How to Turn All Your Recipes into
Diabetic Recipes
Did you know there are some
fairly simple things you can change in many of your current recipes to
make them safe and healthy diabetic recipes? Starting with the basic
ingredients, this article will cover the often easy changes that will
allow you to enjoy delicious foods that are diabetic healthy!
If you have diabetes or are
worried about getting it, it’s important to adjust the recipes you use
to turn them into diabetic recipes. Many recipes can be adjusted to
remove foods that have a high glycemic index or that might contribute
to heart disease.
In particular, foods such as
potatoes, corn, refined white flour products (pasta, noodles, pastries,
cakes) should be reduced or avoided completely in diabetic recipes. In
addition, certain types of fat are particularly unhealthy for the
diabetic including hydrogenated oils or fats (trans fats) which have
actually been associated with the development of diabetes. Animal fats
such as butter, full fat cheeses and other dairy products should be
reduced and low fat or non-fat products used instead.
The major change to recipes
to make them a diabetic recipe is to remove any fat except olive oil, to
remove all sugar and use sugar substitutes, to add fiber, and use lots
of fresh fruits and vegetables. Now of course you’ve heard all of this
before and maybe it’s boring but if you want to keep yourself or your
diabetic relative/partner healthy, then these are the basics.
In your diabetic recipies,
you want to use low glycemic foods such as most vegetables, fish, low
fat meats and dairy products. Fish, in particular, is a very healthy
food for the diabetic because of the high percentage of DHA fatty acids
found in them. Wild caught salmon and sardines are best. These fish,
when eaten a couple of times per week help to prevent heart disease and
prostate cancer. A recent study done in Japan showed that people whose
main protein food is fish, have a very low rate of heart disease.
Beans and other legumes,
such as lentils are excellent foods for diabetic receipes. Add some
vegetables and you’ll have a great vegetarian chili (see vegetarian
chili recipe for diabetics). For protein, you can add tofu when
cooking or a bit of low fat cheese when you serve it.
Some examples of the kinds
of vegetables to include in diabetic recipes are chard, kale, spinach,
lettuce (especially romaine), celery, cucumber and most vegetables.
Salads are very healthful; use olive oil in the dressing with lemon or
vinegar and any herbs or spices that you like.
Making these simple changes
to your old recipes will help you to convert all of them to
healthy
diabetic recipes!
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