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Nutrition for Diabetes NOTE: DO NOT JUST STOP TAKING INSULIN OR ORAL DIABETIC MEDICINE, AS THIS CAN BE DEADLY. YOU NEED TO INFORM YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AS TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE SO HE/SHE CAN PROPERLY ADJUST YOUR INSULIN OR MEDICATION AS YOUR CONDITION IMPROVES.
Nutrition
Dietary Principles:
Juvenile Onset:
* Avoid dairy products; cow's milk proteins may be an inciting antigen that will trigger auto-antibodies to pancreatic cells.
Juvenile-Onset, Insulin-dependent:
* This diet should be carefully calculated according to the type and amount of insulin used. Children need enough energy for growth, so they'll require adequate calories from complex carbohydrates. All other information concerning adult-onset is applicable. NOTE: IN CASES OF INSULIN-DEPENDENT JUVENILES, YOU MUST CONSULT A PHYSICIAN REGULARLY.
Adult Onset:
* Follow a low sugar, low sodium, low cholesterol, low (in unsaturated) fat diet.
* Recommended calorie percentages: 70% complex carbohydrates, l2%-15% protein, 15-18% fat
* Maintain a high fiber diet with lots of grains and vegetables.
* AVOID OVEREATING! If you're overweight, get back down into the normal range. Avoid mental and nervous stress, eat in a pleasant environment and chew all food well. Replace larger meals with 5-6 small meals throughout the day. NOTE: TO MAKE LOSING WEIGHT PLEASANT AND LESS OF A CHORE, YOU MIGHT CONSIDER A VEGETARIAN OR MODIFIED VEGETARIAN DIET.
* Elimination/rotation diet, rotation diet, rotation diet expanded
Therapeutic Foods and Spices:
Eat plenty of vegetables and grains like turnip greens, cucumbers, stringbeans, Jerusalem artichokes, burdock, parsley, flaxseed, pectin, guar gum, oat bran, mucilage, wheat germ, buckwheat, legumes, pumpkins, whole rice, yams, mung beans, squash, celery, millet, onions, spinach, peas, tofu, cabbage, daikon radishes, mushrooms, alfalfa sprouts, parsley, kelp, dulse, and Swiss chard.
Also good are fruit and protein sources such as egg yolks, cod roe, lecithin, sesame seed butter, seeds and nuts, raw goat's milk, liquid chlorophyll, rice polishings, apple, cherries, peaches, blueberries, mulberries, soy, yogurt, Brewer's yeast, salmon, herring, mackerel, sardines, walnuts, flaxseed oil, evening primrose oil, black currant oil, cinnamon, turmeric, bay leaf, garlic, ginger, and cloves.
Recommended Fresh Juices: (Try each one until you find a juice that benefits you.)
Stringbean, cucumber, and celery Raw sauerkraut and lemon Raw sauerkraut and tomato Parsley tea Huckleberry leaf tea Stringbean, brussel sprout, carrot, and lettuce Watermelon and tomato Bamboo shoots and celery (Drink it warm.) Celery
Specific Foods in Combination:
Celery, yams and pumpkins Pumpkins, yams, and potato pie Cooked snow peas, blended into juice - 1/2 cup 2 x day Tea from spinach and chicken gizzards - 1 cup 3 x day Soup made from cabbage, yams, winter melon, and lentils Steamed tofu (cooled) with sesame oil and slices of raw squash Soup made from mung beans, peas, and barley Steamed millet with yams and a few dates Daikon radishes, celery, carrot, and spinach juice Juice from a fresh coconut - 2 x day
Foods to Avoid:
Avoid anything that you suspect may cause a food intolerance, sugars (all types, including malt, maltose, dextrose, and corn syrup), candy, honey, molasses, dried fruits, concentrated sweets, concentrated juices, fried, spicy, fatty, and processed foods, margarine, vegetable shortenings, imitation butter spreads, most commercial peanut butters, ghee, barbecued meats, caffeine, and iron.
Specific Supplements:
Biotin - 16 mg. a day
Myo-inositol - l gram a day
Vitamin B3 + Vitamin B6 - 100 mg. a day (especially for neuropathy, and also for gestational diabetes)
Thiamine - 100 mg. a day (2 week trial)
Vitamin B12 - sublingual tabs as directed
Vitamin C - 2 grams a day
Vitamin E - Begin with 100 I.U. and increase slowly to 400 I.U., adjusting insulin dose as needed.)
Chromium - 200 mcg. a day
Magnesium - 500 mg. a day
Manganese - as directed on bottle
Phosphorus - as directed on bottle
Potassium - use sea salt to flavor food
Zinc picolinate - 30 mg. a day
Bioflavonoids: Rutin and quercetin, 500 mg. 1 x day
Coenzyme Q10 - 25 mg. a day
Omega-3 fatty acids - Take as directed.
Omega-6 fatty acids - Take as directed.
Calcium - 1 gram a day
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