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Diabetes with type 2 diabetes
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Patients with type 2 diabetes develop their own insulin, but it is often untimely or inadequate, especially immediately after ingestion. The diet for type 2 diabetes should ensure the maintenance of a stable level of glucose in the blood, as close as possible to normal rates.
This will serve as a guarantee of improvement of the patient's condition and prevention of complications of the disease.
What kind of diet for type 2 diabetes?
For people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, there is a therapeutic dietary table number 9. The purpose of special nutrition is to restore the broken carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body. It is logical that in the first place you need to give up carbohydrates, but this is not quite so: the absolute rejection of carbohydrate products will not only not help, but will worsen the patient's condition. For this reason, fast carbohydrates (sugar, confectionery) are replaced with fruits, cereals. The diet should be balanced and full, varied and boring.
- Of course, the menu removes sugar, jams, cakes and pastries. Sugar should be replaced by analogues: it is xylitol, aspartame, sorbitol.
- Meals become more frequent (6 times a day), and portions - less.
- Breaks between meals should not be more than 3 hours.
- The last meal is 2 hours before bedtime.
- As snacks should be used fruits, berry or vegetable mixes.
- Do not ignore breakfast: it starts the metabolism for the whole day, and with diabetes it is very important. Breakfast should be easy, but satisfying.
- When making the menu, choose low-fat, boiled, or steamed products. Meat must be cleaned from the body before cooking, and the skin must be removed from the chicken. All foods eaten should be fresh.
- You will have to reduce the caloric content of the diet, especially if you are overweight.
- It is necessary to limit the use of salt, and also to refuse from smoking and reception of alcoholic drinks.
- The diet should contain enough fiber: it facilitates the absorption of carbohydrates, reduces the absorption of glucose in the digestive tract, stabilizes the level of glucose in the bloodstream, cleanses the intestine from toxic substances, removes puffiness.
- When choosing bread is better to stay on dark varieties of baking, you can with the addition of bran.
- Simple carbohydrates are replaced by complex, for example, cereals: oat, buckwheat, corn, etc.
Try not to overeat and gain weight. It is recommended to drink about 1.5 liters of liquid per day.
For overweight patients, a doctor can prescribe a diet of # 8, which is used to treat obesity, or combine both diets according to individual characteristics.
Remember: a patient with type 2 diabetes can not experience hunger. You should eat at the same time, but if you feel hungry between meals, be sure to eat fruit, chew carrots or drink tea: drown out hunger. Observe the balance: overeating for a diabetic patient is no less dangerous.
Menu diet for type 2 diabetes mellitus
In type 2 diabetes, a person can lead a normal lifestyle, making some changes to his diet. We suggest that you familiarize yourself with the sample diet menu for type 2 diabetes.
Day I.
- Breakfast. A portion of oatmeal porridge, a glass of carrot juice.
- Snack. Two baked apples.
- Dinner. Portion of pea soup, vinaigrette, a few slices of dark bread, a cup of green tea.
- Snack. Salad with carrots and prunes.
- Dinner. Buckwheat with mushrooms, cucumber, a little bread, a glass of mineral water.
- Before going to bed - a cup of yogurt.
Day II.
- Breakfast. Portion of cottage cheese with apples, a cup of green tea.
- Snack. Cranberry juice, cracker.
- Dinner. Bean soup, fish casserole, cabbage salad, bread, compote of dried fruits.
- Snack. A sandwich with diet cheese, tea.
- Dinner. Vegetable stew, a piece of dark bread, a cup of green tea.
- Before going to bed, a cup of milk.
Day III.
- Breakfast. Cheeses with raisins for a couple, tea with milk.
- Snack. A few apricots.
- Dinner. A portion of a vegetarian borsch, baked fish fillet with greens, a little bread, a glass of rose hip broth.
- Snack. Portion of fruit salad.
- Dinner. Stewed cabbage with mushrooms, bread, a cup of tea.
- Before going to bed - yogurt without additives.
Day IV.
- Breakfast. Protein omelet, whole wheat bread, coffee.
- Snack. A glass of apple juice, cracker.
- Dinner. Tomato soup, chicken fillet with vegetables, bread, a cup of tea with lemon.
- Snack. A piece of bread with curd pasta.
- Dinner. Carrot cutlets with Greek yoghurt, bread, a cup of green tea.
- Before going to bed, a glass of milk.
Day V.
- Breakfast. Two soft-boiled eggs, tea with milk.
- Snack. A handful of berries.
- Dinner. Cabbage soup from fresh cabbage, potato cutlets, vegetable salad, bread, a glass of compote.
- Snack. Cottage cheese with cranberries.
- Dinner. Fish cutlet, steamed, a serving of vegetable salad, some bread, tea.
- Before going to bed, a glass of curdled milk.
Day VI.
- Breakfast. A portion of millet cereal with fruit, a cup of tea.
- Snack. Fruit salad.
- Dinner. Soup of celery, barley porridge with onions and vegetables, a little bread, tea.
- Snack. Curd with lemon.
- Dinner. Potato cutlets, tomato salad, a piece of boiled fish, bread, a cup of compote.
- Before going to bed - a glass of yogurt.
Day VII.
- Breakfast. Portion of curd casserole with berries, a cup of coffee.
- Snack. Fruit juice, cracker.
