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By Anita Cherrys

Food Therapy should be followed under the supervision from your doctor. Check your
sugar level frequently so that sugar levels do not go beyond the recommended level.

Foods to avoid

It is always advisable to avoid some foods if you are diabetic such as refined sugar,
sweets, syrups, glucose, jam, molasses, fruit sugar, ice-cream, cakes, pastries,
sweet biscuits, chocolates, soft drinks, condensed milk, cream and fried foods.
Fats like butter, ghee and hydrogenated vegetable oil should also be avoided. White
sugar and white flour should be reduced drastically. Avoid all processed foods, junk food,
pastries, cookies, canned and preserved foods. They contain harmful preservatives and
lot of salt. Avoid soft drinks since these have a lot of sugar. Try to avoid fried foods
from your diet. Smoking results in the using up of oxygen in the body. It will result
in less of oxygen needed by the body to metabolize glucose. So smoking should be avoided.

Foods to be limited

Salt consumption should be reduced to a minimum. You will get enough salt form the
vegetables and fruits you eat. Reduce animal foods especially red meats. Reduce poultry
and egg. Reduce caffeine and alcohol. Do not drink tea and coffee more than 2 cups a day.
Try to replace it with green tea or herbal teas like Parsley tea, Blueberry leaf,
Tea made of tender walnut tree leaves, Water in which kidney bean pods have been
cooked is good diabetes.

Do not consume alcohol in empty stomach. Alcohol on an empty stomach can cause low blood
glucose or hypoglycemia.Foods that should be consumed in moderation are honey and other
natural sugars like palm sugar, dates which can be used instead of white sugar. Remember
these should be consumed in very little quantity only.Pasta, coconut, other nuts,
unsweetened juices, eggs should be limited. You can replace it with whole grain,
unpolished rice and Soya products. Try to eat whole grain bread instead of white flour.
Fats like olive oil and peanut oil are more advisable that hydrogenated fats. Low fat
food like skimmed milk and low fat home made cottage cheese can be taken in moderation.
You can also substitute it with yoghurt. Sea food and fish also can be taken in moderation.

Foods to be taken

Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day. An alkaline diet with natural food is recommended.
Wholegrain, fruits, nuts, vegetables, and dairy products form a good diet for the diabetic.
Raw vegetables can be taken in high quantities. It has been found that cooked foods raise
blood glucose higher than raw, unpeeled foods. Cooking destroys many of the enzymes and
some vitamins and minerals.

Eat at least five fruits every day. Fruits like grape fruit, pomegranate juice, Indian
blackberry, banana, granny smith apples, fig, cranberries, black berry, kiwi fruits,
and citrus fruits are highly recommended. It can be taken as a snack. Cucumber, Lettuce,
onion, garlic string beans cucumber radish, tomato, carrot, leaves; spinach turnip, cabbage
and Jerusalem artichoke are good for diabetes. Colorful vegetables are good for the
functioning of pancreas. Drink Fruit juices without sugar. Brewer’s yeast and sprouted
alfalfa and mung beans are good for the body. Unripe banana also can be cooked and eaten.

The most important of all is eating high fiber diet which lowers need for insulin. It releases
energy into the body slowly. It has also been found that diabetes decreases and may even
disappear in people eating a high fiber or whole food diet. High fiber diet has more chromium
and chromium is very good for people with diabetes. Eat lots of potassium rich foods like
raw peanuts, tomato, bananas, melons, dried peas, potatoes, apple cider vinegar, skimmed
milk powder, wheat but do not take potassium supplements.

Include soluble fiber in your meals like barley, oatmeal, almond meal, dried beans, kidney beans,
cooked black beans, peas, cereals, chickpeas, Bengal gram which has low glycemic index,
Black gram, lentils and corn or garbanzo beans to helps considerably in reducing blood sugar
levels. Soy products like tofu, tempeh, soymilk, soya powder, soy bean sprouts, nuggets etc
are also very good in containing neurological complications in diabetes. You can make bread
out of any of the whole grains.

