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Nutrition terms you should know
Nutrition: The process by which the body draws nutrients from food and uses them for body functions.
Calorie: It is a unit of energy. In human body, it represents the amount of energy provided by food and spent by activity. Calories not used as energy are converted into fat and stored …
Foods to avoid
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 …
Bad carbs good carbs and the truth about sugar free
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 …
Food items allowed fruits sprouts
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 …
Diet plan meal plan for diabetics
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. …
Diet for diabetics
Being diagnosed with diabetes, often, means that a person needs to change his eating habits. Those of us who have ever tried various ‘diets’ know exactly how difficult it is to change the eating pattern. In most of the controlled diets, there is a severe restriction on calories intake. Because …
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