SNACKS FOR DIABETICS - GOOD & BAD

Appropriate diet at regular mealtimes is certainly basic for our health, and related to diabetes specifically. Yet, it is also of relevance to potentially fill the timely gaps between rise and bed with appropriate snacks. Minding those being inappropriate in terms of diabetes. Read on to learn about details.       

THE PHILSOPHY BEHIND
 

Diabetes is not only in top region of our unsolved health problems but a crucial factor when it comes to regulate blood sugar as ‘the’ critical issue. With special reference to right and wrong nutrition. That’s why you learned from our publications and seminars, what food to eat or better avoid in this case.
 
Leaving the gaps between regular meal times such as breakfast/lunch/dinner – called snacks – to potentially fill.
 
With special reference to the fact that also these snacks should control blood sugar and still cover nutritional benefits. 

SNACKS WITH BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL – SCIENTIFICALLY VERIFIED

Just to pick 4 different groups of snacks…
 
* Fiber snacks
 
High fiber snacks like, inter alia,

- whole grain bread/chickpea pasta/beans
- spinach
- oatmeal
- smoothy with kale
- sweet potatoes
- carrots/dipped in hummus  
i
s a type of snacks cutting down the risk of diabetes potentially by more than 20%. As well as blood sugar spiking.
 
According to research at the University of Tehran in Tehran, Iran.
 
Verified also by Dietary Guidelines for Americans of the governmental U.S. Department of Agriculture.  
 
* Protein snacks
 
Similar beneficial are high protein snacks such as, inter alia,
 
- smoked salmon slices
- turkey slices
- roasted chickpeas
- black/kidney/pinto beans
- soy nuts
- tofu/tempeh
- edamame  

With daily consumption of some 50 grams (both – males & females), as also recommended by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans of the governmental U.S. Department of Agriculture.  
 
* Healthy fat snacks
 
Unlike manifold misunderstanding, not all ‘fats’ are counterproductive for our health, but may even beneficial in relation to diabetes.
 
Such as, inter alia,
 
- nuts like walnuts/almonds/pistachios
- seeds like sesame/chia seeds/flaxseed
- olives
- avocados
   not to overlook
- oily fish like sardines and mackerel   

which may potentially even reduce the risk of diabetes. Unlike (counterproductive) saturated fats.
 
According to research at, inter alia, University of Vermont in Burlington, VT.
 
* Nighttime snacks
 
And those diabetics or being risky of shortly before bed still hungry, may include, inter alia, snacks like

- hard-boiled eggs
- sugar-free Greek yogurt
- low sodium cottage cheese
- casein-based protein  

                                       Snacks to mind
 
However, to know which snacks are good in relation to diabetes, is not the end of the line. Unless you also understand which types of snacks you better mind in favor of your health.
 
Such as, inter alia,
 
- fried foods
- foods with added sugar
-  foods high in trans and/or saturated fats  

As recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)​
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IN A NUTSHELL

Appropriate diet at regular mealtimes is certainly basic for our health, and related to diabetes specifically. Yet, it is also of relevance to potentially fill the timely gaps between rise and bed with appropriate snacks. Minding those being inappropriate in terms of diabetes.       

ADAGE OF THE WEEK ​

​“If people let government decide what food they eat and what medicine they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny."
American President Thomas Jefferson
(“Man of the People”)
1743-1826