What is best diet to lower LDL and raise HDL for a diabetic ?
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Avoid all fried stuff ,use groundnut or canola oil if you must and not more than 2 spoons per day. Be sure to use clarified butter (ghee) 2 spoons per day. Use plenty of fresh fruits and vegtables-- ideally 5 servings per day. And all dibetics must take a statin and aspirin pill a day to keep lipids normal and ward off stroke and heart attack.
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My husband and I are in our fourties, he is a diabetic, I am not, but we both wanted to lose weight. I went from a size 16 to a size 7/8 and even those clothes are a little big.\n\nWe eat good carbs, we mostly buy food out of the produce section, in other words we eat food that is still alive if you will.\n\nFresh anything basically is the best idea, Fresh Pineapple grilled is good, mushrooms, tomatoes, bananas, grapes, onions peppers (roasted peppers are great) peaches, basically anything you eat out of the produce section is good. We also eat a lot of dried beans, black, pinto, or mix up several varietys in a big pot of chili with some fresh peppers and onions and canned tomatoes.\n\nWatch the potatoes they are full of carbs. We try not to eat more than 60 carbs in a meal. We eat at least one fresh salad a day and add the other produce in the morning and at night.\n\nWe stay off the fatty foods mostly, and don't eat cake or sugary pies and stuff.\n\nI do treat myself to a once in a while treat of a chocolate donut and I do eat a chocolate kiss or two a week. Occasionally I will eat a piece of hard sweet candy if I get a sweet tooth instead of a chocolate bar.\n\nWe try and grill food instead of frying it.\nBreakfast may be some Smart Start cereal and fruit or maybe strawberries and bananas or a pear with a little mayo and chedder cheese.\n\nJust try and limit your fat consumption. Try and stay away from French fries, onion rings etc. The fat in your body doesn't help it. After you eat this way for about 6 months it turns into a way of life that you will enjoy. I feel better than I have ever felt in my life and people say I look better than I did in my 20's and 30's. One person said I looked like I was 16 again. This diet perks up everything, even the pinkness in your cheeks.\n\nMy husband was a little chubby in high school and his old classmates can't even believe it is him. What can I say our eating habits are working for us.\n\nOne other thing that we eat a fair amount of is peanut butter. It has good fat not bad fat and provides a lot of protein.\n\nOne more thing, I have heard that if you eat fat at the beginning of your meal (a roll with real butter in it is how I do it) that you will feel fuller sooner and not have a tendency to overeat.\n\nGood Luck and pass the grapes. lol
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I got my book from Walmart very cheaply.  My brother who works in the medical field recommended the South beach diet when we were told my daughter had diabetes...thank god she doesn't!   The South beach diet is great for people with heart conditions and diabetes...(although if you are diabetic I was told to skip stage 1)  it is really easy to follow and once you are comfortable with the rules you can cook up a storm using other recipes...\n\nWe have all benefited from using the diet and are loosing weight slowly and in a healthy way.   Give it a try!!
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If you have diabetes, there are simple steps you can take to manage it.  The National Diabetes Education Program suggests that you can reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke by working with your healthcare team to monitor three critical factors, which they have named the Diabetic ABC's.  A is for the A1C test. This is a number that shows how well your blood glucose has been controlled over the last 3 months and should be checked at least twice a year.  B is for blood pressure. The goal for most people is 130/80.  And C is for cholesterol.  Bad cholesterol (LDL) can oxidize and clog blood vessels, causing heart attack or stroke, while good cholesterol (HDL) helps to lower bad cholesterol.  The goal for most people is LDL under 100 and HDL over 40.\nGoji can help.  This tiny red fruit has been used in China for the treatment of diabetes for many years, and its polysaccharides have been shown to help balance blood sugar and insulin response. It also contains betaine, which can prevent fatty liver disease and vascular damage often seen in diabetics. Goji also assists in weight loss by enhancing the conversion of food into energy instead of fat, and it increases exercise tolerance, stamina and endurance.\nUsual dosage levels:  For diabetes, research suggests a usage of 2 ounces of high-quality standardized goji juice, taken twice daily at mealtime for a total daily intake of 4 ounces.  According to American Diabetes Association guidelines, 2 ounces of goji juice is equivalent to two-thirds of a fruit exchange.
