A Borderline Diabetic's Guide to Eating Right: Low-Carb Recipes and Tips
Through many years of trial and error and miserable consequences from poor eating habits, I've found that a low-carbohydrate diet works for my body. After reading tests identifying me as a borderline diabetic and negative body responses took over, I took charge of
my life by changing my diet. I did not want to rely upon medications, perhaps someday insulin, for my well being, so I began eating right.
Eating right for a borderline diabetic means controlling sugar intake and balancing the carbohydrates and proteins ingested. Always, eat protein along with carbohydrates. Never eat carbohydrates alone, as this will cause a negative fluctuation in sugar levels.
Below, I offer a few ideas for eating right.
Breakfast: Royal Oatmeal
Using steel cut oatmeal, cook up enough for about ten days at a time. Store in a straight-sided bowl and cut off a small wedge serving each day; otherwise, cooking one serving a day becomes tedious and a waste of time and water for cleaning the dishes.
For a week's supply place into a large microwave safe bowl:
¾ cut steel cut oats (Arrowhead Mills)
scant amt. of salt (if desired)
2 ½ cups water
Cook 18 minutes (ovens vary)
When the oatmeal softens and the water dissipates remove from the microwave oven.
Add in: 1tsp. Vanilla
Cinnamon to taste
Scrape into straight-sided bowl for cooling and storage in refrigerator. Cover tightly after cooling and before refrigeration.
When cool, divide the cooked oatmeal into approximately ¼ cup size servings.
Each day after heating up the oatmeal portion, I add in a few chopped nuts (to your taste), a heaping teaspoon of ground flax seed and 3 oz. of a low-sugar, low-fat, gluten free organic yogurt (Brown Cow).
Tip: One of the tricks of balancing sugar levels is to eat often, every 2 ½ to 3 hours. Eat small meals and eat often. Small meals means not to eat meals larger than the palm of your hand.
Snacks
Nuts are a satisfying and nutritional snack and a good source of protein and carbohydrates, but only eat a small amount, 6 nuts. Nut butter spread on apple or pear slices or on celery stalks become a good snack.
Eating right for a borderline diabetic means controlling sugar intake and balancing the carbohydrates and proteins ingested. Always, eat protein along with carbohydrates. Never eat carbohydrates alone, as this will cause a negative fluctuation in sugar levels.
Below, I offer a few ideas for eating right.
Breakfast: Royal Oatmeal
Using steel cut oatmeal, cook up enough for about ten days at a time. Store in a straight-sided bowl and cut off a small wedge serving each day; otherwise, cooking one serving a day becomes tedious and a waste of time and water for cleaning the dishes.
For a week's supply place into a large microwave safe bowl:
¾ cut steel cut oats (Arrowhead Mills)
scant amt. of salt (if desired)
2 ½ cups water
Cook 18 minutes (ovens vary)
When the oatmeal softens and the water dissipates remove from the microwave oven.
Add in: 1tsp. Vanilla
Cinnamon to taste
Scrape into straight-sided bowl for cooling and storage in refrigerator. Cover tightly after cooling and before refrigeration.
When cool, divide the cooked oatmeal into approximately ¼ cup size servings.
Each day after heating up the oatmeal portion, I add in a few chopped nuts (to your taste), a heaping teaspoon of ground flax seed and 3 oz. of a low-sugar, low-fat, gluten free organic yogurt (Brown Cow).
Tip: One of the tricks of balancing sugar levels is to eat often, every 2 ½ to 3 hours. Eat small meals and eat often. Small meals means not to eat meals larger than the palm of your hand.
Snacks
Nuts are a satisfying and nutritional snack and a good source of protein and carbohydrates, but only eat a small amount, 6 nuts. Nut butter spread on apple or pear slices or on celery stalks become a good snack.
Related information
- Eating right for a borderline diabetic
- Recipe for Royal Oatmeal
- Tips & suggestions for eating right, low-carbohydrate diet
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