perhaps someone can help me out, or at least give me bit of an insight to a healthy type 2 diabetic diet.
one of my clients recently saw an RD for a specific diet for her diabetes. she brought me back some photocopied papers with a couple meal examples.
One look and I was stunned at the listings. The diet was nearly 60% carbs. The RD wanted her to have oatmeal and raisins for breakfast, soy milk for a snack, and a jelly bagel sandwich for lunch. I shit you not.
Im no RD but wtf, seriously.
I suggested something like this instead…
breakfast
2 eggs
2 bacon
fish oil
snack
greek yogurt
fruit
lunch
grilled chicken salad with oil and vinegar
snack (pre workout)
pb&j
dinner
protein shake
grilled salmon with 1-2lbs steamed veggies
fish oil
im not a RD nor a nutritionist, so perhaps someone with better credentials than i can offer their input.
I am a 66 year olde Type #2, who is very health conscious. I follow a Drwhitaker.com and subscribe to his monthly Health & Healing. Buy his “the truth about diabetes and how to reverse it” and the “Ultimate Non-Diet for diabetes”.
You will have more and better information than you will find anywhere else. Does his stuff work? Where I go for medical treatment they tell me I am the healthiest Diabetic in their system. And YES I do take a lot of vitamins, only one of which I buy from Whitaker. You will be pleasantly surpised.
[quote]RiVaL6 wrote:
The diet was nearly 60% carbs. The RD wanted her to have oatmeal and raisins for breakfast, soy milk for a snack, and a jelly bagel sandwich for lunch.
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Jelly bagel for lunch! ROLF!
How can we take seriously those RD after reading this kind of shit? What’s the point of getting an education in biochemistry, physiology, nutrition…? Seriously those incompetent RD aren’t uncommon and are a disgrace to the profession, I feel bad for the few who are truly serious…
[quote]RiVaL6 wrote:
perhaps someone can help me out, or at least give me bit of an insight to a healthy type 2 diabetic diet.
one of my clients recently saw an RD for a specific diet for her diabetes. she brought me back some photocopied papers with a couple meal examples.
One look and I was stunned at the listings. The diet was nearly 60% carbs. The RD wanted her to have oatmeal and raisins for breakfast, soy milk for a snack, and a jelly bagel sandwich for lunch. I shit you not.
Im no RD but wtf, seriously.
I suggested something like this instead…
breakfast
2 eggs
2 bacon
fish oil
snack
greek yogurt
fruit
lunch
grilled chicken salad with oil and vinegar
snack (pre workout)
pb&j
dinner
protein shake
grilled salmon with 1-2lbs steamed veggies
fish oil
im not a RD nor a nutritionist, so perhaps someone with better credentials than i can offer their input.
if you need specific info, i can pm them to you.
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Both of the meal plans above are off. With type 2 diabetes, you really want to find a professional diet recommendation. I know the one the client received was crap, but there are other sources. I don’t think you can legally over-ride the professional’s diet, even if it makes you want to slam your brains in.
Some small pointers about blood sugar:
Using home-cooked beans and whole, low-glycemic grains such as oatmeal and quinoa as carb sources is a good idea. Make friends with the glycemic index and learn about the recommended values for those that require special blood sugar regulation.
Stay away from salt and cholesterol. A lot of people with type 2 diabetes also have high cholesterol and blood pressure.
When I say stay away, I don’t mean “break your back trying to avoid”. Just, if there’s lower-sodium and cholesterol alternative, use that.
Learn about recommendations about insulin shots and exercise. Depending on the person, you might want to have them test themselves before exercise.
Again let me strongly suggest the books and non diet books that are available from Dr Whitaker. A 1 year subscription to Health & Healing, and buying the diabetic books are more than worth the money. And I do follow his advice, my MD says I am the healthiest diabetic in their system, age 66. Anyone interested in eating well, and being involved in working with diabetics will do well by owning this information.