This is not in any way a
prescription as to how much you should eat. Your personal physician,
diabetes educator, or dietitian must determine that. Diets
change on a regular basis, I know cause I've been on more diets than I
can count on my fingers and toes throughout my 27+ years of being a
diabetic. Check with your doctor or nutrition educator before
changing your diet.
In order to use these meal
plans, you will first have to know at what calorie level you
should be eating. The American
Diabetes Association and the American
Medical Association recommend good eating habits along with being
physically active, and diligence in taking your prescribed
medications/insulin as an important part of diabetes self-management.
Since these plans are based on food exchanges, you'll need to consult
an exchange list at the back of most
diabetic cookbooks to see specific amounts allowed for each choice.
Generally speaking:
1 carbohydrate exchange provides
80 calories, 15 g carbohydrates, 3 g protein, and a trace fat-this
includes foods from the bread/starch, fruit, milk, and vegetable
groups (a serving of non-starchy vegetables provides 25 calories, 5 g
carbohydrates, 2 g protein, and 0 fat)
1 protein exchange provides 7 g
protein and varying numbers of calories and grams of fat, depending on
whether the choice is very low-fat, low-fat, medium-fat, or high-fat
choices
1 fat provides 45 calories, 0
protein, 0 carbohydrates, and 5 g fat
Remember these all correspond to
servings (weight) of the food you are going to eat - - that's why you
need to consult and learn how to use an exchange list.
View
Our Carb Exchange List