- Dinner. Onion soup, steamed chicken cutlets, a serving of vegetable salad, a little bread, a cup of compote from dried fruits.
- Snack. An Apple.
- Dinner. Vareniki with cabbage, a cup of tea.
- Before going to bed - yogurt.
Recipes for type 2 diabetes mellitus
Appetizer from vegetables
We need: 6 medium tomatoes, two carrots, two bulbs, 4 bell peppers, 300-400 g white cabbage, a little vegetable oil, bay leaf, salt and pepper.
We chop the cabbage, cut the peppers into strips, tomatoes - brusochkami, bulbs - semirings. Stew on low heat with vegetable oil and spices.
When serving, sprinkle with herbs. You can use it yourself or as a side dish to meat or fish.
Soup with tomatoes and bell peppers
One bulb, one Bulgarian pepper, two potatoes, two tomatoes (fresh or canned), a tablespoon of tomato paste, 3 cloves of garlic, ½ tsp of cumin, salt, paprika, about 0.8 liters of water will be needed.
Tomatoes, peppers and onions cut into cubes, stew in a saucepan with tomato paste, paprika and several spoonfuls of water. Caraway seeds are crushed by a crush or in a coffee grinder. We cut the potatoes into cubes, add them to vegetables, salt and pour hot water. We cook until the potatoes are ready.
A few minutes before the readiness, we add to the soup cumin and crushed garlic. Sprinkle with herbs.
Vegetables and minced meatballs
We will need: ½ kg of chicken, one egg, one small head of cabbage, two carrots, two onions, 3 cloves of garlic, a glass of kefir, a tablespoon of tomato paste, salt, pepper, vegetable oil.
Finely shred cabbage, chop the onion, three carrots on a small grater. Onions are fried, add vegetables and stew for 10 minutes, let cool. In the meantime, add the egg, spices and salt to the stuffing, mix it.
Vegetables are added in minced meat, mixed again, we form meatballs and put them into shape. We prepare sauce: kefir is mixed with crushed garlic and salt, we water the meatballs. Top with some tomato paste or juice. Place the meatballs in the oven at 200 ° C for about 60 minutes.
Bon Appetit.
Lentil soup
We need: 200 g of red lentils, 1 liter of water, a little olive oil, one onion, one carrot, 200 g of mushrooms (champignons), salt, greens.
We cut an onion, mushrooms, we rub on a grater carrots. Heat the frying pan, pour a little vegetable oil, fry the onions, mushrooms and carrots for 5 minutes. Add lentils, pour water and cook on low heat under the lid for about 15 minutes. A few minutes before the readiness to add salt, spices. Grind in a blender, divide into portions. This soup is very tasty with rye croutons.
Pancakes made from cabbage
You will need: ½ kg of cabbage, a little parsley, a tablespoon of kefir, a chicken egg, 50 g of solid diet cheese, salt, a tablespoon of bran, 2 tablespoons of flour, ½ teaspoon of baking soda or baking powder, pepper.
Finely chop the cabbage, for 2 minutes we immerse in boiling water, let the water drain. We add chopped greens, grated cheese, kefir, egg, a spoon of bran, flour and baking powder into cabbage. Solim and pepper. Mix the mixture and put it in the refrigerator for half an hour.
We put the parchment in parchment and grease with vegetable oil. Spoon the mass onto parchment in the form of a pancake, put in the oven for about half an hour at 180 ° C, until golden.
We serve with Greek yogurt or independently.
Diet in type 2 diabetes mellitus can be reviewed by the doctor taking into account the degree of pathology, as well as the presence of additional diseases. In addition to diet, it is necessary to comply with all the prescriptions of the doctor, avoid heavy physical exertion. Only with this approach to treatment, a stable and effective improvement in the patient's condition is possible.
What can you eat with type 2 diabetes?
- bakery products from rye flour, from wheat flour of II grade, with bran;
- The first dishes are mostly from vegetables, with a small amount of potatoes. A weak and fat-free fish and meat soup is allowed;
- low-fat meat, chicken, fish;
- low-fat dairy products, fresh yogurt, yogurt, cottage cheese, diet cheese;
- Grains: buckwheat, millet, oatmeal, pearl barley;
- unsweetened varieties of fruits and berries;
- greens, vegetables: lettuce leaves, cabbage, cucumber, zucchini, tomato, eggplant, bell pepper, etc.
- seasoning, spices, including pepper;
- tea, coffee (not to abuse), fruit and vegetable juice, compote.
What can not be eaten with type 2 diabetes?
- Dough, white flour, pies, sweets and biscuits, muffins and sweet biscuits;
- rich broth from meat or fish products;
- fat, fatty meat, fatty fish;
- salted fish, ram, herring;
- Cheese with a high fat content, cream and sour cream, sweet cheese and cheese mass;
- dishes from manga and rice, macaroni from white flour of the highest quality;
- pickles and marinades;
- sugar, honey, sweets, sweet soda, juices from packages;
- ice cream;
- sausages, sausages, sausages;
- mayonnaise and ketchup;
- margarine, confectionery fat, spread, butter;
- food from fast food restaurants (French fries, hot dogs, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, etc.);
- salted nuts and croutons;
- alcohol and alcohol beverages.
It is necessary to limit the use of nuts and seeds (because of the high content of fat in them), vegetable oils.