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Please visit these sites :\nhttp://www.diabetesindia.com/diabetes/diet_chart.html\nhttp://www.webindia123.com/health/disease/diab/care.html\nhttp://www.fatfreekitchen.com/vegetarian-recipes.html\nhttp://www.indiafocus.indiainfo.com/ society_and_culture/food/recipes/\n...You'll get all the suggestions you seek.
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Eliminate the "bad" carbs, -usually they are anything white, only as a general rule, and eat only the high fiber carbs-whole grains, whole wheat-read labels, even watch certain veggies. Exercise Always helps, eat 6 small portions a day that are mostly protein, trying to eliminate dairy products, cut out the fat and the red meat!By eating 6 small meals daily, this will keep your insulin level at the proper level and you will not be hungry.  Buy a small book on carbs from your neighborhood drug store to better understand the difference between good and bad carbs and keep track on how many grams you are eating.  When I lost weight, I was on 15 grams of Good carbs.  Good luck, watch the dairy, fat, and red meat and I know you will do great.  If you are diabetic consult with your Doctor first, or if you have any other health matters.
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The Best Diabetic Diet...\n\nUntil only recently, experts thought that sugar was to diabetics what kryptonite was to Superman.  But the understanding of diabetes has progressed faster than a speeding bullet, and with that comes sweet news for people with the disease.\n\nIf you¹re a diabetic, it's OK to have a cookie for dessert or accept a slice of Aunt Mabel's fruitcake. In fact, according to the guidelines of the American Diabetes Association, which were first revised in 1994 and most recently in December 2001, you can eat just about anything you like.\n\nThere's a caveat, however: You need to pay attention to your diet as a whole and monitor your blood sugar level two hours after meals to see whether any individual food elevates it.\n\nStill, there is no longer any such thing as a "diabetic diet."
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Glucose Fasting-70-110 mg/dL.(3.8-6.1 mmol/L)\nGlucose PP/R- Upto 160 mg/dL (8.8 mmol/L)\nYour second reading 1.32 does not appear correct.\nYou should also take HbA1c test every 3 or 4 months.\nEat a low-cholesterol, low-fat diet. This kind of diet includes cottage cheese, fat-free milk, fish (not canned in oil), vegetables, poultry, egg whites, and polyunsaturated oils and margarines (corn, safflower, canola, and soybean oils). Avoid foods with excess fat in them such as meat (especially liver and fatty meat), egg yolks, whole milk, cream, butter, shortening, lard, pastries, cakes, cookies, gravy, peanut butter, chocolate, olives, potato chips, coconut, cheese (other than cottage cheese), coconut oil, palm oil, and fried foods.\nPlease see the webpages for more details on Diabetes food.
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Hi Kali Girl\n\nHere are some answers on diet and tips to help the healing process.\n\nDiet: Proper diet is critical for both preventing and treating diabetes, especially Type II diabetes. One of the most important dietary precautions you can take is to eliminate all refined sugars and sugar products from your diet. Such products include refined sugar, corn syrup, cornstarch, dextrose, dextrin, fructose, fruit juice concentrates, glucose, lactose, malt, maltodextrin, maltose, mannitol, sorbitol, sorghum, sucrose, and xylitol. Honey, Maple syrup, Agaves or Chicory syrup must also be eliminated if you are pre-diabetic or diabetic. Also reduce or eliminate your intake of alcohol and caffeine. Remove fast food, refined foods, processed "junk" foods, soda, fried foods, and all products containing white flour. Choose quality protein snacks between meals, or soaked nuts, and fresh vegetables and vegetable only juices as between meal options. \n\nTo help your body better regulate blood glucose levels, also reduce your overall carbohydrate intake, replacing simple carbohydrates with complex carbohydrate foods. This means use whole flours and grains, beans, legumes, and fresh fiber-rich vegetables, rather than choosing to eat refined foods. Eating five to six small meals a day, instead of the traditional three larger meals, can also help balance blood sugar levels and prevent excessively high insulin spikes after eating. In addition, a vegetarian diet high in organic vegetables and complex whole grains, along with small intakes of whole fruit that contains seeds or pits, rather than fruit juice, has also been found to be helpful for many people suffering from Type II diabetes. Jerusalem artichoke is another food that can help diabetics control blood sugar levels. A diet rich in healthy fats, such as avocados, nuts, seeds, extra virgin olive, raw virgin coconut butter and high lignin flax seed oil also supports you in maintaining level and stable blood sugar levels.