Diabetes is diagnosed when the pancreas either does not produce insulin at all, or it still produces it, but in very small quantities.
There are 3 main types of diabetes: these are the first, second and gestational.
Before a person is diagnosed with diabetes, his body is in a state of prediabetes. This is a condition where the level of glucose in the blood exceeds the normal level, but, nevertheless, its indicator is slightly less than blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. Therefore, people in a state of prediabetes should be wary already, review their nutrition, make it the most correct.
What if high blood sugar? Nutrition (diet) - this is what will help restore health to normal. For recommendations, you must consult a doctor. The specialist will prescribe appropriate treatment, diet and exercise.
So, the most basic type of diabetes is called type 1. It is diagnosed in people at a young age, usually up to 20 years old. Many scientists believe that type 1 diabetes is a genetic disease that is inherited.
The second most common is type 2 diabetes. It is believed that this ailment develops with age, that is, gradually. Type 2 diabetes mellitus affects, as a rule, overweight people, most often women, after 40 years. This is also facilitated by a number of other circumstances, such as the absence of any physical exertion, a sedentary sedentary lifestyle and much more. Such people require a special diet for high sugar (in women or men). It is noteworthy that type 1 diabetes can go into type 2.
And the third type of disease is the gestational type. It occurs in pregnant women. The percentage is small, but, nevertheless, it is also necessary to treat it. Gestational diabetes disappears in women due to the birth of a child. In this case, it is recommended to follow a special diet for high sugar during pregnancy.
However, not only low insulin levels are dangerous for humans, high insulin is also not recommended. He is able to influence weight. In this case, a special diet is recommended - a diet with high insulin and normal sugar.
Treatment methods
For every type of diabetes and high cholesterol, the right treatment is needed. These include proper nutrition (or, in other words, a special diet with high sugar), the presence of physical activity, that is, sports, and the introduction of insulin.
Certain rules must be observed.
What kind? Below are the most basic diet rules for high sugar:
- The intake of complex carbohydrates should be exclusively in the morning.
- Drinking water is required up to one and a half liters every day.
- Meal should be fractional, at least 5-7 times a day.
- It is recommended to sleep at least 10 hours.
- Full-bodied people are extremely undesirable to eat various hot seasonings, spices, and also garlic.
- Soups are recommended to be eaten exclusively on vegetable broth.
- Fish and meat are best used in low-fat varieties.
- It is advisable to completely abandon butter and margarine.
- Vegetables should be less exposed to heat.
Despite all these rules, it is necessary to take into account the fact that if the glycemic index is above average, foods with a high carbohydrate content are undesirable.
Glycemic index are of three levels:
- from 0 to 49 units - this level is called low;
- up to 69 units is the average;
- the last level, that is, the third, is above 70 units.
However, there are products that do not contain any glucose at all, that is, their glycemic index is zero. But this does not mean at all that these products must necessarily be present in the diet of proper nutrition, since their biggest disadvantage is that they are rich in cholesterol. And cholesterol is known to be the “best friend” of diabetes.
What diet should be with high sugar? Let's find out.
List of allowed products
These foods are recommended with a high sugar diet.
The main ally of high sugar is cholesterol, together they contribute to the development of diabetes. That is why it is so important and necessary to draw up proper nutrition, a special diet with high sugar and blood cholesterol. And for this, it is necessary to completely eliminate easily digestible carbohydrates, as well as fatty fats.
So, the list of what is not only possible, but also necessary to eat during a diet with high sugar:
- In most cases, the use of bread and pastries is allowed, but exclusively from second-rate flour, rye or bran.
- Of complex carbohydrates, some cereals are allowed, such as barley, wheat, buckwheat. Moreover, cereals should be exclusively coarse.
- Poultry, beef, pork, lamb, turkey, rabbit meat, fish meat, as well as various seafood. The meat should be lean and skinless.
- Vegetables: various greens, cucumbers, zucchini, beans, onions, potatoes, white cabbage, cauliflower, seaweed, broccoli. As for any other vegetables, for example, such as tomatoes, eggplant, then after using them, the glucose level must be checked with a special device, a glucometer. Thus, it is determined how these products affect a specific organism. You can use vegetables of any kind, that is, they can be baked, boiled or eaten raw. Potatoes are allowed to be used, but exclusively for baking. Mashed potatoes can not be prepared for people suffering from high levels of sugar and cholesterol. Greens and vegetables do not contain any proteins or fats, they contain fiber. Fiber helps eliminate unwanted things from the body.
- Dairy products should be low in fat content, i.e. up to 40%. Such products include sour cream, cottage cheese, milk, kefir, yogurt and so on.
- In some cases, you can use spices such as cinnamon, turmeric, ground black pepper.
- By the way, vegetable oil is also included in the list of allowed, but it is still more useful to use olive oil.
- Nuts are also recommended for food, for example, walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds.
- As for fruit, perhaps there is some exception. This is an avocado and some others.
- Olives and olives. They can be, but in small quantities.
Prohibited Products List
So, what’s allowed, they found out, but what’s not allowed, what foods are banned when dieting with high blood sugar? The following is a list:
- High fat foods are over 40%. These include milk, sour cream, cottage cheese, yogurt. In addition to the presence of high fat content, these products also contain a large amount of sugar.
- Hard cheeses with a high percentage of fat content, that is, over 40%.
- Baking, bakery and pasta made from premium flour.
- Fat meat.
- Meat offal, that is, the liver, lungs, stomach, and so on.
- Of complex carbohydrates, it is not recommended to eat semolina.
- Various jams, pickles, marinades.
- Smoked meats are also strictly prohibited.
- Sweets.
- Fruits.
- Alcoholic drinks.
