Diabetes: Which Vegetable to Choose?

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Diet and Diabetes

In diabetes, the choice of vegetables and foods is a very important dietary aspect; the most suitable nutritional therapy for the treatment of this disease is relative to the severity with which it occurs; therefore, it is possible to define that "the correct diet for the diabetic is the one that best meets the (constantly evolving) needs of the patient being treated".

The criteria for dietary drafting in diabetes are many and often difficult to combine; once the needs and requirements of the subject have been established, it is essential to make an accurate choice of consumption frequencies and food portions. Obviously, type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 2 diabetes mellitus are very different pathologies and the relative dietary therapy should adapt as much as possible to the metabolic aspects, and possibly to the specific comorbidities of the clinical picture.
As anticipated, the choice of food portions is an aspect of fundamental importance and depends on both the clinical picture and the level of energy expenditure; the same can NOT be said (even if with the due exceptions of the case) when discussing food choices.

In the diet therapy treatment of diabetes, the most recommended products are those characterized by a low or moderate glycemic index, and among the carbohydrate PREVALENCE dishes, it is better to prefer foods characterized by:

a lower glycemic load
a greater amount of dietary fiber.

Regarding the consumption of cereals, it would be advisable to choose wholemeal ones or in any case always associate them with abundant quantities of fiber, while for fruits, the discriminating element is represented above all by the levels of fructose ...