Diabetic Diet to Lose Weight

To lose weight, it is necessary to take a healthy diet. On the other hand, if a person has diabetes, then choosing the wrong diet can be harmful. If a diabetic patient wants to lose weight, then it may be wrong to take some kind of medicine and start dieting. Instead, it is better to make a diet plan after consulting a health expert.

There is no specific exact diet plan for diabetes patients. By simply choosing a diet rich in nutrients, an attempt can be made to reduce weight. Especially diabetes patients should choose options like low carbs and vegetarian diet in their diet. For this, diabetes patients need to keep a few things in mind -

• Choose a diet rich in nutrients.
• Take such foods in the diet, which are rich in fiber.
• Choose a low-calorie diet.
• Include fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats in the diet.

Along with reducing weight, diabetes patients need to control blood sugar. So, take your whole day diet from time to time. To lose weight for diabetes, it is important not to take long intervals between meals.

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Patients suffering from diabetes need to focus on the following diet -

• Non-starchy vegetables like broccoli and high-fiber fruits like apples etc.
• Lean proteins, such as boneless chicken, turkey, and fatty fish such as salmon, etc.
• Healthy fats, such as - avocado, nuts, walnuts, canola oil, olive oil, etc.
• Whole grains, such as quinoa, millet, barley, etc.
• You can consume non-fat or low-fat dairy like milk and plain curd etc.

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Along with weight control in diabetes, some things are advised to be avoided to control blood sugar -

• Chips
• Cookies
• Cake
• White bread and pasta
• Canned soups, which are high in sodium.

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Diabetes patients need to pay special attention to their diet to keep their weight balanced. Especially if a diabetic patient is overweight, then to reduce it, a healthy diet should be chosen instead of medicines. All nutrients, high fiber, and low calories should be included in the diet. Along with this, any kind of change in the diet should be done only after taking advice from an expert.

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