Can anyone provide me with a meal plan for type 1 diabetes with a few choices on there and some reasons as to why they chose those particular foods? Thanks.
micksmixxx - Anything and everything, so long as the type 1 diabetic counts the carbohydrate value and administers the correct amount of insulin to cover those carbs.
Ben Trolled - Shannon, eating by the following will lower your insulin use.Also a great way for the whole family to eat. http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm This table includes the glycemic index and glycemic load of more than 2,480 individual food items. Not all of them, however, are available in the United States. They represent a true international effort of testing around the world.
The glycemic index (GI) is a numerical system of measuring how much of a rise in circulating blood sugar a carbohydrate triggers–the higher the number, the greater the blood sugar response. So a low GI food will cause a small rise, while a high GI food will trigger a dramatic spike. A list of carbohydrates with their glycemic values is shown below. A GI is 70 or more is high, a GI of 56 to 69 inclusive is medium, and a GI of 55 or less is low.
The glycemic load (GL) is a relatively new way to assess the impact of carbohydrate consumption that takes the glycemic index into account, but gives a fuller picture than does glycemic index alone. A GI value tells you only how rapidly a particular carbohydrate turns into sugar. It doesn't tell you how much of that carbohydrate is in a serving of a particular food. You need to know both things to understand a food's effect on blood sugar. That is where glycemic load comes in. The carbohydrate in watermelon, for example, has a high GI. But there isn't a lot of it, so watermelon's glycemic load is relatively low. A GL of 20 or more is high, a GL of 11 to 19 inclusive is medium, and a GL of 10 or less is low.
Foods that have a low GL almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL range from very low to very high GI.
Both GI and GL are listed here. The GI is of foods based on the glucose index–where glucose is set to equal 100. The other is the glycemic load, which is the glycemic index divided by 100 multiplied by its available carbohydrate content (i.e. carbohydrates minus fiber) in grams. (The "Serve size (g)" column is the serving size in grams for calculating the glycemic load; for simplicity of presentation I have left out an intermediate column that shows the available carbohydrates in the stated serving sizes.) Take, watermelon as an example of calculating glycemic load. Its glycemic index is pretty high, about 72. According to the calculations by the people at the University of Sydney's Human Nutrition Unit, in a serving of 120 grams it has 6 grams of available carbohydrate per serving, so its glycemic load is pretty low, 72/100*6=4.32, rounded to 4.
A. Thorne - I use the following book a lot. The meals have the carbs amounts listed and the combinations in forming a healthy diet that can help control blood sugar is almost infinite.
Cammie - There is no one size fits all diabetes diet. A two yr old can have type 1. An Olympic athlete can have type 1. A business woman can have type 1. A full time student can have type 1 . A 90 yr old man who has kidney disease can have type 1.
Each of these people will need an individualized diet plan.We count our carbohydrate intake and dose for our carbs, present sugar level and level of exercise.
John W - The diabetic diet is a myth. A lot of people will thumb this down because of that statement but they need to read the references before they succumb to their preconceived notions and note where the references are from.
A diabetic has to match his insulin to his carbohydrate intake and therefore must monitor what he plans to eat and adjust his medication and insulin accordingly. If he is not on insulin, then he should choose smaller more frequent meals and higher glycemic index meals so that the glucose load is spread out. If he is on insulin than the many meals and lower glycemic index foods would just mean more insulin shots and different mixes of insulin so contrary to popular belief, a low glycemic index isn't purely good for a diabetic, there is no good or bad, there's only a balance, a low glycemic index can be good if it meets the bolus shot profile used. As a diabetic must monitor their diet, they might as well choose a healthy diet.
What a diabetic should eat is what we should all be eating and that is a healthy diet.
John Smith - Increase the number of days you go to the gym. Work out everyday. As it will not only burn calories but also keep you healthy. Inculcate few healthy habits in your day to day life like eat a healthy meal each day. Also avoid consumption of sugar. Instead try this natural sweetener called Natvia http://natvia.com/ it will help. It helped me loose 5 pounds.! Also include lots of vegetables and fruits in your diet. Eat 4 small meals everyday. and do not skip your break fast. Also drink one glass of warm water before and after every meal. Try exercising a little each day. If you can't go to a gym for some reasons than just take a walk every morning and evening around your complex compound or just climb a flight of steps up and down. it should help. Good luck
Can anyone provide me with a meal plan for type 1 diabetes with a few choices on there and some reasons as to why they chose those particular foods? Thanks.
micksmixxx - Anything and everything, so long as the type 1 diabetic counts the carbohydrate value and administers the correct amount of insulin to cover those carbs.
