Please share an interesting fact about diabetic diets.

Monounsaturated: Monounsaturated fats protect against heart disease, diabetes and decrease bad cholesterol.

As: As other nations have adopted the "western diet, " they have developed more diabetes.

Try: Try to add healthy sources of protein to diet. Handful of nuts, lean meat, greek yogurt for snacks.

Eating: Eating boiled potatoes causes your blood sugar to rise as quickly as eating raw sugar.

It's: It's hard to dramatically switch to a diabetic diet on your own - enlist your family for support!

Cut: Cut fast carbohydrates: karo syrup, cane sugar, white bread, fruit juices, corn starch and syrup.

Also: Go for complex carbs. Stay away from processed, quick cooking or simple sugars. Sodas are bad.

THere: There are no substitutes. Eat normal healthy food, but restrict the amounts and exercise.

Sardines: Sardines make a great snack! protein & omega-3s. Douse with hot sauce!

An: An ounce per day of almonds can help reduce cholesterol and weight. Substitute them for unhealthy snacks.

Eat: Eat only one serving of starch per meal - that's corn, beans, rice, bread, potatoes, or pasta.

Increased: Increased coffee consumption substantially reduces risk for diabetes, type 2.

Great: Great bread to use is sprouted multi-grain like alvarado st or ezekeal.

Aim: Aim for a lunch or dinner plate that is half vegetables. It will fill you up and help limit carbs.

Almond: Almond milk! lowfat, less calories and more calcium than regular milk.

Cook: Cook with olive oil! Heart healthy fats.

Carbs: Carbs are the only macronutrient inessential for ingestion by humans. Paleolithic diet was low carb!

Make: Make the carbs complex. The harder to break down, the more stable the sugar plus less lows & highs.

Lentils,: Lentils, chick peas, beans, lower hgba1c more than high-fiber wheat products, systolic BP too!

Avoid: Avoid orange juice. Can take a whole apple. Avoid polished rice, and take brown rice.

If: If you want something sweet eat a piece of fruit instead of sugary dessert. Eat high fiber breads.

Eat: Eat sprouted grain bread instead of white or wheat bread.

Xylitol: Xylitol is a healthy natural sugar used in in gum , mints or granular for cooking. Great for teeth.

Quinoa: Quinoa is a great whole grain high in protein and good fats.

Protein: Protein drinks with low carbs (such as dr. Atkins, slim fast, etc.). Sugar-free health bars, too.

A: A study published today rated these diets: 1. Mediterranean. 2 low carb. 3. Low fat, rated poorest!

Whole: Whole grain flour instead of white. Agave syrup or xylitol instead of sugar.

Healthy: Healthy substitute for diabetic diet includes non processed food. Drink more water and avoid sodas!

Whole: Whole grains help stabilize blood sugars in diabetics. Eat these as your carbs.

Watch: Be careful with fruit intake, many have a lot of sugar in them.

Minimize: Minimize artificial sweeteners and try healthy, tasty natural foods.

Plant: Plant based foods! Plenty of veggies and less animal products. Less wheat, rice, potatoes.

Sweet: Sweet potato instead of regular potato, quinoa instead of wheat, banana instead of egg in baking.

Soy: Soy and nuts instead of meat. Stevia instead of sugar.

Eat: Eat high fiber, high protein diet. Fats don't actually hurt but weight gain isn't good for diabetes.

Traditional: Traditional mediterranean, low glycemic, diet helps control blood sugar.Its one of the best diets.

Lean: Lean beef and black bean is a good diabetic diet. The fiber in beans help lower cholesterol.

Proteins!: Proteins! & 'good fats' : walnuts, almonds and brazil nuts are great, healthy, satisfying snack food.

Think: Think 'mediterranean' when choosing a diet if you are diabetic.

You: You can substitute crunchy carrot sticks for potato chips.

Sugar: Sugar free jello is a great substitute for jello until you cure your sweet tooth.

Substituting: Substituting cane sugar for stevia and eating with portion control to loose 10 % of body weight key.

Read: Read labels carefully. Substitute sugary/starchy foods with fresh vegetables, fish, chicken. No soda.

For: For patients with diabetes, insurance usually pays for a nutritionist consult. Can be invaluable.

Mediterranean: Mediterranean diet that focuses on nuts, legumes, fruit n vegetables can lower type 2 diabetes risk.

Studies: Studies show an egg a day doesnt increase heart disease. At 6 gms protein and 70 cal, a great add!

Cut: Cut out soda and juice... Replace with water!

Avoid: Avoid food full of starch like potatoes & rice. Prefer low calorie food like green leafy vegetables.

Substitute: Substitute water for sugary drinks. Soak cucumber or citrus fruits in it for flavor.

100%whey: 100%whey protein is basically a free food substitute when hungry with only about 4 carbs and no fat.

Stevia: Stevia is a safer sugar substitute.

The: The mediterranean diet is thought to be one the best diets in the world for over all health eating.

Use: Use fruit as a topping for meat. Less calories, great taste.

Instead: Instead of soda, or soft drinks, drink unsweetened iced tea ... Its refreshing and calorie free.

Be: Be careful of not only sugar, but carbohydrates. Healthy plant based fats may help (coconut oil).

When: When trying to lose weight as a diabetic, pre-packaged meal replacements can be very effective.

Blueberries: Blueberries are great and don't raise blood sugar beast to snack. Almonds but one oz 2x a day max.

Try: Try mashed cauliflower instead of potatoes for a lower carb option.

Get: Get creative with stevia - it is much sweeter than sugar, so start with a tiny amount.

Try: Try tasty zero glycemic index sweeteners including "zero" and agave light syrup(made from cactus).

A: A healthy replacement for sugar sweetness is stevia, drops or powder. Safe plant source.

Consider: Consider use of sweeteners with low to no glycemic index like xylitol, stevia or agave syrup.

In: In general, think about eating more vegetables and less meat. Fruit in moderation. Avoid sweets.

Diet: Diet refers to what we eat. (as apposed to what we don't ) study your diet, what calories , count.

Don't: Don't drink juices, eat fruit instead. That way you will get the fiber too and not just the sugar.

Some: Some foods like vegetables and meats are still good for diabetics. Stay away from refined sugars.

Eat: Eat more fresh vegetables, cheese, meat, chicken and fish instead of processed carbohydrates.

Ignore: Get starch from nuts, beans, apples, pears not from bread, crackers, rice, mac, pasta, flour or potato.

Ignore: Eat whole fruit like apples, pears, grapes rather than fruit juice.

Ignore: The best is a low glycemic index diet. In europe all diabetic patients are on a low glycemic index.

Ignore: Nuts like almonds and walnuts. Celery, broccoli and carrot snack packs.

Ignore: Limit carbohydrates. Nothing white- rice, bread, potatoes, sugar and pasta.

Ignore: Swap agave for table sugar. Be moderate with the amount- it's tasty and sweet with a lower gi.

Ignore: Decrease your seating time as a simple way to increase your activity level.

Ignore: Eat less breads and rice, substitute with quinoa and more fresh or raw veggies.

Ignore: Drink a lot of water. No sodas. If needed, there are several sugarless flavored waters on the market.

Ignore: In harvard study, the women who ate most nuts over 8 years gained the least weight.

Ignore: Eat low GI foods. This will diminish glucose spikes.

Ignore: Substitute veggies (carrots, celery) in place of chips, bread with hummus for low glycemic snack.

Ignore: Substitute zero calorie sweeteners for sugar in drinks, foods, and dessers.