All persons with diabetes can benefit from basic information concerning carbohydrate foods, portion sizes,and amounts to select for meals. Research supports nutrition therapy as an effective therapy in reaching treatment goals for glycemia, lipids, and blood pressure.
Nutrition therapy for type 2 (Insulin dependent) diabetes progresses from prevention of obesity or weight gain to improving insulin resistance to contributing to improved metabolic control.
When it comes to managing diabetes, the carbohydrates, or carbs, you eat play an important role.
Strong evidence suggests that the total amount of carbohydrate in meals (or snacks) is more important than the source or type they impact your blood sugar. There are three main types of carbohydrates in food—starches, sugar and fiber. As you’ll see on the nutrition labels for the food you buy, the term “total carbohydrate”refers to all three of these types.
social,cultural, or emotional reasons. And because each of us is different, we each need to find an eating plan best matches both our nutrition and lifestyleneeds.