If you have a hard time deciding what to eat or what to prepare for your diabetic loved one, take heart. You'll find here a list of some of the best diabetes foods, already grouped together in an easy-to-use way.
There's more to this diet than just reversing diabetes. There are the benefits of having mental clarity, extra energy to keep you going, lowered cholesterol, and peace of mind that your diet is no longer contributing to heart attack or stroke.
The following list of foods for diabetic to eat is drawn up with the nutritional needs of diabetics in mind. Careful attention must be paid to supplying the deficiencies in the body to promote healing and restoration of the pancreatic, liver, kidney, and digestive functions.
The foods you should eat most of are listed from the top of the list in their order of importance in your diet. This list is not all there is to eat, but it will serve to help make your life easier when trying to plan healthier meals.
Balance and variety are both very important in the diabetic diet, as is the wholeness and the purity of the foods you eat. What you eat determines largely your immune system strength, and this will determine your success in regaining health and energy - the energy to reverse diabetes for good!
The diabetes foods list is divided into 10 food groups:
Leafy greens
Vegetables
Seaweeds
Fruits
Legumes
Grains
Seeds
Nuts
Fats
Seasonings
The order of these food groups may be quite different from what you've been taught from your earliest years at school, but doing things differently is what will get you a different result - your life back!
1: Leafy Greens
Dandelion leaves, lettuce, purslane, chicory leaves, lamb's quarters, spinach, amaranth leaves, collard greens, onion greens, chives, mustard greens, swiss chard, chickweed, parsley, celery, beet greens, dill weed... and many more, but I think you get the idea already. Do take the time to familiarize yourself with all the herbs and wild greens from the internet or from books.
2: Vegetables
Radish, broccoli, cauliflower, tomato, onion, garlic, green beans, cucumbers, artichokes, asparagus, green peas, courgettes, okra, sweet bell peppers, turnips, carrots, beet, squashes, sweet potatoes, olives.
3: Seaweeds
Kelp Powder, nori, arame, dulse, hijiki, wakame, and kombu.
4: Fruits
Pomegranate, apricot, fig, pineapple, apple, lemon, avocado, berries, mango, papaya, banana, watermelon, cantaloupe, strawberries, goji berries, cherries, grapes.
5: Legumes (sprouted are best)
Lentils, chick peas (garbanzos), adzuki beans, black beans, pinto beans, kidney beans, fava beans, haricot beans, mung beans, carob.
6: Grains
Whole oats, spelt, millet, buckwheat, kamut, quinoa, wheat.
7: Seeds (sprout for health)
Sunflower, flax (linseed), sesame, chia, pumpkin, red clover, alfalfa.
8: Nuts
Walnut, pecan, almond, filbert, macadamia, brazil, peanut, cashew.
9: Fats
Extra virgin olive oil, flax seed oil, sesame oil (always buy cold pressed oils, and organic oils are also best).
10: Seasoning
Himalayan Crystal salt, Celtic Sea salt, Khoisan Sea salt, fresh or dried herbs (organic and non-irradiated), cayenne pepper, Braggs Liquid Aminos (unfermented soy sauce).
With more than 70 diabetes foods listed, you have endless possibilities - several hundreds of tasty dishes to restore wellness. Bon Appetit!
This is just a little foretaste of what a natural diabetes diet offers to those that are willing to do things different enough to enjoy a different outcome in life - a diabetes-free future can be yours too.
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