**** IF YOU ARE DIABETIC – DO NOT FOLLOW THIS INSANE WEBMD ADVICE **** This is an absolutely wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong way of eating. This is a recipe for disease for anybody.
Found on http://diabetes.webmd.com/guide/sample-meal-plan
A Sample Meal Plan for Diabetes
If you have diabetes you should follow a special diet. Here’s a sample diabetic meal plan that is about 1,600 calories and 220 grams of carbohydrates. Remember to drink two 8-ounce glasses of water with each meal.
Breakfast
(360 calories, 52.5 grams carbohydrate)
1 slice toasted whole wheat bread with 1 teaspoon margarine
1/4 cup egg substitute or cottage cheese
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/2 cup skim milk
1/2 small bananaLunch
(535 calories, 75 grams carbohydrate)
1 cup vegetable soup with 4-6 crackers
1 turkey sandwich (2 slices whole wheat bread, 1 ounce turkey and 1 ounce low-fat cheese, 1 teaspoon mayonnaise)
1 small appleDinner
(635 calories, 65 grams carbohydrate)
4 ounces broiled chicken breast with basil and oregano sprinkled on top
2/3 cup cooked brown rice
1/2 cup cooked carrots
1 small whole grain dinner roll with 1 teaspoon margarine
Tossed salad with 2 tablespoons low-fat salad dressing
4 unsweetened canned apricot halves or 1 small slice of angel food cakeSnacks
(Each has 60 calories or 15 grams carbohydrate. Pick two per day.)
16 fat-free tortilla chips with salsa
1/2 cup artificially sweetened chocolate pudding
1 ounce string cheese plus one small piece of fruit
3 cups “lite” popcorn————————————————————————
Oh the insanity! Oh those poor diabetics who actually read and heed this unhealthy advice!
I just want to tear this advice apart piece by piece so our diabetic friends can read why their MDs are keeping them sick with this diet.
I will be posting my rebuttal part by part.
In the meantime, diabetics who want to be well / healthy / drug free / cured can visit http://www.diabetescure.asia
Hey, easy with the words, there. There’s a reason why diabetics need to watch their calories and carbs. First of all, a diet rich in carbohydrates can spike the blood glucose levels after meals and in a normal person, the blood glucose can normalize within a few hours. People with diabetes have a harder time normalizing theirs because of the total lack of, or a decrease in insulin.
A persistently high blood glucose level can damage the blood vessels, thereby leading to the numerous complications in the heart, eyes, kidneys, etc.
The aim of modifying a diabetic’s diet is to keep the blood glucose at a level near the normal. This basically means lessening on the carbohydrates, refined sugars, and starches…Diabetics can actually enjoy food by choosing those with low glycemic indexes..
While the meal plan may seem ‘insane’ to you, you should take it as just that- a sample. There’s a variety of food perfectly safe for diabetics, and doctor’s really aren’t starving them. In fact, we encourage the patients to have small, frequent feedings to curb hunger.
Food intake depends on the person’s total caloric requirement. This is used to calculate the total proteins, fats, and carbohydrates the person ideally needs in a day. But allowances can be made to a tolerable limit, again depending on the person’s stature.
AND P.S!—> There is currently no cure for diabetes; it stems from the inability of the pancreas’ beta cells to secrete insulin. It can only be managed by exercise, a good, balanced diet, and adherence to the prescribed medications. Current researches are underway to provide Diabetics with treatments which may lessen the burden of having to inject insulin.
Diabetes can be managed, and the health professional does not want to make them SICK.
It’s their job to look out for you and prescribe what may be good for you, but not for other patients.
—– K.T , Registered Nurse and Medical STudent.
You are paying for your own medical MIS-education.
“There is currently no cure for diabetes…” B.S. B.S. BS.
Give me your most recently diagnosed diabetic who IS NOT on any drugs and I will cure him easily hands down.
You obviously need exposure to DIABETES CURED people and CANCER CURED, cured, cured, cured and more cured people etc etc.
Come join us at http://www.rawpaleoforum.com and open your eyes to the SUPERSTITION of no cures you are paying for in your school as a “registered nurse” and a “medical student”. Everything you are learning in med school about disease is UPSIDE DOWN.
Med school is only good for the emergency room.