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Nutrition for type 2 diabetes mellitus
Last reviewed: 20.10.2021
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[Menu with type 2 diabetes mellitus
What should be the menu for type 2 diabetes? A person suffering from this disease needs to adhere to a certain type of food. Therefore, an exemplary menu for the week will be presented below.
- So, on Monday for tomorrow should be used, a little fresh carrots of butter, milk porridge, oatmeal, bread with bran and tea without sugar. Do not ignore the second breakfast. In this period it is desirable to eat an apple and drink all the tea without sugar. For lunch, vegetable borsch, roast, fresh vegetable salad, bread with bran and compote from dried fruits will suit. The snack should be easy and include an orange and tea with sugar. For dinner, you should eat cottage cheese casserole, green peas, bread and compote of dried fruits. Before going to bed, drink a glass of yogurt.
- On Tuesday morning it is desirable to use a light salad with apples, a little boiled fish, rye bread and tea with sugar replacer. A little later, eat vegetable puree and drink tea without sugar. For dinner, vegetable soup, boiled chicken, apple, a little bread with bran and mineral water. Curd cheese cakes and a little broth of rose hips will come to an afternoon snack. For dinner, soft-boiled eggs, cutlets with meat and cabbage, bread with bran and tea without sugar. Before going to bed, a burger.
- In the middle of the week, namely on Wednesday, you should use buckwheat porridge, low-fat cottage cheese, a slice of black bread and tea without sugar. At the second breakfast, just compote. Lunch - vegetable borsch, stewed cabbage, boiled oil, jelly, bread and mineral water. You should eat an apple for a snack. For dinner, you can eat meatballs, cabbage schnitzel, stewed vegetables and broth of wild rose. Before going to bed drinking yogurt.
- Thursday. For breakfast, boiled beets with rice porridge, a couple of pieces of cheese and a little bran bread, you can drink coffee, but without sugar. Grapefruit for a second breakfast. By lunchtime, fish soup, courgette caviar, chicken meat, some bread and a lemon drink without sugar should be served. For a mid-morning snack, a salad of fresh cabbage and tea without sugar. Buckwheat porridge, fresh cabbage, bread with bran and tea with sweetener perfectly fit for dinner. Before going to bed a glass of milk.
- On a Friday morning it is worth eating a carrot-apple salad with cottage cheese, bread with bran and tea without sugar. For the second breakfast, an apple and mineral water. Vegetable sura, meat goulash, caviar, bread and jelly are suitable for lunch. For a snack, it's worth eating a little fruit salad and drinking tea without sugar. For dinner, fish schnitzel, wheat cereal, bread with bran and tea without sugar. Before going to bed, you should drink a glass of yogurt.
- On Saturday and Sunday it is worth repeating the diet of Monday and Tuesday, but instead of tea it is desirable to drink chicory. That's what nutrition should be for diabetes. It is worth noting that this is an approximate menu. A detailed diet will be made by the attending physician.
Recipes for type 2 diabetes mellitus
Naturally, the first thing that should be excluded from the diet is sugar. On the one hand it seems that this is all, but in fact the list is quite large. It should be noted that there are certain recipes, according to which it is worth eating. Therefore, a couple of examples of them will be presented below.
With diabetes, almost all soups are useful. Most of them have a low content of glycemic parameters. Therefore, they are "unchanging" attributes of any table. The most delicious soup is pea. Prepare it very simply. Just boil the peas and add the potatoes and seasonings to taste. Such a soup can be called dietary. If there is a desire, it is completely permitted to add a little meat. In this case, a beef broth, yolk and literally 20-30 grams of ham will suit.
It's clear that diabetics also like sweets. Therefore, it is worth considering the recipe for cheese curds. For their preparation you need to take 100 grams of flour, 200 ml of milk, a couple of eggs, a tablespoon of sugar substitute, a little oil and salt to taste. For the filling suitable dried cranberries, a couple of eggs, butter, 250 dietary curd, orange peel. To make the glaze you need to take vanilla flavor, one egg, 130 ml of milk, and a half teaspoon of sweetener. To make pancakes, you have to sift the flour and add all the other ingredients. Everything is thoroughly mixed and the frying process begins. Meanwhile it's time to start stuffing. Mashed butter is mixed with orange peel, here is added cottage cheese, yolks and cranberries. After that, all the ingredients are beaten on a blender. The resulting mass is mixed with cottage cheese. The filling should be put in pancakes and sent to the oven for a few minutes. Here such tasty meal can be at a diabetes of 2 types.
Fruits with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Most people think that with diabetes it is impossible to eat fruit at all. It is not true. You need to know what you can use, that's all.
The first thing you need to understand is that you need to eat everything in moderation. So, it is possible to eat apples, pears and citrus fruits. As for the last fruits, they include grapefruits and oranges. From the use of lemons it is better to refuse. The main thing is always to know the measure. Due to the high content of carbohydrates, all of the above fruits do not cause a sharp surge in blood glucose levels.
Among the allowed fruits include mango, papaya, pineapple, melon and watermelon. It is necessary to understand that the maximum glycemic index of fruits that have undergone any kind of treatment. So with diabetes it is possible to eat almost all berries and fruits. True, the proportion should be quite small. If we are talking about apples and pears, then the size of the fruit should not exceed the palm. In general, without consulting a doctor, you should not use any fruit. Because nutrition in type 2 diabetes still requires an individual approach.