| Diabetic diets as a rule are no longer supposed to be | | | | The afternoon snack can be a cup of tea or coffee |
| entirely devoid of fats and sugar. Instead, the norm | | | | with two to three crackers or a muffin. Or, it may be |
| now is to have every kind of food, but in | | | | a cup of skimmed milk accompanied by a piece of |
| moderation. However, when there's the problem of | | | | gingerbread or a slice of fruit cake. Instead of tea or |
| obesity occurring along with diabetes, one needs to | | | | milk, one can also go in for a cup of yogurt. |
| keep a strict watch on his calorie intake. So here | | | | Dinner can consist of two to three ounces of a |
| there's the issue of not only eating the right kind of | | | | boiled fish like salmon or tuna, or the same quantity |
| food but also having it in the requisite quantity. | | | | of de-skinned and boiled chicken or roast beef. One |
| For breakfast, one can have two to three pieces of | | | | can have a cup of choice vegetables and also a cup |
| bread and half a cup of cornflakes, along with a cup | | | | of fruit. A tablespoon of low-fat margarine and a |
| of milk and one fruit (a banana, an apple or an | | | | wheat roll or a rice cake will complete the course. |
| orange). For a varied taste, one can substitute the | | | | As evident from the diet plan, every meal is an |
| cornflakes and milk with three to four slices of bacon. | | | | amalgamation of protein, fat, carbohydrates and |
| For lunch, one can have meat in the form of turkey | | | | minerals. And the meals aren't bland either, for there |
| slices, a few pieces of baked ham or roast chicken. | | | | is scope for variation. This is actually the essence of |
| One can also have roast beef noodles, about | | | | a successful, feasible diet plan. It has variety, and yet |
| three-fourths cup of which will suffice. Along with | | | | at the same time, it incorporates nutritious elements. |
| this, the lunch palette can contain one slice of bread, | | | | Also, it has a certain flexibility to it in that if one has |
| one portion of low-fat mayonnaise and at least one | | | | had a heavy lunch, one can always compensate for it |
| serving of a vegetable. One can introduce variations | | | | with a light dinner. The crux of the matter is that one |
| in the form of the vegetable choices like zucchini one | | | | extra calorie here and there doesn't matter, as long |
| day, or tomato slices or half of a baked potato with | | | | as long as you are not starved or overfed. |
| beans and carrot another day. | | | | |