How to plan healthy meals with Diabetes?

Abdul Rais talks about how to live healthily with a South Asian background. He suggests reducing the amount you eat and increasing physical activity may be the key. He explains that being overweight may have been seen as healthy in the past but he would advocate being as lean as possible. He also discusses salt, sugar and oils.

Salma Mehar, Consultant Diabetes Dietician, explains what the main five types of food group are. She tailors the information for people with Diabetes. She focuses in Carbohydrate as this group has the most effect on Glucose in the body. Secondly fruits and vegetable and how much and what sorts we can eat. Thirdly she tackles Protein. Dairy is the fourth group which is important in term so calcium. Lastly fats are discussed which can be useful too whereas saturated fats should be avoided.

Salma Mehar, Consultant Diabetes Dietician, explains that Carbohydrate Counting is different from Calorie Counting. She gives advice on to how to estimate or measure the amount of Carbohydrate is in the food you are eating. Salma also talks about the link between the amount of Carbohydrate you are about to eat and how much Insulin you need to give yourself.

Salma Mehar, Consultant Diabetes Dietician, talks about how important it is to engage with Healthcare providers to learn how to manage your Diabetes and blood glucose. She also talks about the importance of weight management in preventing complications in people with Diabetes. She talks about various sources of information available from face to face to online.

Daniel explains that meal planning for him is both easy and tricky! Meal planning at home for him and his family is easier as he is able to accurately measure and control the amount of Protein, Carbohydrate and Fat they are using. He's also very clear on this is not only for him but results in healthy eating for the whole family. Eating out is much more complicated - especially Pizza. He shares his ways of coping.

Daniel talks about his strategies for healthy eating and maintaining a healthy weight. His main experience is to not allow Diabetes to take over his life, but he maintains a healthy Mediterranean style diet.