Why you should embrace the diabetic diet?

I have been a diabetic for almost 5 years now and at first I thought that I had to cut out all sorts of different foods because if the carbs and sugars but I soon realized that i could still enjoy the foods that I normally ate I just had to watch the servings that I took in of each. When I first became a diabetic I was about 45 lbs heavier than I am now and I was able to loose those extra pounds just by following the diabetic calorie diet but still able to eat what my normal diet allowed as well, which made it nice. I too think that if others can follow the diabetic diet rule it would really help and keep them a bit more healthy.

I am so happy that you started this discussion. I hope others will take note. My husband is diabetic. Rather than preparing separate meals for him, I chose to have the entire family check ourselves and start to eat more healthy. The diabetic diet is really nothing more than eating healthy. It is a lifestyle change - and I must say an intelligent change, at that. I found out a few years ago that I am insulin-resistant which is a step away from diabetes. I am convinced that had I not made the change with him, I, and maybe even my children might be diabetics by now.

I totally agree that everyone should start taking a long look at what they are putting in their body. When we start to read labels and see the huge amounts of sugar and salt that they put in processed food, it is no wonder that we are overweight, suffering from high blood pressure and numerous other ailments.

I am a borderline diabetic, which means I have problems metabolising sugar. As a kid I was always eating lots of sugar-based foods and in my 40s I started to feel ill. My doctor could not find anything wrong and a blood test revealed very little. I went then to a food-allergy specialist because I noticed it was when I ate that I started to feel ill. He did some tests and told me that sugar was a great problem and I should stop eating it because I would end up with even more health problems and that I was borderline diabetic. I thought that I needed sugar in my diet, but he told me that all people only need it in very small amounts and this could be gotten from vegetables.

It was difficult but I quit eating all refined sugar. I was craving and feeling withdrawel symptoms. For me it took around 3 months and I felt like a new person then. I guess the lesson I have learned is that is it best to only eat natural foods and not those that contain lots of refined sugar. - Derek

For most people who suffering from diabetes, they have to eat special foods and avoiding various foods without high sugar level.

If one plan to plan the diabetes diet, the biggest challenge may be to keep blood sugar levels in an optimal range. For these diabetics, they should pay attention to what they are eating with your eyes open-knowing what's going into the body. The diabetic diet means that people with diabetes should eat healthy all the time.

To form a healthy habit and do exercises normally are helpful to our health.

Hello I have family members that are diabetic .Some just wont change their diet but me and my family that lives with me drink a health drink with antioxidants.And not saying thats the reason but my aunt still eats the same and her blood sugar stays leveled since we started with this drink.

Diabetes runs in our family so even if i am not positive for it "yet"--- i am so conscious to manage my diet. Prevent all that might trigger or cause it. Prevention is still better than cure. But of course i am not depriving myself with the trigger and killer foods-- i have it in moderation.