{"id":204,"date":"2019-10-09T18:20:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T12:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versionweekly.com\/?p=204"},"modified":"2019-10-09T18:42:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T13:12:53","slug":"diabetic-diet-for-type-2-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/health\/diabetic-diet-for-type-2-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Type 2 Diabetes Diet Guidelines: Foods to Eat, Foods to Avoid"},"content":{"rendered":"
TYPE 2 diabetes is a chronic condition that requires a complete overhaul of one\u2019s diet and eating habits. This change is imperative to help stave off any serious health risks. A certain diet has been hailed the best diet for type 2 diabetes, what is it?<\/p>\n
Type 2 diabetes is a condition that means a person\u2019s pancreas doesn\u2019t produce enough insulin to regulate blood sugar levels. Overtime, unchecked blood sugar levels can hike a person\u2019s risk of developing life-threatening complications such as heart disease. Fortunately, if a person is able to make some dietary tweaks they will be able to keep blood sugar levels in check. Evidence suggests following a certain diet could help keep blood sugar levels low – what can you eat on this diet?<\/p>\n
A low Glycemic Index (GI) diet has been rated as one of the best diets to follow as it measures how carbohydrate-containing food raises blood sugar glucose.<\/p>\n
The diet measures ranks of food according to their effect of the blood sugar levels.<\/p>\n
The rates at which different foods raise blood sugar levels are ranked in comparison with the absorption of 50 grams of pure glucose, which is used as reference food and has a GI value of 100.<\/p>\n
The diet was created in the early 1980s by a Canadian professor, Doctor David Jenkins.<\/p>\n
The low-GI diet looks at how fat and fibre tend to lower the GI of a food and as a general rule, the more cooked or processed the food, the higher the GI.<\/p>\n