweet corn eat less sugar this should be an easy one to remember eat red meat less often than once per day regular consumption of red meat has been linked with high rates of cancer and heart disease if you do have red meat it's better to go for

unprocessed red meat lean meats such as skinless chicken and turkey are recommended in preference to red meats by the NHS eat fish at least twice a week fish and particularly oily fish is a good source of omega-3 which helps to promote heart health the UK recommendation is to have at least one portion of oily fish each week count

carbohydrates for people with type 1 diabetes planting the amount of carbohydrate in each meal needs to be done so that you get the right balance of carbohydrate and insulin watch carbohydrates people with type 2 diabetes have less need to count each carbohydrate but it certainly helps to be wary of approximate quantities of carbohydrate so you can see how much different foods affect your blood glucose levels eat to your meter a blood

glucose meter can be invaluable in helping to choose which foods to eat by testing your blood sugar before meals and at intervals of two hours and four hours after you can get a good idea of how well your body responds to that meal if a particular meal sends your levels very high you may want to make changes to that meal to reduce the carbohydrate content cut down on salt intake their intakes of salt have been linked with higher blood pressure the UK recommendation is to have a maximum daily intake of six grams of salt consider portion sizes the NHS notes that most people in the UK are eating too many calories and having too large portions of foods is partly to blame the change for life campaign recommends eating from a smaller plate reduce alcohol intake alcohol intake is linked with higher risks of heart disease liver conditions and cancers reducing your alcohol intake can help to increase your chances of being free of these health complications so remember there are lots of ways to enhance the management of your diabetes it just requires you to make some positive choices which in the long run will not only help your diabetes for your overall health.