Take Control Of Your Diabetes

"Based on the research and information I have on January 06, the following makes sense to me," Harlan Jacobsen Copyright © 2005

Diabetic Eating Tips As An Important Start

1. Eat only when hungry.

   
   

2. Eat less, eat often, every two hours a good pattern.

   
   

3. Graze, Have available and Eat a variety of small amounts of many things

   
   

4. Never stuff yourself, Chinese food factor it is called...stuffing even with sawdust gives you a high blood sugar reading.

   
   

5. Linking...Means always eat some protein when eating carbs...Mix..keeps from high spikes.

   
   

6. Make evening meal not the biggest meal.

   
   

7. Try to eat only very light snacks after 7 pm...

   
   

8. Never go hungry

   
   

9. Drink a glass of water every two hours around the clock Do not confuse thirst with hunger.

   
   

10. Never go more then two hours without food on awakening

    
    

11. Never go more than 5 hours without food.

    
    

12. Have a variety of nuts and seeds, always available, such as sunflower etc. available for snacks. Disregard fat, insignificant in most cases.

    
    

13. Buy and Use unsalted unroasted nuts and seeds..

    
    

14. No peanuts, no Cashews

    
    

15. No canned or tinned food.
    

    
    

16. No man made (engineered fats) such as Crisco, Margarine, Mazola etc.

    
    

17. No transfats or hydrogenated fats and oils, (eliminate all engineered oils and fats) (chain restaurants (and fast food) are heavy users to store prepared food long periods)

    
    

18. Use Flax seed oil, Coconut Oil, (Virgin Olive Oil for cooking.)

    
    

19. Fish oil supplement caution. Some have sugar level raising effect.

    
    

20. Butter okay for cooking.

    
    

21. No fast food restaurant food. Skip chain regular restaurants, most use chemical addititives.

    
    

22. Eat raw carrots and onions, (fast sugar conversion in cooked)
    

23. Avoid Diet, Lite, Sugar free, etc food, these contain artificial sweeteners and chemical addititives that increase hunger and appetite.

    
    

24. Eat no vegetables etc treated with MSG. (many restaurants keep vegies fresh looking with MSG,) Chinese restaurants known for large quantity use of flavor enhancing MSG Nearly all fast food use MSG

    
    

25. Have on your table apple cider or red wine vinegar to add to food.

    
    

26. Hide your salt shaker

    
    

27. Eat some protein with every breakfast.

    
    Foods To Avoid If You Are Serious

    
    

28. Avoid all forms of Potatoes, including sweet potatoes.

    
    

29. Avoid all forms of refined sugar and products containing them.

    
    

30. Avoid all forms of flour and all products containing them.

    
    

31. Avoid Artificial sweeteners such as aspartame (NutraSweet,) Saccharin, Splenda etc. These are chemicals that can cause you new problems.

    
    

32. Avoid Diet Pop, these contain chemical sweetners that can cause the same problems as straight sweeteners plus some additional of their own.

    
    

33. Cut Out and stop eating any food with HFCS, High Fructose Corn Syrup added to it. Very Important. Eating Natural Fructose from fruit okay.
    
    

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