The Right Diet for Prediabetes: The Relationship Between You and Diabetes

Diabetes can happen to anyone at any time in their lives. It’s a serious health condition that can worsen over time if not treated properly. Simply put, diabetes is what happens when there is high levels of glucose in the blood.

What happens is when food is broken down into glucose and transported from the blood, it moves to the body cell and is what gives you energy. But when your body is unable to absorb the glucose and it builds up in your blood, you develop diabetes.

You develop diabetes when your pancreas doesn’t produce any insulin or it doesn’t produce enough insulin or when the insulin produced by your pancreas doesn’t work properly. Insulin, as most would already have heard about, is a hormone that is produced by the pancreas, which helps the body cells to absorb the glucose, that way reducing the amount of glucose in the blood.

There are three types of diabetes and Type 1 is known as “juvenile diabetes” because it’s often diagnosed in children and young adults. Type 1 diabetes develops when the body’s immune system attacks cells in its own pancreas. Type 2 diabetes is the more common form and also referred to as “adult onset diabetes”, but of late younger people are also developing this condition. In this situation, the body produces insulin, but it is ineffective to help the glucose enter the body cells. The third type is known as Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), which develops in pregnant women usually in their second or third trimester.

One of the important things is to maintain a healthy diet. In prediabetes, the sugar from foods builds up in your bloodstream because the insulin can’t easily move into the cells. Also, a diet filled with carbohydrates that digest quickly can lead to blood sugar spikes. In the case of people with prediabetes, your body struggles to lower blood sugar levels after meals, which is not good at all. When you eat more calories than your body needs, it gets stored as fat, which causes weight gain.

Foods that are high on the glycemic index (GI) will raise blood sugar faster, like processed, cooked or canned food. Foods with fibre are low on the glycemic index and are less likely to cause spikes. Refined carbohydrates rank high on the GI, like bread, white rice and russet potatoes as well as soda and juice, should be limited if you have prediabetes. Food that is low on the GI are obviously best for blood sugar. Add foods like steel-cut oats, beans, sweet potatoes, corn, whole wheat pasta and non-starchy vegetables into your diet to keep your blood sugar levels at a steady point.

Or even settle for something as delicious and simple as eggs. Eggs are packed with protein and are also a great way to start your day. Whether you’re at home or out with friends at a restaurant, you can always order an omelette to make it the perfect breakfast meal. But if you are at home and want an easy recipe to follow to make yourself a vegetable filled omelette, we’ve got the perfect one for you. It’s low-calorie and loaded with proteins.

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Vegetable Filled Omelette

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Ingredients

• 1/2 cup of diced tomatoes
• 1/2 cup chopped seeded cucumber
• 1/2 of a ripe avocado seeded and chopped
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon dried basil crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Servings MetricUS Imperial Ingredients Ingredients 1/2 cup of diced tomatoes 1/2 cup chopped seeded cucumber 1/2 of a ripe avocado seeded and chopped 2 eggs 1 teaspoon dried basil crushed 1/4 teaspoon Salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

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1. In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, water, basil, salt and pepper
2. In another bowl, mix together the tomatoes, cucumber and avocado
3. On a non-stick pan, spray cooking spray or add a dash of butter or oil and then pour the egg mixture into the pan
4. Using your spatula, stir the eggs till there’s a combination of cooked and liquid egg and then stop till the egg is set
5. Scoop up some of the vegetable filling and set it on one side of the omelette, then carefully fold over the other side and leave for a few minutes
6. Then remove the omelette from the pan and serve.

While there is no cure for diabetes, there are ways to manage the condition. It’s incredibly important to take care and monitor your diet in situations like this. One of the ways is to regularly monitoring your blood glucose. Alere G1 Glucometer is one such blood glucose monitoring device.

Managing diabetes with the help of monitoring tools is a really good way to control and maintain your condition. When not taken care of properly, it can cause further problems that could be avoided early on. So make a good diet a priority.

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