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Important Diabetic information
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Written by Total Control team
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| General Tips: Whole grain cereals , with lower glycemic index- Wheat, Corn, Oat |
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Indian Diet
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Western Diet
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| Dalia ( broken wheat),Oat meal, avoid sooji preparations like upma, halwa. |
>Breakfast cereals- Corn flakes, Oatmeal , Wheat flakes. Avoid using instant cereals- as they give faster and higher peaks of blood glucose. |
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| General Tips: Use Long grain rice preferably parboiled avoid overcooking rice since it facilitates the absorption of starch and |
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Indian Diet
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Western Diet
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Basmati and other long grain rice have lower glycemic index Basmati Rice is rich in amylose which is difficult to digest, while short grain rices contain amylopectin which is absorbed quickly and gives steep rise in blood glucose levels.
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Parboiled long grain rice like Basmati |
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| General Tips: Chickpeas, Lentil & green gram ( only whole- not broken), Whole daals / pulses are much more preferable to broken / processed daals, they have lesser calories and high fibre content, as a result they are slowly digested and absorbed so they do not give high peaks of blood sugar after meals. Kidney beans ( Rajma) is also beneficial- it is a legume has high content of soluble fibres, it helps lower Total cholesterol and raise HDL ( protective or good cholesterol) |
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Indian Diet
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Western Diet
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Chole, Sabut moong, Sabut masoor, Arhar, Rajmah Avoid Urad, Moong and Masoor daals ( broken )
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Canned chickpeas, kidney beans, lentils |
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| General Tips: Do not take butter ( increases harmful Cholesterol), jams and fruit preserves with sugar ( high glycemic index- give immediate rise in blood glucose levels), glucose of corn syrups, use only preserves specially made for diabetics without using sugar as preservative. |
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Indian Diet
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Western Diet
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Use only low calory spreads made from vegetable oils instead of butter, Do not use Butter & Margarine. Avoid spreading butter or Desi Ghee( clarified butter) on Indian breads- Rotis and Naans
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Use low calory bread spreads made from vegetable oils instead of butter, Do not use butter , margarine and clarified butter, jellys with sugar or corn syrup, |
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