\n\nMany Type II diabetes patients fare well on a diet that consist of 55 to 60 percent complex carbohydrates, 15 to 20 percent protein (with a minimum of 45 grams of protein per day), and 20 to 25 percent healthy fats. In addition, you should increase your fiber intake to a daily level of 40 to 50 grams of fiber, with 10 to 15 grams of soluble fiber. High-fiber foods like beans and whole grains can be added slowly, perhaps at a rate of one serving per week, along with an increase in your intake of pure, filtered water. \n\n\nQuick Action Plan for Diabetes\n\n\n1. Be aware for early signs of blood sugar problems. Have the proper yearly tests performed.\n\n2. Keep in mind that the goal of diabetic treatment and self-care is to restore blood sugar levels close to normal and to correct related metabolic disorders. One of the best ways to accomplish this is by eating small, frequent meals throughout the day that emphasize fresh, organic foods that are low on the glycemic scale, such as raw and lightly steamed vegetables, low sugar whole fruits, nuts, seeds, whole grains and legumes, yams, wild fish, poultry, lean cuts of beef, bison meal lamb or veal.\n\n3. Minimize or eliminate your intake of simple carbohydrates and all sugars, as well as tobacco and processed "junk foods." In addition, reduce your intake of alcohol and caffeine. Both alcohol and caffeine could be enjoyed on special occasions, rather than daily or even weekly habits.\n\n4. Remain hydrated; drinking adequate quantities of pure water is essential for all aspects of your health.\n\n5. Engage in regular light exercise and stress reduction because they are keys to maintaining lower levels of blood sugar.\n\n6. Consider supplementing with nutrients such as B-complex vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E, chromium, magnesium, potassium, essential fatty acids, CoQ10, alpha lipoic acid, and vanadium. Stabilized rice bran supplements can also be helpful.\n\n7. Herbs such as astragalus, bitter melon, fenugreek
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Whole wheat bread is good, check the label, you are looking for high fiber and low sugar. There are many names for sugar in labels: sucrose, fructose, dextrose, glucose,maltose,lactose. Diabetics need to stay away from those. A normal healthy person should not consume more than 40 grams per day.\nHere is a website how to manage diabetes...\nhttp://www.joslin.org/managing_your_diabetes_707.asp
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Sure you will. Just keep a moderate well balanced diet. Heck, you can actually eat Bacon, real butter and Rib-eye steaks. But, moderation is the key. Most people are lead to believe these mentioned foods are bad for you. This how people like me keep the Demand low and thus price down so, we enjoy the good food and everyone else buy the lesser nutritious. Basic supply and demand economics. The link will help, I just use Butter and better cuts of meat. Up the HDL's and they lower the LDL's. The good eliminate the bad, just how nature work, without pills.
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You are allowed to have a very small portion of potatoes, every now and then. Call your local hospital, and speak with both the diabetic nurses, and the nutritionist. They may be able to give you a few sheets with what is good or bad for a person, and proper serving sizes.\n\nhttp://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?Id=2835 \nhttp://www.safenaturaltips.com/\netc \n\nHave your stepdad and mom try this recipe: \n\nCauliflower Mashed "Potatoes"\n\n1 head cauliflower\n1 clove garlic (optional)\n1/8 cup skim milk, plain yogurt, or good butter\nSalt & pepper\nPaprika\n\nThis is a great, low-carb alternate to mashed potatoes. I'm not a big fan of cauliflower, yet this tastes surprisingly good.\n\nSteam cauliflower (optionally with a clove of garlic) until tender. Cut the cauliflower into pieces and place in a blender with the milk, yogurt or butter. Season with salt and pepper and then whip until smooth. Pour cauliflower into small baking dish. Sprinkle with paprika and bake in hot oven until bubbly.\n\nCarbohydrates: 6g per cup
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Your doctors just telling you have high cholesterol, you need to cut out the hamburgers and the red meat, switch to eating some salads and some fish.  Also you might wanna have a few bowls of oatmeal during the week.  This really helps to lower your cholesterol.
