In keeping with the theme of the last posting regarding changing your diet, I thought I’d cover some smart-food principles with you. I think it’s important to post helpful tips on how to live with diabetes. Hopefully, if you find the tips helpful, you’ll know that taking part in a diabetes Orlando clinical research trial will help you and to others who have been diagnosed with diabetes.
Eat lots of vegetables and fruits. To get good variety, choose from the rainbow of colors available. Eat low-starch or non-starchy vegetables, such as spinach, carrots, broccoli, or green beans, with meals.
Choose whole-grain foods over processed-grain products. Try brown rice with your stir-fry or whole-wheat spaghetti with your favorite pasta sauce.
Include dried beans, like kidney or pinto beans, and lentils in your meals.
Include fish in your meals 2 to 3 times a week.
Choose lean meats. For example, cuts of beef and pork that end in “loin,” such as pork loin and sirloin, are good choices. Remove the skin from chicken and turkey.
Choose nonfat dairy, such as skim milk, nonfat yogurt, and nonfat cheese.
Choose water and calorie-free diet drinks instead of regular soda, fruit punch, sweet tea, and other sugar-sweetened drinks.
Cook with liquid oils instead of solid fats, which can be high in saturated and trans fats. Remember that all fats are high in calories. If you’re trying to lose weight, watch your portion sizes of added fats.
Cut back on high-calorie snacks and desserts, such as chips, cookies, cakes, and full-fat ice cream.
If you eat too much, you can gain weight, even if what you’re eating is healthful, so watch your portion sizes.
Diabetes treatments are one of the research studies we’ve been working on here in the Orlando, Florida area. Some of our investigational treatments have shown promising results, but we need to do additional research studies to test investigational methods that may help us understand your condition. If you are near our diabetes Orlando center, or the area surrounding, please call us at 386.310.1334.
