Diabetes Diet and Weight Loss Tips
Use our Body Calculator link to determine how many calories your body needs (at rest) to maintain current body weight. Next, choose an activity factor provided below the body calculator results and multipy this factor by calories at rest. The result is the amount of calories your body requires to maintain current weight. Weight loss occurs when you decrease calories consumed or increase calories used. Select a healthy meal plan and get into the habit of exercising 30-45 minutes every day.
Water is the most important food for any diabetes diet. Be sure to drink at least 6 glasses of water every day.Carbohydrates offer energy for your body. Good healthy carbohydrate food options recommended in the diet are peas, beans, lentils, fruits, whole grain breads, whole grain cereals and vegetables.
Nutrition & Recipes Tips
Making Healthy Food Choices
What foods are healthy? What foods are unhealthy? How do you establish a plan for eating healthy foods? Let the American Diabetes Association help point you in the right direction.
Sweeteners & Desserts
Having diabetes used to mean a lifetime of meals that lacked the most pleasant aspect of taste: sweetness. Today, the rules for avoiding sugar have been relaxed. New artificial sweeteners can give you sweetness that tastes as good as sugar, without sugar’s effect on your weight.
Making Healthy Food Tips
Eat lots of vegetables and fruits. Try picking from the rainbow of colors available to maximize variety. Eat non-starchy vegetables such as spinach, carrots, broccoli or green beans with meals.
Choose liquid oils for cooking instead of solid fats that can be high in saturated and trans fats. Remember that fats are high in calories. If you’re trying to lose weight, watch your portion sizes of added fats.