- Effervescent drinks, i.e. sparkling water, and juices in bags.
- Tea and coffee are strong.
- Chocolate, Cocoa.
- Fast food and fast food.
- Sauces.
Note: people with diabetes and high cholesterol should not drink coffee with sugar and cream, because sugar contributes to the development of the disease, and the coffee contained in coffee contributes to an increase in blood cholesterol. Also dangerous for people with diabetes is boiled coffee. While following a special diet with high blood sugar, you can drink instant coffee, but in small quantities, about 1-2 cups, of course, without cream and sugar.
Any alcoholic beverages are prohibited because they significantly increase blood glucose levels.
Sample menu for people with high sugar and cholesterol
Next, an approximate diet menu for high blood sugar will be presented:
- First breakfast: buckwheat porridge, tea without sugar.
- Second breakfast: a salad of cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes.
- Lunch: lean vegetable soup, juice (carrot can be used), steamed cutlets, baked vegetables and fresh apple.
- Snack: oatmeal and orange juice.
- Dinner: baked fish with vegetables, tea without sugar.
Small recommendations when compiling the menu: you do not need to blindly follow certain nutritional rules, recipes, you need to form your diet wisely, that is, it is advisable to use vegetables and fruits growing in season. It is much more correct and convenient to use local varieties of vegetables and fruits, rather than overseas.
As a side dish, you can use pasta (the correct pasta on the packaging indicates the time of cooking), as well as some vegetables, such as stewed cabbage, zucchini, and eggplant.
Cooking Methods
During the diet, the following cooking methods are recommended: baking and stewing. Be sure to exclude frying and smoking.
Recipes for some dishes
Chicken soup. To prepare it you will need:
- chicken breast;
- potatoes;
- carrot;
- onion;
- garlic;
- greenery;
- spices and vegetable oil.
Cooking method:
- In a pan, lightly fry the carrots and onions in vegetable oil.
- Next, add chopped chicken breast with garlic.
- Close the pan with a lid and simmer until the meat is ready.
- Next, add finely chopped potatoes, add water, salt and add spices to taste.
- After the potatoes are ready, you need to add greens.
- Just another 2-3 minutes, let the soup boil and turn it off.
The dish is ready!
Vegetable salad. To prepare this dish, you will need the following ingredients:
- cauliflower;
- broccoli;
- Tomatoes
- cucumbers
- lettuce;
- a bunch of greenery;
- salt to taste;
- olive oil and lemon juice.
The cooking method is quite simple:
- Cauliflower and broccoli are recommended to be boiled and chopped finely.
- Next, add finely chopped tomatoes and cucumbers, lettuce and a bunch of greens.
- Salt to taste, add lemon juice and season everything with olive oil.
The salad is ready for consumption.
Chicken cutlets with green beans. To prepare them, you will need the following ingredients:
- Chicken fillet - 1 pc.
- Green beans - 100 gr.
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Flour (you can use either bran or whole grain) - 2 tbsp. spoons.
- Egg - 1 pc.
- Salt to taste.
Cooking method:
- First you need to prepare the chicken fillet, wash it under cold water, remove the remnants of the bones, excess fat, cut into pieces. Make stuffing. To do this, you can use either a blender or a meat grinder, to whom it is convenient.
- The resulting minced meat must be removed and transferred to a clean plate, put onion and green beans in its place.
- Combine the finished mass with minced meat, add flour, beat the egg, salt to taste.
- Next, you need to prepare a baking sheet for baking, you need to cover it with baking paper, sprinkle with a little flour.
- Wet cutlets with wet hands and lay them out on paper.
- Put in the oven for 20 minutes (cutlets will need to be turned over during cooking).
Sandwich with herring. Ingredients:
- Rye bread;
- processed cheese (you can also use a mixture of curd home-made);
- herring fillet;
- carrot;
- green onion.
Method of preparation: it is necessary to spread cream cheese on bread, then put the fish fillet, garnish with boiled carrots and sprinkle with green onions on top. The sandwich is ready.
Squash caviar. Ingredients:
- zucchini;
- onion;
- carrot;
- Tomatoes
- garlic;
- greenery;
- vegetable oil;
- water;
- salt.
Cooking method:
- Fresh young zucchini, without peeling soft peel, cut into cubes, then put in a pan. Add water (water should cover vegetables).
- Cook zucchini until soft.
- Finely chop the onions, carrots, lightly fry in vegetable oil, put in a saucepan to the zucchini.
- Next, add tomatoes, garlic, herbs, salt. Mix. Bring to a boil and cook for 15 minutes.
Caviar is ready!
Physical exercise
Diet is good, but it is important that physical activity is also present. The following types of such activities are recommended: sports or Nordic walking, fitness, swimming, yoga, running.
Manifestations of the disease
The following are symptoms of high blood cholesterol:
- Bags under the eyes.
- Rapid pulse.
- Headache.
- Visual impairment.
- Increased sweating.
- Fatigue is chronic.
- Swelling of the face.
- Some numbness in the fingers.
- Pressure surges.
Elevated cholesterol can even kill a person in a dream.
Diabetes has a very detrimental effect on the entire body as a whole, namely on the health status of the skin, hair, nails, vision is significantly reduced, ulcers appear and, worst of all, skin necrosis is possible.
The consequences of not treating diabetes are deplorable. According to statistics, in 90% of cases there is only one outcome - heart attack, stroke, and, ultimately, death.
findings
Diabetes is not a sentence, and if you organize proper nutrition, perform certain physical activities, undergo medical supervision, then an increase in sugar and cholesterol will not occur.
The article suggests a diet for high sugar. According to reviews, if you adhere to this nutritional technique, you can significantly alleviate your condition and normalize blood sugar levels. Of course, it is also important to apply medication.