Video: Fat Guidelines & the Diabetes Diet

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How fat impacts diabetic diet in this free healthy living video.

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Video Transcript

Hi! My name is Brenda Thompson, registered dietitian and owner of Life Skills Nutrition. In this segment, I'm going to talk about fat and diabetes. Fat has very little to do with blood sugar control. However, fat increases the chances of heart disease and weight gain. Heart disease is one of the number one killers of people who have diabetes, so it's very important to watch the kinds of fats that you're eating. Over here, this plate demonstrates some fats that we want to consume in moderation. This is peanut butter. Then we have a variety of different nuts here, which are a great sources of fat. They are the monounsaturated fats. Seeds are also a great option for fat. Olives and olive oil are also the choice of fat, or canola oil is also a great option. Low fat cheese is a great option because it provides you with some protein. Then avocados have an excellent source of fat. Fats that you want to try to limit are whole dairy products, like whole milk, whole cottage cheese, cheeses that aren't low fat. You definitely want to stay away from whipping cream or any kind of cream. Be careful when you are adding cream to your coffee. That can be a lot of saturated fat that you're adding in the morning. You definitely want to stay away from lard. There's no reason to ever have to cook with lard, especially when you have diabetes or heart disease. Stay away from margarine. You want to go ahead and use the real thing if you need butter. Use it in very small amounts. Caution on eggs: you don't want to consume more than 4 egg yolks a week. If you like to consume eggs, after your recommend amounts of 4 eggs that is recommend by the American Heart Association, then go ahead and use the egg substitute. This a beef patty that is 80% fat, so you want to go ahead and limit these kinds of meat sources that are high in saturated fats. If you have diabetes, it's important to make sure that you're receiving the right amount of fat and the right kind, and you want to be limiting the saturated fat in your diet.

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