Diabetes Lifestyle Changes

The diagnosis of diabetes has increased over the last couple of years and is affecting a wider range of individuals. The increase in obesity in this country could be a contributing factor to the increase in diabetes diagnosis. However, as research has set out to prove the connection between diabetes and genetics, others set out to find the correlation between diabetes control and lifestyle changes. Diabetes control takes more than medication alone, it needs a lifestyle that includes a healthy nutrition, exercise, and mental strength.
Healthy nutrition is the first factor in a diabetic control lifestyle. Notice that the word diet is not used. Diets are used for a certain amount of time and are easily disrupted with a minor change or alteration
Therefore, when too many carbohydrates are eaten and not enough insulin is present, then you get a high blood sugar reading. The amount of carbohydrates needed for the body to properly function in a diabetic state is set by either the doctor or nutritionist. For example, a serving of carbohydrates is normally 15 grams. The doctor may tell you to only eat 15 carbohydrates serving a day. At this point, you will need to monitor your carbohydrate intake to be sure not to go over 225 grams of carbohydrates. The other thing about carbohydrates is that it is in more foods than you think. A non-diabetic healthy lifestyle always pushes eating as many fruits and vegetables as possible. To the contrary, with a diabetic control lifestyle, some of the fruits and vegetables must be monitored due to the natural sugars in them. For instance, a banana is two carbohydrate servings and if not careful in your monitoring of your carbohydrates can cause you to go over and have slightly higher blood sugar reading. So, you should really sit and plan out what you are going to eat and make sure that you consider the grams of carbohydrates in the
A good base is for every serving of carbohydrates to eat one serving of protein, 7 grams. Therefore, a nutritional base of 225 grams of carbohydrates needs at least 105 grams of protein. Protein comes mostly in the form of meat and dairy. However, you must still monitor what you are eating. Eating a fatty pork chop is not going to give you the results that are desired. The best meat options are those that are leaner cuts of meat. A leaner cut of meat has less fat content. Portion control and portion size is important here. The serving size recommended for a beefsteak, for instance is 6 ounces. Consequently, anything bigger than that must be accounted for as more grams of protein. The same is with dairy products, the less fat the better. This leads to the discussion on how to incorporate fats into the healthy nutrition