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Diabetes Nutrition Part 2 Part 2 of a 2 part series looking at diabetes nutrition, the role in which having a healthy balanced diet can have on controlling diabetes and also key pointers in helping you achieve a healthy balanced diet. Part 1 | Part 2 In the first article we looked at the reasons why having a healthy balanced diet in general has come to be accepted as been more crucial to controlling diabetes and the long term effects of diabetes than simply focusing on controlling carbohydrate intake, as in the old classic diabetes diet. This time around we are going to look at the key points of a healthy balanced diet and how each point plays a role in helping you control diabetes. The most important factor you must abide by is moderation . Upon consultation with your G.P. you can be advised in exact detail how you as an individual should go about your healthy diet. Eat 3 square meals a day Many starchy (carbohydrate rich) foods in fact produce glucose slowly as they are been digested, therefore there are no sudden rushes of glucose in your blood. This also means you have time to burn off any glucose produced by exercise. Cut down on foods rich in sugar Everybody is guilty of eating too much sugary foods and we could all benefit by cutting down to some degree. For a diabetic however where immediate sugar rushes can cause serious effects, this can be one of the most important aspects of a healthy diet to stick to. When sugary foods are consumed, they require very little to be converted to glucose, therefore blood sugar levels can increase within minutes. For this reason, sugar rich foods must be cut down on. Part 1 | Part 2 Continued |