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q for non-insulin users consumption of alcohol1 substitute for fat calories a drink providing 100 calories should be substituted by 2 fat exchanges
q alcohol consumption by diabetes patientintake of alcohol should be limited it is high in calories lacks essential nutrients and may therefore
dietetic foods for diabeteswith advances in food technology foods for special use by diabetics are now available in the global market they are
q explain about non-nutritive sweetenersnon-nutritive sweeteners these are characterized by an intense sweet taste they are needed in small
q explain nutritive and non-nutritive sweetenersnutritive sweeteners we know some sweeteners like glucose honey molasses fruit juice dextrose maltose
q how to calculate glycemic indexif you take a certain rood and measure the rise in blood sugar in response to the food consumed in comparison with
q explain about glycemic indexalthough the use of exchange lists is still popular for planning diabetic diets it has been realized in recent years
q explain about food exchange systemin a diabetics day to day diet the calorie intake and the quantity of food consumed should not have wide
q vitamins and minerals requirement in diabetesthe recommendation of vitamins and minerals is the same as for general population however lower
q dietary fibre requirement during diabetesdietary fibre is that part of food which is not digested by the intestines high fibre meals have shown to
q carbohydrates requirement during diabetescarbohydrates these to a large extent depend on the food habits complex carbohydrates with more fibre are
q proteins requirement in diabetesproteins proteins should be provided in adequate amounts to maintain a normal body composition and prevent
q basic principles of planning diets for diabetesthe above objectives can be met by adhering to some of the basic principles of planning diets which
q what are the dietary goals for diabeteswell here they are these are to1 supply optimum nutrition to maintain good health2 provide calories for
q management of diet for diabetesdiet plays a very important role in management of diabetes as it exerts a direct influence on the blood glucose
by now you know that diabetes cannot be cured but can be treated so that an individual leads a normal life patients who maintain their blood glucose
q what are the chronic complications of diabetesbull atherosclerosis degeneration of walls of the arteries due to fatty plaques - deposition on
q chronic complications of diabetesthese occur gradually when the diabetics do not monitor the blood sugar and they are careless about eating
q can we prevent ketoacidosisnormally while maintaining a good sugar control there is a very little danger of ketoacidosis one should test for
q what will happen without enough insulinwithout enough insulin two things can happen firstly the cells of the body will be unable to use the glucose
q do you know how ketoacidosis developsthe chain of reaction begins with insufficient insulin to meet the needs of the body several factors then
q what do you understand by hypelglycemiahypelglycemia abnormally high blood sugar maintenance of blood glucose levels within or close to the normal
q explain about low blood sugarlow blood sugar can also be caused by accidentally taking too much of insulin when this occurs more insulin is
q show acute complications of diabetesacute complications of diabetes includehypoglycemia or low blood sugar the most frequent cause of low blood
q complications of diabetesdiabetes as you know is a lifelong disease we have said earlier also that it can be controlled but not cured control of