Special Diets: Diabetic Diet

The diet should always form the basis of any diabetic treatment regimen, whether or not you are on medication.

Here are a few easy-to-follow dietary guidelines which will ensure that maximum benefit is derived from the medication that has been prescribed for you.

Avoid

• Foods containing simple sugars e.g. sweets and cookies
• Pastries
• Excessive intake of the sweetener sorbitol

Where possible sorbitol must be replaced with Zylitol or Stevia.

• Freshly baked products e.g. muffins, cakes, bread etc.
• Certain fruits e.g. pineapples, citrus fruit juice and water melon
• Carbonated (gassy) drinks

Increase

Foods rich in high complex carbohydrates e.g. sweet potatoes and rice.

Follow A Low GI diet.