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I am a Type 2 Diabetic and am very familiar with diet and exercise.  The most important things to watch out for are a high A1C, numbness in feet (neuropathy)and low carb intake.\n\nIf you've been diagnosed with diabetes, your doctor has probably mentioned that you should pay careful attention to nutrition and diet as part of your treatment program. Nutrition experts say that there is no one diet for diabetes, but people with diabetes should follow the nutrition guidelines in the Food Pyramid, while paying special attention to carbohydrate intake. People with diabetes should also eat about the same amount of food at the same time each day to keep blood sugar levels stable. \n\nGetting Started With Nutrition Treatment\nIf you've never attempted to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet before your diabetes diagnosis, it can be difficult to know where to get started. Try these tips from the American Dietetic Association:\n\nEat more starches such as bread, cereal, and starchy vegetables. Aim for six servings a day or more. For example, have cold cereal with nonfat milk or a bagel with a teaspoon of jelly for breakfast. Another starch-adding strategy is to add cooked black beans, corn or garbanzo beans to salads or casseroles. \nEat five fruits and vegetables every day. Have a piece of fruit or two as a snack, or add vegetables to chili, stir-fried dishes or stews. You can also pack raw vegetables for lunch or snacks. \nEat sugars and sweets in moderation. Include your favorite sweets in your diet once or twice a week at most. Split a dessert to satisfy your sweet tooth while reducing the sugar, fat and calories.\nSoluble fibers are found mainly in fruits, vegetables and some seeds, and are especially good for people with diabetes because they help to slow down or reduce the absorption of glucose from the intestines. Legumes, such as cooked kidney beans, are among the highest soluble fiber foods. Other fiber-containing foods, such as carrots, also have a positive effect on blood sugar levels. Insoluble fibers, found in bran, whole grains and nuts, act as intestinal scrubbers by cleaning out the lower gastrointestinal tract. \n\nAfter a diabetes diagnosis, consider seeing a dietitian and developing a meal plan to get started. Taking into account your lifestyle, your medication, your weight and any medical conditions you may have in addition to diabetes as well as your favorite foods, the dietitian will help you create a diet that will prevent complications of diabetes and still give you the pleasure you've always had in eating. To find a diabetes teacher (nurse, dietitian, pharmacist and other health care professional), call the American Association of Diabetes Educators at 1-800-342-2382. If you want to find a dietitian near you, call the American Dietetic Association's National Center for Nutrition and Dietetics at 1-800-366-1655 or visit their Web site at www.eatright.org/find.html.  \n\nHealthier Weight and Lifestyle\nReaching and maintaining a healthy weight is important for everyone with diabetes. Weight control is extremely important in treating type 2 diabetes because extra body fat makes it difficult for people with type 2 diabetes to make and use their own insulin. If you are overweight, losing just 10 to 20 pounds may improve your blood sugar control so much that you can stop taking or reduce your medication. \n\nIf you smoke and have been diagnosed with diabetes, your doctor will recommend that you quit because smoking makes problems caused by diabetes worse. People with diabetes can experience blood flow problems in the legs and feet, which can sometimes lead to amputation. Smoking can decrease blood flow even more. Smoking can also worsen sexual impotence in men, cause high levels of LDL cholesterol (the bad type of cholesterol), and can raise the risk of heart attack and stroke. If you have diabetes and you smoke, you need to quit. \n\nAlthough alcohol in small amounts can be fit into your meal plan if you
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High fiber foods. Fiber helps pull cholesterol out of the body. Oatmeal is an excellent breakfast food.\nEat more fruits/veggies, & cut back on your meat consumption, especially red meat.\nDrink more water, & less pop & juice.\nIncrease your whole grain consumption while decreasing refined, white flour products such as white breads & confections & pastries.\nYou would do well to add two supplements to your diet.\nSpirulina is an excellent addition, and so is chromium picolinate. You can find both of these at your local health food store.\nGood luck.
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you can try the cooking light site www.cookinglight.com they have lots of low fat recipes you can also join spark people. its a free diet program that helps you plan a diet to fit your needs. you can fill in low sodium and low cholesterol and it will plan meals for you
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Definitely try out the ADA (American Diabetes Association) website to start with. \nAlso, a good place to start is by doing a Yahoo or Google search for diabetic diets (also try "meal planning for diabetics") etc. There are sites out there that will actually plan out diets for you, but they usually require payment. \n\nIf the web doesn't work for you, talk to your doctor and ask him / her to refer you to a registered dietician or nutritionist. Check with your local department and see what resources they have available in the area of diet and nutrition. \n\nGood luck and best wishes....