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We all want to have our cake and eat
it, too. But if you are a diabetic, the symbolic phrase
takes on more meaning. You're not supposed to eat cake or
sweets, or if you do, your sugar intake must be regulated
at the very least.
However, there are an abundance of diabetic recipes that
enable you to have the best of both worlds, achieving the
taste you want and guarding your health. In fact, some of
them are so tasty and tempting that non-diabetics will equally
enjoy them.
You can eat desserts, ice cream, cakes as well as balanced
meals by using these diabetic recipes. And the substitutes
are undetectable, except to your health and well-being.
Carbohydrates are the starches and sugars in the food you
eat, affecting blood sugar levels more quickly than protein
and fat. Within an hour or so more than 90 percent of the
carbohydrate you eat becomes glucose (when you test your
blood sugars one or two hours after eating, most of the
rise comes from carbohydrate). Research shows that very
little of the fat you eat is converted to glucose and only
some of the protein turns into glucose, and then very slowly.
When counting carbos, a carbohydrate is considered to be
any bread, starchy vegetable, fruit, or milk product except
cheese.
Carbo-counting, one way to have a special diet, takes some
practice - to get started you'll need to work with your
dietitian or diabetes educator to create a meal plan which
tells you how much carbohydrate you can have per meal /
per day, as well as how many total calories and how much
protein and fat you should consume to match the amount of
insulin / medication you're taking and exercise you're getting
to keep your blood sugars as balanced as possible.
Special diets are often a must if you are diabetic. But
with the abundance of diabetic recipes available, there
is no reason to feel cheated.
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