Eat To Beat Diabetes

You can retard, reverse and prevent diabetes with the right diet.

- Naini Setalvad

An increase in blood sugar levels is one of the easiest things to reverse with diet. Whether at home or outside, our presentday diet is extremely low on vegetables, and high on grains, proteins and bad quality fat. The diet lacks in essential nutrients, making us overeat and causing a sharp rise in blood sugar levels. Our unlimited access to sugar combined with our inherent desire for sweet foods makes us consume much more than we need of this dangerous substance. So learn to eat smart, move your body and keep your weight in check, in order to steer clear of diabetes. Oftentimes, you can be pre-diabetic and not know it. Here’s how to eat smart.

Eat more vegetables

Make vegetable dishes from vegetables, not from other substances. Today, we are besieged by paneer ki sabzi, gatte ki sabzi, mung ki sabzi, mangodi, matter ki sabzi, and alu ki sabzi. Ensure either half your plate or more than half your plate is filled with vegetables like French beans, ladies finger, brinjal, onion, tomato, cucumber, cabbage, bottle gourd, bitter gourd, the entire gourd family, or leafy greens like spinach and coriander. These vegetables are filling, low in calories and very low in carbohydrates, thereby preventing sugar from spiking up.

Sprinkle on nuts and seeds