Get a lot of soluble fiber into your diet. When you eat lots of bread, cereal and starchy
vegetables you will get enough of starches which is very helpful for diabetes. Insoluble
fibers, found in bran (oat bran, wheat bran), whole grain breads, whole grains and nuts,
act as intestinal scrubbers by cleaning out the lower gastrointestinal tract. Fiber cleans
your intestinal tract by moving out the food so that it wouldn’t stay
there and putrefy. Butter milk and yoghurt diet are very beneficial.

Helpful herbs and vegetables

1. Bitter Gourd (Karela): Bitter gourd Momordica-charantia or bitter melon juice contains
plant insulin and should be taken 2 ounce 2 times daily on an empty stomach. It is found
to be very effective for diabetes. Or It can be cooked as any vegetable and eaten. Or The
bitter melon powder can be made by drying. Take bitter gourd powder I teaspoon daily in
empty stomach.

2. Taking half a teaspoon of cinnamon a day may help prevent the onset of diabetes. Even
soaking a cinnamon sticks in your tea, could also benefit non-diabetics who have blood sugar
problem but are unaware of it.

3. 30 gram fenugreek seeds can be soaked in a glass of water at night and after 12 hours take
it and grind it into a paste with the soaked water and drink it on a empty stomach. Or 2
teaspoon if powdered seeds can be taken with water or milk. Or You can add fenugreek into
anything you cook.

4. Eating upto 3 grapefruits a day has also been helpful.

5. 1 tablespoon of amla (Emblica officinalis) after removing the seeds extract the juice and
mix with a cup of bitter gourd juice and take daily for 2months in a empty stomach.

6. Gymnema Sylvestre a traditional ayurvedic herb the leaf of which is to be taken up
to 4 grams per day.

7. Indian blackberry seeds or Jamun seed powder (scientific name of Jamun is Eugenia jambolana
or Syzygium cumini L and) is very good for diabetes. Take 1/4th teaspoon with 1 teasoon
honey for 50 days.

8. Eating freshly crushed raw garlic 3-4 grams a day lowers blood sugar. You can wash it down
with a glass of water.

9. Neem seeds daily 2 times a pinch. Taking a gram of neem leaf daily helps in diabetes.
10. Bael (Aegle marmelos) : The leave of the bael tree when chewed are very useful in diabetes.
Pulp of this fruit could be dried and taken in doses of 5 to 10 gms a day.

11. A pinch of pure turmeric powders mixed in amla juice (Indian goose berry) and eat
daily in empty stomach.

12. Use of turmeric and gooseberry in equal quantities in powder form taken with warm water is
very useful in this behalf. These activate the pancreatic cells and more insulin is produced.

13. Wild jeerakam cumin seeds black colored 60 gm in 1 liter and boil a reduce it ti 1/4th
liter and take half divide it into two equal parts and drink one part in the morning and one
in the evening 2 times daily.

14. Grind (Bacopa monnieri )Bhrahmi and add a teaspoon of it to milk and drink.

Vitamins that help

Supplements in natural forms are more conducive to the body. Magnesium supplementation has
been shown to improve insulin sensitivity. Vitamin C: 500 mg is recommended. Vitamin E: This
vitamin is very valuable for diabetes. A daily dose of 200 i.u. of Vitamin E is recommended
for a fortnight at a time. Chromium: Whole grains, seeds, mushrooms, corn oil and brewer’s
yeast are relatively good sources of biologically valuable chromium. Vitamin A:. Take A
dose of 15,000i.u. on alternate days. Vitamin B: Avoid large dosage of vitamin B because
this vitamin interferes with the absorption of insulin by cells.

Things to do

Controlling your Weight is the best way to treat diabetes. Exercise improves the body's
response to insulin. An exercise program should be started only with the advice of a doctor
to avoid unnecessary complications. Walking, light games, jogging and swimming are also good.

Yoga can help a lot. To relieve stress do meditation once a day for 10 to 40 minutes.
Yogic asanas like Siddhasana, Vajrasana, Talasana, Yastikasana,, like Yogamudra, Hastapadasana,
Paschimottanasana, Chakrasana, Ustrasana, Bhujangasana, Sarvangasana and Viparitakarani,
as halasana, shalabhasana, dhanurasana, Pratipaksabhavana and shavasana will also be beneficial.

Anita Cherrys is a health enthusiast who offers informative tips on certified organic products.
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