Question

Take notes on what food items a diabetic should make sure to get enough of and which food items he or she should limit. Write three to four requirements or recommendations for a healthy diabetic diet. Find a food label for a healthy food option for a diabetic (at home or using the internet). Include this label in your laboratory journal under your three to four requirements or recommendations. Write a few sentences about why this food is a good choice for a diabetic.

Answer 1

Answer:

Healthier foods for Diabetic patients include

1) Fatty Fish

2) Green Leafy vegetables

3) Eggs:

Bad foods for Diabetic patients include

1) White breads, Pasta, Rise

2) Sweetened Breakfast Cereals

3) Honey, Agave Nectar and Maple Syrup

Explanation:

Healthier foods for Diabetic patients include

1) Fatty Fish: This food is known to be healthier for patients having diabetic both type 1 and Type 2.

Reason: Diabetic patients have high risk of Heart disease and stroke. Fishes contain less amount of carbohydrate content and high level of DHA, EPA and omega 3 fatty acid. getting enough amount of these Nutrients will cause healthier life of Diabetic patients

2) Green Leafy vegetables: Green leafy vegetables are nutritious and healthier for diabetic patients.

Reason: Green leafy vegetables with having low calories in them.  They contain low amount of digestible carbohydrates. These carbohydrates if taken inside the blood will rise blood sugar level which is dangerous for diabetic patient.

3) Eggs: Avoid eggs in case if you have blood pressure issue otherwise Eggs also have remarkable health benefits for diabetic patients.

Reason: Researches shows that eggs have the ability to improve insulin sensitivity, decreases inflammation, Increases your Good HDL level and reduces bad LDL level.

Bad foods for Diabetic patients include

Uncontrolled diabetes may lead to many other diseases such as Low vision, Heart diseases, Kidney diseases, low ability to wound healing and other complications. To avoid these diseases, diabetic patient must have to avoid bad foods. These bad foods include

1) White breads, Pasta, Rise: These Items although are delicious but diabetic patient must avoid these.

Reason: These food contains huge amount of digestible carbohydrates which rise blood sugar level very fast.

2) Sweetened Breakfast Cereals: These cereals are usually taken at the time of breakfast.

Reason: These cereals are rich in carbohydrates but low in protein. High protein containing food and low carbohydrate containing food is good choice for diabetic Patients.

3) Honey, Agave Nectar and Maple Syrup: Honey, agave nectar and maple syrup are not as processed as white table sugar, but they may have similar effects on blood sugar, insulin and inflammatory markers..

Reason: Amount of carbohydrate present in number of grams of each item varies from each other but fact is that these all items contain huge amount of carbohydrates in it.