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Suggest A Healthy Diet For A Diabetic

My mother is a suffering from pre-diabetes and she also has high acid uric. She now feels her nutritional options has been drastically reduced since most of the food group recommended in a gout diet are forbidden for diabetes patients, where can I find information on a healthy diet for a person with such health conditions?
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These are some simple tips for a diabetic diet .

     To eat a healthy diet.
     Include smaller and frequent meals
     Do not skip/delay any meals. Maintain meal timings
     To include more fibre in the diet like whole grains, pulses and vegetables.
     To include more fluid in the diet as clear soups, buttermilk.
     To drink 2-3 litres of water per day.
     To restrict refined cereals like Maida and noodles.
     To restrict concentrated sweets and sugar preparations.
     To include green leafy vegetables in the diet.
     To include skimmed milk and low fat milk products in the diet.
     Restrict deep fried foods and bakery products.
     Restrict the intake of oil to 500 ml per month per person
     Include healthy snacks in between the main meals
     Achieving or maintaining a healthy weight.

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Suggest A Healthy Diet For A Diabetic

HI Welcome to HCM These are some simple tips for a diabetic diet .  To eat a healthy diet.  Include smaller and frequent meals  Do not skip/delay any meals. Maintain meal timings  To include more fibre in the diet like whole grains, pulses and vegetables.  To include more fluid in the diet as clear soups, buttermilk.  To drink 2-3 litres of water per day.  To restrict refined cereals like Maida and noodles.  To restrict concentrated sweets and sugar preparations.  To include green leafy vegetables in the diet.  To include skimmed milk and low fat milk products in the diet.  Restrict deep fried foods and bakery products.  Restrict the intake of oil to 500 ml per month per person  Include healthy snacks in between the main meals  Achieving or maintaining a healthy weight. I hope you will find this useful .