Diabetes Prevention and Control by Choosing Appropriate Foods

Diabetes has no certain cure, but it is easily preventable and manageable. Food selection is so important in this regard.

Consuming six meals including breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner and evening snack control the blood sugar well.

Experts recommend the patients with diabetes to use foods in their meals preventing blood sugar to raise. On the other hand, the consumption of some foods including boiled potatoes, boiled carrots, pasta, rice and a variety of industrial juices and compotes should be limited and controlled.  

Glycemic Index should be used to select food with less sugar.  

Glysemic Index is a criterion classifying starchy foods and aiming at changing blood glucose levels after consumption of the starchy foods.

The foods that raise the blood glucose levels after their consumption have high glycemic index. In contrast, the foods that raise the blood glucose levels little after their consumption have low glycemic index resulting in less weight.

The foods with high glycemic include the white bread, Lavash bread, most sweets, melons, sugar, honey, pineapples, raisins, watermelons, baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, cooked carrots, puffed corn, wheat biscuits, butter sweets, dry dates, rice cakes, pizza and pumpkin.

The foods with medium glycemic include rice, bananas, Taftoon bread, porridge, biscuits containing oats, noodles, popcorns, all of bread with whole wheat bread, beets, fresh dates, figs and ice cream.

The foods with low glycemic include bread made from whole wheat flour, grits, oatmeal, oat bran, bread, dietary pasta, oats, corn, beans, peas, beans and lentils, raw carrots, citrus fruits, non-starchy vegetables, whole wheat pasta, whole grain of whole wheat, apricots, peaches, cherries, plums, oranges, pears, spinaches, peppers, onions, mushrooms, green leafy vegetables, leeks, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes , yogurt, milk, nuts and mushrooms.