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Suggest Diet For Controlling Blood Sugar Levels

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Posted on Fri, 4 Jul 2014
Question: Hi, I have blood sugar level high(220), I wanted to ask the diet that I should pursue. Last week my sugar was ~370, I am not taking any medication and am running and walking a lot to reduce fat.
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Phanindra Dulipala (5 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Total calorie intake should be 1400-1450kcal/ day.

Detailed Answer:
Hi, I had gone through your query and understood your concerns.

Dear sir, first let me appreciate for your positive approach. Diet and exercise are very important in controlling blood sugar levels. In Newly diagnosed diabetes, diet and exercise are the first mode of management.


Maintenance of good weight is important to control your Diabetes.
total calorie intake should be 1400-1450kcal per day.


Try out the following guidelines regarding diet for 2-3 months with blood sugar levels monitoring:

* Avoid single high concentrated meals.
* Small frequent meals more times in a day.
* Food high in fibre content like vegetables, whole pulses, fruits, etc.

1.Avoid all kinds of refined carbohydrates like sugar
2.Take all kind of fresh veggies kindly restrict use of potato and sweet potato.
3.instead of white bread go for brown bread or multi grain bread.
4.alcohol can be taken in a moderate quantity, Try avoiding wine and beer.
5.Avoid all kinds of carbonated drinks they are not good for your bone health.
6.low fat milk can be consumed about 200ml per day
7.low fat cheese and low fat yogurt can be taken.
8.Daily you can take a small cup of almonds, walnuts, pista and penuts which are good for your good cholesterol.
9.daily take only one fruit, avoid banana ...if you like take only minimal quantity
10.you can take protein like fish, meat, chicken 200 grams twice weekly
11.Alternate days you can take 2 egg white...please discard yolk(yellow) since it contains bad cholesterol
12.use olive and sunflower oil for cooking.
13.Prefer grill than oil fry.
14.Occasionally you can take ice creams and dark chocolate
15.Take good amount of green leaf veggies to avoid constipation.

Hope this guides you. For any other queries you can write to us. we will be happy to help you. Wishing you good health Thank you.
Dr Phanindra Dulipala
Diabetologist.




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Suggest Diet For Controlling Blood Sugar Levels

Brief Answer: Total calorie intake should be 1400-1450kcal/ day. Detailed Answer: Hi, I had gone through your query and understood your concerns. Dear sir, first let me appreciate for your positive approach. Diet and exercise are very important in controlling blood sugar levels. In Newly diagnosed diabetes, diet and exercise are the first mode of management. Maintenance of good weight is important to control your Diabetes. total calorie intake should be 1400-1450kcal per day. Try out the following guidelines regarding diet for 2-3 months with blood sugar levels monitoring: * Avoid single high concentrated meals. * Small frequent meals more times in a day. * Food high in fibre content like vegetables, whole pulses, fruits, etc. 1.Avoid all kinds of refined carbohydrates like sugar 2.Take all kind of fresh veggies kindly restrict use of potato and sweet potato. 3.instead of white bread go for brown bread or multi grain bread. 4.alcohol can be taken in a moderate quantity, Try avoiding wine and beer. 5.Avoid all kinds of carbonated drinks they are not good for your bone health. 6.low fat milk can be consumed about 200ml per day 7.low fat cheese and low fat yogurt can be taken. 8.Daily you can take a small cup of almonds, walnuts, pista and penuts which are good for your good cholesterol. 9.daily take only one fruit, avoid banana ...if you like take only minimal quantity 10.you can take protein like fish, meat, chicken 200 grams twice weekly 11.Alternate days you can take 2 egg white...please discard yolk(yellow) since it contains bad cholesterol 12.use olive and sunflower oil for cooking. 13.Prefer grill than oil fry. 14.Occasionally you can take ice creams and dark chocolate 15.Take good amount of green leaf veggies to avoid constipation. Hope this guides you. For any other queries you can write to us. we will be happy to help you. Wishing you good health Thank you. Dr Phanindra Dulipala Diabetologist.