ReplyDeleteBen Trolled - Shannon, eating by the following will lower your insulin use.Also a great way for the whole family to eat.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm
This table includes the glycemic index and glycemic load of more than 2,480 individual food items. Not all of them, however, are available in the United States. They represent a true international effort of testing around the world.
The glycemic index (GI) is a numerical system of measuring how much of a rise in circulating blood sugar a carbohydrate triggers–the higher the number, the greater the blood sugar response. So a low GI food will cause a small rise, while a high GI food will trigger a dramatic spike. A list of carbohydrates with their glycemic values is shown below. A GI is 70 or more is high, a GI of 56 to 69 inclusive is medium, and a GI of 55 or less is low.
The glycemic load (GL) is a relatively new way to assess the impact of carbohydrate consumption that takes the glycemic index into account, but gives a fuller picture than does glycemic index alone. A GI value tells you only how rapidly a particular carbohydrate turns into sugar. It doesn't tell you how much of that carbohydrate is in a serving of a particular food. You need to know both things to understand a food's effect on blood sugar. That is where glycemic load comes in. The carbohydrate in watermelon, for example, has a high GI. But there isn't a lot of it, so watermelon's glycemic load is relatively low. A GL of 20 or more is high, a GL of 11 to 19 inclusive is medium, and a GL of 10 or less is low.
Foods that have a low GL almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL range from very low to very high GI.
Both GI and GL are listed here. The GI is of foods based on the glucose index–where glucose is set to equal 100. The other is the glycemic load, which is the glycemic index divided by 100 multiplied by its available carbohydrate content (i.e. carbohydrates minus fiber) in grams. (The "Serve size (g)" column is the serving size in grams for calculating the glycemic load; for simplicity of presentation I have left out an intermediate column that shows the available carbohydrates in the stated serving sizes.) Take, watermelon as an example of calculating glycemic load. Its glycemic index is pretty high, about 72. According to the calculations by the people at the University of Sydney's Human Nutrition Unit, in a serving of 120 grams it has 6 grams of available carbohydrate per serving, so its glycemic load is pretty low, 72/100*6=4.32, rounded to 4.
Take care
Ben Trolled
A. Thorne - I use the following book a lot. The meals have the carbs amounts listed and the combinations in forming a healthy diet that can help control blood sugar is almost infinite.
ReplyDeletehttp://shopdiabetes.org/101-american-diabetes-association-month-of-meals.aspx
Cammie - There is no one size fits all diabetes diet.
ReplyDeleteA two yr old can have type 1.
An Olympic athlete can have type 1. A business woman can have type 1.
A full time student can have type 1 .
A 90 yr old man who has kidney disease can have type 1.
Each of these people will need an individualized diet plan.We count our carbohydrate intake and dose for our carbs, present sugar level and level of exercise.
John W - The diabetic diet is a myth. A lot of people will thumb this down because of that statement but they need to read the references before they succumb to their preconceived notions and note where the references are from.
ReplyDeleteA diabetic has to match his insulin to his carbohydrate intake and therefore must monitor what he plans to eat and adjust his medication and insulin accordingly. If he is not on insulin, then he should choose smaller more frequent meals and higher glycemic index meals so that the glucose load is spread out. If he is on insulin than the many meals and lower glycemic index foods would just mean more insulin shots and different mixes of insulin so contrary to popular belief, a low glycemic index isn't purely good for a diabetic, there is no good or bad, there's only a balance, a low glycemic index can be good if it meets the bolus shot profile used. As a diabetic must monitor their diet, they might as well choose a healthy diet.
What a diabetic should eat is what we should all be eating and that is a healthy diet.
John Smith - Increase the number of days you go to the gym. Work out everyday. As it will not only burn calories but also keep you healthy. Inculcate few healthy habits in your day to day life like eat a healthy meal each day. Also avoid consumption of sugar. Instead try this natural sweetener called Natvia http://natvia.com/ it will help. It helped me loose 5 pounds.! Also include lots of vegetables and fruits in your diet. Eat 4 small meals everyday. and do not skip your break fast. Also drink one glass of warm water before and after every meal. Try exercising a little each day. If you can't go to a gym for some reasons than just take a walk every morning and evening around your complex compound or just climb a flight of steps up and down. it should help. Good luck
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