| Since a literal interpretation of diabetes is a | | | | 6. Starchy veggies like beets, carrots, beans, and |
| dysfunction of the bodily process of distributing | | | | peas should to be somewhat limited, but not |
| sugars through the body in order to fuel it's tissues | | | | completely eliminated from your diet if you want to |
| and organs; it is only natural to wonder what kinds of | | | | eat them. |
| food, if any, a type 2 diabetic should avoid. | | | | 7. Interestingly, fruit juice is another dietary item that |
| The answer is that there are certain foods you | | | | should be avoided either totally, or mostly, by type 2 |
| should avoid completely, and others that you should | | | | diabetics. This is rather surprising at first, since fruit |
| eat only in small quantities... but these foods are not | | | | juice's health benefits are widely noted, and you have |
| always the ones that you may have on your diabetic | | | | probably read numerous articles on the effectiveness |
| most wanted list. | | | | of fruit juice in providing you with necessary minerals, |
| 1. Sugar, in its refined form, is the most obvious food | | | | vitamins, and so on. While it's true that fruit juice is |
| to avoid since it converts readily into sugar... boosting, | | | | generally healthy but, in the case of diabetes, it |
| not giving lower blood sugar levels. | | | | contains far too much simple sugar, oftentimes |
| 2. Dairy products should be limited, but not eliminated, | | | | added high fructose corn syrup or HFCS, to be safe |
| because they contain many compounds that are | | | | to drink... many more carbs than the fruits which |
| essential for your health in ways unrelated to blood | | | | from which the juice was extracted. |
| sugar levels, including calcium. Low-fat milk is the best | | | | All of these recommendations, of course, are subject |
| dairy choice, with unsweetened yogurt a close | | | | to individual factors and how much you have your |
| second. High-fat milk, cream, and the like should be | | | | blood sugar level in hand. If your blood sugar levels |
| avoided unless nothing else is available. | | | | are controlled and you are easily able to keep them |
| 3. Peanuts are surprisingly rich in carbs and can cause | | | | in a safe range, then you can occasionally treat |
| an unexpected increase in your blood sugar levels, | | | | yourself to a 'forbidden' food in a small or moderate |
| unlike most other nuts which are beneficial for type 2 | | | | serving size without much risk. However, if you have |
| diabetics to eat. This is because peanuts are not | | | | a hard time keeping lower blood sugar levels, then |
| actually nuts, meaning that their chemical makeup is | | | | some of the foods listed here as being acceptable in |
| quite different. | | | | limited quantities, may be enough to push your blood |
| 4. Light chocolates that are rich in sugar should be | | | | sugar levels over the edge. |
| shunned completely, while dark chocolates with a high | | | | But if you keep track of your blood sugar levels |
| level of cocoa in them should be limited to the | | | | carefully, and experiment with each food before |
| occasional treat. | | | | deciding how much of it to include in your diet, you |
| 5. Potatoes, refined grains, and sweets should all be | | | | will be able to balance your dietary wishes against the |
| avoided completely whenever possible... this includes | | | | limitations of type 2 diabetes. |
| white bread, pizza crust, and so on. | | | | |