Pre Diabetes Diet: Prevent it Before it Even Starts
You can use a diabetes control diet for
once you have already developed the disease, but did you know
that you can go on a pre diabetes diet which is going to help
prevent you from developing the disease in the first place?
If you know that diabetes is a condition that runs in your
family, then you know that you are much more likely to develop
the disease as well.
Now if you want to go on a pre diabetes diet which would be
a very smart move especially if there are quite a few people
that you know in your family who already have diabetes
themselves, there are a few things that you are going to want
to keep in mind when it comes to creating your pre diabetes
diet.
What is Pre Diabetes?
Pre diabetes is basically a condition that doctors consider
when people have higher than normal blood sugar levels so when
they are pretty much on their way to having diabetes but not
yet. This is why getting on a diabetes diet plan is so
important, and especially pre diabetes diet is going to be so
important to you here.
You need to know that for this diet you are going to have to
set goals for fat and calorie consumption which means that you
figure out what you weigh and then work with this to figure out
how many calories a day you should be consuming.
If you weigh between 120 and 170 pounds you need to be
eating 33 grams of fat and 1,200 calories a day and if you
weigh between 175 and 215 pounds you need to be consuming
between 42 grams of fat and 1,500 calories per day.
Now if you weigh between 220 and 245 pounds you need to
consumer between 50 grams of fat and 1,800 calories a day and for
people who weigh between 250 pounds or more then you need
to be consuming between 55 grams of fat and 2,000 calories
per day.
Remember that there are certain foods that you are going
to want to make sure that you are eating on your pre diabetes
diet.
- Legumes for instance are a great source of protein and
are important to include in your diet if you want to avoid
getting diabetes.
- Fresh fruits are also very important to include in your
diet just make sure that you eat them regularly but not too
often because they will increase your blood sugar
levels.
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