Oct 31 2007
Tasty recipes for diabetes patients
Diabetes…it has become a common enemy of humans. The major reason why so many people are getting affected by this disease are today’s sedentery habits and culture, and of course Hereditary phenomen. Diabetes requires strict and stringent rules with regards to lifestyle and eating habits.
I can imagine how hard it is to control when you really want to eat tasty mouthwatering sweets. I have seen my mother go through it and it makes me feel very sad. From now on, I am going to add some diabetes friendly recipes on my website.
Some of the vegetables, fruits and seeds which are good for diabetic patiens are -
- Indian gooseberry
- bittergourd
- tomatoes
- lettuce
- Spinach or palak
- Gongura
- Totakura aaku
- Carrots
- Ladyfinger
- Bottlegourd
- Snakegourd
- Brinjal
- onions
- garlic
- Bengal gram,
- Peanuts
- Soyabean or soya chunks or soya granules
- greengram, (all soaked, or sprouted – not fried)
- Plenty of fruit (they contain simple sugar like fructose), esp. grapefruit, jambul fruit.
- Methi (fenugreek seeds) or menthulu in telugu
- Turmeric powder
- Ginger powder or sonthi podi
- Jamun powder
Those to be avoided: Saturated and polysaturated fats Roots and tubers (potato, sweet potato) rich in carbohydrates Sweet foods, pickles, desserts, chocolates, biscuits, etc. Sucrose containing foods (which requires higher levels of insulin for metabolism).