looking for good recipes for diabetes cookbook, is garlic recomended?
i just got diagnosed with diabetes and want to start eating as healthy as possible to maintain as healthy as i can with the disease. are there any good books, ingridients, or websites that can help me stack up on my new grocery list???
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Hi,
I don’t know if garlic is good or bad for a diabetic, but try adding things that include cinnamon, and that will slow the conversion from calories into blood sugars, and lead to a more stable blood sugar level.
So try oatmeal for breakfast, and add cinnamon. Try to avoid milk if you can stand doing without milk. It is better to use a little sugar than to use anything artificial sweeteners. It is better to use some peaches or strawberries to sweeten the food.
Make some split pea soup for lunch or dinner main course. It is really easy.
1 pound of dried split peas.
1/2 pound of lintels
1 onion chopped up
salt and pepper to taste
6 cups of water in a 4-6 quart crock pot for 4-6 hours.
Add some sliced carrots about an hour before it is finished if you like it.
You might want to read this book too.
Dr. Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes.
You might want to get a book that lists the glycemic index of foods. This shows how quickly the food will change from a calorie into a blood sugar.
You might also want to realize that taking insulin will convert the dangerous high blood sugar into a body fat. So eating smaller meals – several times a day is one way to reduce the need for so much medication. Eating a couple of carrots between meals is one way to provide a small sugar boost in between meals.
Good luck!
Just choose foods you like and are healthy. As usual, Count your carbs.
In any cooking recipe, if garlic is there it is always a good one, healthy for both diabetic or non-diabetic people. Also you could eat garlic raw, but be sensitive to people around you too, they might complain of your “emanations.” Look at diabetes websites for good cooking recipes.
Good for you for looking for ways to improve your health & control your blood sugar.
The official website of the American Diabetes Association is http://www.diabetes.org. They have a recipe of the day as well as many other recipies and nutritional info. I think this would be the first place you would want to look. When I searched “garlic” on that site, I saw multiple recipes w/ garlic included, and I know that garlic does not raise your blood sugar.
There are multiple cookbooks offered on that site also (but I’d go to the library first and check them out there before you buy any).
I do not know if you have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. So that everyone is aware, there is no such thing as reversal of Type 1, the less common type.
Following a balanced diet will help individuals with diabetes control their blood glucose levels.
1. Beans, Chickpeas and Lentils – good source of carbohydrates, protein and soluble fiber. Raises blood glucose levels slowly.
2. Fish, Poultry Without Skin, Lean Red Meats and Tofu – good sources of protein. Can be low in fat.
3. Flax, Hemp, Mackerel, Pilchards, Pumpkin Seeds, Salmon and Sardines – provides Omega 3 Fatty Acids, which reduces the risk of heart disease.
4. Apples, Apricots, Cherries, Grapefruit, Oranges, Peaches, Pears and Plums – releases sugar into the bloodstream slowly and provides soluble fiber. These make excellent snacks.