Food and Drink That Causes Diabetes

Food and Drink That Causes Diabetes - Whenever we talk about diabetes most people associated it with excessive consumption of sugar. It is thought that taking a teaspoon to the morning coffee thing improvement, so we prevent disease attacking today to more than 210 million people in the world.

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While sugar abuse is one of the main causes, prevention does not pass through away from the sugar bowl. Without thinking about it, in our daily diet consume more than 25 teaspoons spread among soft drinks, snacks, cookies, chocolates, desserts, juices, soft drinks, and even fruit. In this sum are not counted or breakfast, lunch or dinner.

But let's go by parts. "Diabetes type 2 (the most common) occurs when the body is to use blood sugar for energy, but cannot do so because the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or because the quality of this is bad. This makes the glucose to accumulate in the blood, often leading to several complications such as kidney disease, loss of vision and vascular and cardiac problems,"says the nutritionist Armando Burga, elcomercio.pe told.

In 2010, the Ministry of Health said that 70% of people who have diabetes does not adequate control of their disease, it was estimated that about 700 thousand Peruvians who had this evil would develop long term, among other health complications, heart problems and even amputation of the lower limbs.

POWER

The American Diabetes Association recommended on your website follow the food pyramid of diabetic that divides the food into six groups. The first is the largest and it is composed of breads and grains, the second consists of vegetables, the third for fruits, the fourth from protein and fats, the fifth by milk and the sixth by oils, and sweets. This group is restricted and that occupies the last place in the list.

Enrique Jacoby, former Deputy Minister of health and one of the main propellers of an initiative restricting junk food, said elcomercio.pe that a person should consider all foods to meet your needs of energy, protein, vitamins and minerals. Despite that, he stressed that "you must control the quantity, quality, distribution and dispensing of carbohydrates and fats".

Furthermore, Fabiola Jiménez, of the Peruvian network of food and nutrition, recommended avoiding foods that are high in sugar: soda, juice box, yogurt, canned fruit, milk chocolate, desserts, etc. Many of these are too often in the lunch boxes.

On this subject Jimenez says that children are currently exposed to suffer from overweight and therefore also to be affected by diabetes. "Parents in the lunch boxes located many products such as juices, biscuits or chocolates that do not feed and bring negative consequences. They prefer these to an Apple or a few healthier sandwiches".

FOOD TO AVOID

Simple carbohydrates like honey, jams, jellies and sweets are going faster up the glucose in the blood, therefore avoid their consumption. Complex carbohydrates like fruits and vegetables must know how to balance them.

"Food with industrialized flour; should be excised avoid the pizzas, pasta, cakes and cakes so that you do not alter the level of glucose in the body. Starches are more dangerous than other sugars and are mainly present in vegetables and foods like pasta and bread. ", says Arnaldo Burga.

Most nutritionists counsel diabetics that they prioritise the consumption of fish from the meat. Among the fish that recommend including, the first will be those that have lower fat content.

The meat should cook grilled or broiled. Has the meat prominence within the diabetic cooking chicken, the breast being the most suitable part for the patient menu.

THE GREASE

Vicky Motta, nutritionist at the Diabetes Association of Peru, said in an interview with El Comercio that you should limit fats of animal origin or saturated. In addition, to minimize the consumption of fried foods. "You can change how to cook meals, opting for stews, baked, sancochados, roasted, grilled or Grill", indicates Motta.

ALCOHOL

Alcoholic beverages with a high quantity of sugar such as beer, wines, spirits and cider should be avoided. Those of low sugar content, as whisky can take sparingly and always at meals, since alcohol can reduce blood glucose levels and produce a hypoglycemia, which is dangerous.

FRUITS

Fruits such as grapes, kiwi, banana and plum should be avoided. "There is much abuse of acidic fruits, remember that moderation can consume anything practically," indicates Burga.

You must try containing the fruits that we will consume large amounts of water. Recommended: apples, pears, watermelons