Believers With Diabetes
BWD has been created as a resource for Diabetes information ranging from medical news to helpful hints for managing your diet. Visit often. Ask questions. Learn! Serve God by keeping your body in subjection.
1 Corinthians 9:27
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. KJV
INFORMATIONAL PURPOSE ONLY!
Gaining an understanding of portion control is one of the most important things you will learn about changing your eating habits. It is also one of the most difficlt things you will do and will be an ongoing challenge. I found a nice slide show that will be helpful in your quest to get your diabetes under control. Click the link below the image to see the slide show.
Diabetic Living has a good slide show about saving money and eating eathly. Take a look at these tips. You may pick up something new that will help you in your quest for eating well and cheap.
Healthy Portion Sizes
Take the time to watch this video. It will help you understand the correct portion size for a healthy diet.
Emotional triggers are all round you. With the best will in the world you try your best to follow your eating plan and suddenly you find yourself in line at your favorite fast food joint thinking about those curly fries or tacos. What gives?
Professionals came up with a diagnosis for this problem. It is known as emotional eating. This is eating that may be brought on by stress in your life. Think about it in terms of the ABC's. A - Antecedent...or anxiety that causes emotional eating B - Behavior that occurs after the emotional trigger...I will eat french fries or chocolate and feel better. C - Consequence...Now I feel guilty...and may be sick if I ate the wrong food for my diabetes.
Most of us are guilty of emotional eating. I never realized that I had been doing this for years until I became aware of the condition. Next time, think ABC and with a little self control you will be able to avoid the consequences of guilt and sickness that always follows.
Perhaps you might consider replacing food with a little prayer that gets you in touch with God who is the Great Comforter! BWD
Answer: The general starting point for a moderate-size, normal-weight woman is 45-60 grams of carbohydrates at each meal; for a moderate-size, normal-weight man is 60-75 grams of carbs per meal. Most people with diabetes don't need to eat snacks. However, if you enjoy eating a snack, use some of your daily allotted carb grams-15-30 grams.per snack.
I know it gets boring and hard to stay with the program every day. However, if you learn as much about eating the right way, you will soon begin making healthy choices by habit. This will change your life so get started learning today! You will also be happy knowing you are living a life that is pleasing to God! Let go and Let God!
Meal planning is a chore. When you have special dietary requirements it is even more of a chore. Making the best choice can make a difference to your diabetes health and cuts down on your overall carbohydrate and sugar intake. Stop bad choices at the grocery store and you will be ahead of the game in planning your dietary health. Here are some images that will make yourfood choices easier.
Choose the light version rather than the no sugar added. There is about 2/3 less sugar in the light version Ocean Spray Cranberry juice.
Choose the light version of yogurt rather than original. The strawberry banana has half the sugar that is in the original 27/14. Amazing difference!
If you like flavors such as cinnamon with your waffles add it yourself to the syrup or directly on the waffles. You will not have the added sugar.
Barbecue sauce is a big problem and if you choose original versions you will get too much sugar. Choose the light version.
Take the time to compare products when you shop. A little planning at the grocery store will make the difference in your meal planning. You will avoid the confusion that goes alone with meal planning for the special diet.
If you have any special requests please let me know I will find out as much as I can for you.
Before the days of MacDonald's and Jack-in-the-Box fruit was the favorite snack food. It was easily accessible and available whenever you needed a snack.
Dieticians recommend fruit as a healthy choice for a diabetic diet. In fact, a healthy target should be about 3-4 servings daily. The question becomes...what is a healthy portion?
I realized today that there is a need in our church for good information about Diabetes. This is the first post in my new blog devoted strictly to information about Diabetes, that will include meal plans, foods to eat, and answer questions. I will be sending out regular updates to help us all get this disease under control and keep it that way.
Diabetes is a terrible disease, and I know that God is able and willing to heal us of this disease. However, the problem with diabetes is that it is directly impacted by the foods we eat. God can heal you today but the underlying cause of the problem will not go away if the diet is not controlled. There is no getting around that fact.
There are two types of diabetes: Type I Type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed in children and young adults, and was previously known as juvenile diabetes. In type 1 diabetes, the body does not produce insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar (glucose), starches and other food into energy needed for daily life. Your body may produce little or no insulin. Only your doctor can tell you this for sure. Type II Results from insulin resistance (a condition in which the body fails to properly use insulin), combined with relative insulin deficiency. Most Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes have type 2 diabetes. Pre-diabetes Pre-diabetes is a condition that occurs when a person's blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. There are 57 million Americans who have pre-diabetes, in addition to the 23.6 million with diabetes.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basic rules to get started controlling your diet and your diabetes. 1. Drink at a minimum 64 ounces of water every day on top of any other liquids you may drink. The amount of water you should drink depends on your actual weight. I will find out this information and get it to you. 2. Exercise will help bring down high sugar levels in your blood. However, you should exercise AFTER EATING and not before. 3. PORTION CONTROL is the only way to balance the carbohydrate levels in your blood and keep them balanced. Learn the proper portion and eat 5-6 small meals instead of eating 3 meals per day. Three meals 45 gms carbs and three snacks 15 gms carbs. 4. Keep a diary of the foods that cause your blood glucose levels to spike or drop. You may discover that your pre-conceived ideas about what is bad for you is not really bad at all. Comparing your foods to your glucose levels will help you to find out what is going on in your body. 5. Try to balance your carbohydrate intake throughout the day. You do not have to give up eating your favorite foods, you merely have to limit the amount you eat at one time. Of course if you need to lose weight that will influence the food choices. However, if you do not need to lose weight you can take in more calories as long as you keep the carbs at the right level.
I will work on the new Diabetes blog and get it up and running asap. I believe that God has laid this on my heart to help all of us...including myself. Check out the links I have added below. It will not be easy to change our ways but with the help of the Lord we can do it! Remember:
