Starches, Fruits, Milk, and Meat in Your Diabetic Exchange Diet Plan
Many people and those suffering from diabetics are aware of the diabetic exchange diet. All diabetic diets and diet plans are commonly aimed at lowering and control of blood sugar level.
Commonly there distinguish the following categories/groups: starches (bread, crackers, potato, rice, cocked corn, etc.), meat and meat substitutes (egg whites, fish, beef, pork, cheese, etc.), vegetables (cocked and raw vegetables, tomato or vegetable juice), fruits (fruit juice, dried/canned/fresh fruits), milk (nonfat or low-fat milk and yogurt), and fats (margarine, olives, oil, butter, cream cheese, etc.). You can exchange or trade one food for another from the same food group. Serving for serving, foods in each of these categories have similar amounts of carbohydrate, protein, and fat.
This is done to verify that the right quantity of a certain food is eaten per day. The number of servings, or “exchanges,” from a category that you can consume each day depends on how many calories you need.
Diabetic exchange diet plan could be a part of most popular diabetic diets, such as 1,000/1,200/1,500 or 1,800 calorie diabetic diet. Typical breakdown of those six categories mentioned above for a 1,800-calorie diet (just as an example) is based on 50% carbohydrate, 20% protein, and 30% fat.
