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FOOD FOR PEOPLE ON INSULIN Insulin Carbohydrates IT’S ALL ABOUT BALANCE Balance Your Carbohydrates with Your Insulin Eat the same amount of carbohydrates every meal. Use your fist to help estimate your portions. If you choose to eat 2 fists carbohydrates for breakfast you need to eat 2 fists of carbohydrates for lunch and supper every day. If you choose to eat 4 fists carbohydrates for breakfast you need to eat 4 fists of carbohydrates for lunch and supper every day. o The worst thing you can do when you are taking a fixed dose of insulin is to eat very different amounts of carbohydrates at different meals. This will make your blood sugar go up and down too much. The dose of insulin should match the amount of carbohydrates in your meal. Two to three fists of carbohydrates every meal is a reasonable amount of carbohydrates. Carbohydrates include the following Bread Pasta Cereal Fruit Crackers Beans Potatoes Corn Peas Plain/lite yogurt Milk Sweets and desserts are also carbohydrates. Half a fist of a dessert is equivalent to one to one and a half fists of the other carbohydrates. It is OK to include sweet treats in your diet every once in a while, but make sure to watch your portions. Sugar-free foods are not necessarily carbohydrates free. Remember sugarfree cookies contain flour and sugar-free pudding contains milk. Some of the sugar-free foods are sweetened with sugar alcohols such as sorbitol, mannitol and xylitol, which may cause diarrhea and gas. These foods may still have lots of calories and fat. Fruit juices and regular pop are also carbohydrates. An 8 oz cup of juice or regular pop is equivalent to 1 fist of carbohydrates. Keep Your Overall Diet Balanced Eat a variety of foods. When awake eat every 4-6 hours. Include fiber rich foods like beans, fruits, vegetables, whole grains and nuts. Choose lean meats. Choose liquid fats. Limit deep frying. Remember, no food is totally forbidden. Meat and Meat Substitutes Choose 2 to 3 portions every day (1 portion is as big as the palm of a hand) Beef Cheese Eggs Fish Peanut butter Pork Poultry Nuts Tofu Fats Choose 3-4 portions a day. One portion of fat is equal to The equivalent of the tip of a thumb of oil, butter, regular mayo and margarine. The equivalent of 1 thumb of regular dressing or cream cheese 1 slice of bacon A small handful of nuts Free Foods Vegetables low in starch Beans, green Beets Broccoli Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Celery Cucumbers Mushrooms Okra Onions Peppers Other Unsweetened coffee and tea Diet pop Sugar-free gelatin Herbs and spices Vinegar and lemon juice Garlic Splenda (yellow packet) Equal (Blue packet) Sweet ’N Low (pink packet) Asulfame K Radishes Salad greens Tomatoes Turnips Zucchini FOOD LABELS Nutrition Facts Serving size 1 cup (228g) Servings per container 2 Amount per serving Calories 250 Fat 110 Total fat 12g Saturated fat 3g Trans fat 0g Total carbohydrates 31g Dietary fiber 1g Sodium 470 mg Calories from % Daily Values 18% 15% 20% Look for the serving size and the total amounts of carbohydrates in grams (g). Thirty grams of carbohydrates are equivalent to one fist.