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Milk and milk products: Buffalo milk contains abundant fat. Hence, skimmed milk should be consumed. Cream and butter are rich in fats and hence best avoided. Processed cheese is also rich in fat. However, homemade cottage cheese (paneer) prepared from skimmed milk can be consumed freely. Junk food: Junk foods typically are a combination of bad carbohydrates and bad fat. They are high in saturated or hydrogenated oils, animal fat and bad carbohydrates. The typical examples are pizza and burgers.... 

Bad carbohydrates: Carbohydrates, which are digested and absorbed rapidly, are termed as bad carbohydrates. Rapidly absorbing sugar, fruit juices, white bread, polished rice, cakes, ice creams and cola drinks are some of the examples. They are considered bad because they lead to rapid rise in blood sugar levels leading to release of large amount of insulin, which reduces blood sugar level rapidly. As a result, the person feels hungry and eats again.  

In some cases of type 2 diabetes, by weight loss and regular exercise, blood glucose can become normal. The patient may interpret that his diabetes is cured. However, as gradually the body becomes unable to produce enough insulin or the body’s cells become more resistant to insulin’s effects, the patients blood glucose rise, resulting in frank diabetes again. Therefore, if weight loss, exercise and changes in eating result in normal blood glucose, it doesn’t mean that the diabetes... 

Which Food Items are Allowed in the Diabetic Diet? The whole diet can be summarised into a single sentence — “Eat a diet low in fats, rich in complex carbohydrates and fibres”. This means a vegetarian diet in which all vegetarian items are allowed with the exception of nut and seeds and their oils. A list is given below for your reference:  

The general aims of nutrition therapy in diabetes are as follows: • Improvement in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism to as close to normal as possible • Attainment of appropriate body weight • Reduction in the risk of atherosclerosis. An ideal diabetic diet should have the following qualities: 1. It should be easy to follow. 2. The food should be delicious. 3. One should be able to eat sufficient so that he feels satisfied. 4. The food items should be easily available. 5. In addition to sugar...