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Item #8.
New
Dietary Advice for Patients with Diabetes
Experts
now say that monounsaturated fats, as well as carbohydrates, can
be included in the diet plan of someone with diabetes, offering
more variety.
Research
done by Dr Abhimanyu Garg and his team at the University of Texas
has shown the benefits of mono-unsaturated fats on heart health.
Thanks to this work, new recommendations for people with diabetes
place an emphasis on fats like olive, canola and peanut oil, as
well as carbohydrates. Diabetes experts now say that 60 to 70 per
cent of calories should come from carbohydrates - unrefined ones
if possible - and monounsaturated fats. Polyunsaturated fats
should account for another ten per cent, and its advised that
people keep saturated fats below 10 per cent.
There's
a new emphasis on a high fiber intake, too. Dr Garg's research has
shown that people who eat 50 grams of fiber in their daily diet,
from fruits and vegetables, can lower blood glucose levels by ten
per cent - which has to be beneficial in terms of diabetes.
Altogether the new guidelines are good news if you have diabetes,
because they offer a lot more variety and interest than the old
high-carbohydrate/low-fat recommendations (though that's still
considered a healthy option too).
Diabetes Care Jan
2002
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Did
You Know:
Diabetes
Care Jan, 2001
–“People
with HbA1cs higher than 10% were more than twice as likely to be
admitted to the hospital for short term complications than those
with HbA1cs less than 8%:
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