- Eating about 30 percent fruits and/or vegetables at each meal will not only help fill you up, but they also give your body the vitamins and nutrients it needs to stay healthy. Another added bonus is that eating a moderate amount of fruit can satisfy a craving for sweets without spiking your blood sugar like candy and other sweets.
- Consuming simple carbohydrates is an easy way to spike blood sugar levels and leave a diabetic feeling sluggish, at the very least. However, carbs are what the body uses to create energy, so they are necessary. If a diabetic eats complex carbohydrates such as steel-cut oats, brown rice, and whole-grain breads, he or she can avoid the harmful side effects simple carbs can cause.
- Eating lots of fats is especially hard on a diabetic since diabetes can lead to heart disease. It is important for a diabetic to choose low-fat options over their higher-fat counterparts. Luckily, today's supermarkets are filled with low-fat varieties of most foods.
- Following a low-fat, low-carb diet does not have to be a daunting task. If the dieter makes a conscious effort to fill his or her diet with healthy fruits and vegetables, lots of fiber, lean meats and a small amount of complex carbohydrates, he or she can keep diabetes symptoms under control.
