| Do diet restrictions take the spice out of your life? |
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| Critical nutritional parameters for diabetes management – |
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Optimum proteins |
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In people with type 2 diabetes, to obtain positive nitrogen balance, requires glycemic control and adequate protein intake, especially when energy intake is restricted to maintain lean body mass while selectively mobilizing fat. |
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Low fat |
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Excess fat should be avoided as diabetics are prone to suffer from atherosclerosis. Ketone bodies, the intermediary products of fat are accumulated when carbohydrate is deficient. Fat with high poly-unsaturated fatty acids like vegetable fat is preferred over animal fat which contain more saturated fatty acids. |
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Complex carbohydrate and dietary fibres |
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Dietary fibre, complex carbohydrates and restricted fat benefit the diabetics. Such diets lower the insulin requirement, increase peripheral tissue insulin sensitivity, decrease serum cholesterol and triglyceride values, help in weight control and lower blood pressure. |
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Soluble fibres increase intestinal transit time, delay gastric emptying, slow glucose absorption and lower serum cholesterol. High fibre diet also promotes weight loss as they increase satiety. |
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| Protinex Diabetes - your ideal nutritional partner in diabetes management |
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Yes, diet restrictions can definitely take the spice out of your life coz; diabetes is a condition that saps energy out of your body. This is because dietary restrictions compel you to avoid a variety of foods which otherwise could be essential to your body. These restrictions could lead to a host of nutritional deficiencies. You are bound by many dietary restrictions such as –
