Monday, March 14, 2011

Little Secrets of a Great Diet for Diabetes

The most popular myth among the patients - diabetes can eat only special foods. This is partly true, and eating whole grains, light salads and vegetables, and refined carbohydrates are much more useful than the large and greasy bacon. And anyway, no matter whether you have diabetes or not, it is advisable to eat properly and in moderation.

But this does not mean that you should eat only greens and low fat yogurt. If the show imagination, the usual classic dishes you can always turn to the diet.

   1. Serving size. First, replace the large plate small. Secondly, try to impose less. For example, if you cook an apple pie, it's better to cut it into 8 pieces, instead of the usual 6. Willpower defeat hunger with time, but now will have a little patience.
   2. A simple meals. Brown rice instead of white, cocoa powder instead of chocolate, and skim milk - so it will not only tasty but also useful. Try to make salads with light sauce, reduce or even discard the fat mayonnaise and sour cream. A great alternative to salad dressing can be unsweetened Greek yogurt. And less salt, it is better to replace a combination of oriental spices and salt with low sodium content.
   3. Lean meat. Get used to the dietary meat, low in fat and bad cholesterol. For example, ground pork is better to replace the beef, and fatty sausages on dishes that do not contain meat. Some culinary connoisseurs claim that the marinated tofu in a hundred times tastier than chicken, with an order contains less fat.
   4. Smart Fats. Of course, completely abandoning the fat, you lose depth of flavor. Therefore, preparing favorite sandwich instead of a thick layer of mayonnaise is better to put a slice of avocado or a piece of Parmesan cheese. Avocado enough calorie product, but the fats, contained therein, monounsaturated, and hence easier to be absorbed, in addition to avocados rich in vitamins. Prefer hard cheeses, limit or completely give up soft.
   5. Butter. Hundreds of dishes such tasty and loved ones, contain a most butter. But there is one little trick that will not spoil the taste, while reducing costs. Simply replace the principal amount of butter, vegetable, such as sunflower, olive, or buckwheat. Shortly before the meal ready, add a small piece of butter - a welcome scent is present and use a lot more.
   6. Thinking outside the box. Want a new taste? Then try to work something out on the run. For example, do odd-shaped pancakes, chicken, bake on the bottle, not fry in deep fat!
   7. Practice - the key to success. Experiment with new foods the first time can not be obtained even from real professionals. Over time, you adapt. Find their own unique recipes.

Happy New Year! I wish you happiness, healthy living and inexhaustible culinary talents!

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