Root Vegetables and Fruits for Diabetics

Introduction:

Due to the various health problems that can occur in the body of a diabetic patient, there is a need to be rather careful with the diet plan adopted on a daily basis. The food choices you make are very important and you need all the information you can get to make good food choices or plan.

Fruits and Veggies

Any food intake needs to be done with some level of discernment to ensure its suitability for the diabetic patient. All diabetic need to ensure they

adhere to a very balanced diet which is rich with vitamins and minerals, and the proteins in foods, carbs and fats also should be of an acceptable level.

Root vegetables and fruits have been accepted as a great source of vitamins and minerals as well as fiber which is instrumental in decreasing the chances of heart attack and stroke occurring possibilities. These root vegetables and fruits usually help to offset any side effects the disturbed blood sugar level causes. These side effects are likely to cause heart attacks and blindness if not controlled effectively by the regulating ingredients of vitamins and minerals derived from the root vegetable and fruits.

However it should be noted that consuming the root vegetables and fruits as a combination with other food items that are deemed suitable for a diabetic’s consumption, is definitely better that consuming them as standalone items in the form of snacks. This is because when these are consumed along with other foods the chemical reactions will allow all the vitamins and the minerals to be better absorbed in the body system thereby ensuring controlled blood sugar levels. However when consumed as standalone items in the form of snacks the blood sugar levels are like to be high as the absorption levels become distorted and less that optimum. Therefore an important point to always consider is to ensure whatever food consumed should be done in a combination that allows the absorption levels to be suitable for the diabetic system to accept.

Conclusion                                                                

Fruits and vegetables play a very important role in our bodies. Beside the nutrients and vitamins we all know they add to our diets; they are natural and relatively cheap or even free (for those of us that have gardens in our backyard).

For the diabetics however, augmenting other food items you take for diabetes treatment with fruits and veggies will give you a better fighting chance.