Thus anybody knows what food are good for a diabetic person.

If the doctor told your husband that he is a diabetic and gave him medication he should have given him a list of foods that he can and can not eat. Some doctors sends their patients to a dietitian and they will give him a diet that he should stick to. I would go back to the doctor and ask for printed material of the foods he needs to avoid.

Hi there, try not to cook fatty foods and too much carbohydrates (rice, maize meal, potatoes)can be very dangerous. Give him more more green & red/orange veges more and he is going to need more calcium in body (milk, low fat cheese). All in all, a healthy diet is good enough for diabetic person. Think of foods you'd cut down on if you needed to lose weight - Hope this helps.

I am a diabetic too. All I can say is, it's pretty difficult to stop someone from eating how they've been eating all their life. Diet clearly doesn't work that much since we are not supposed to feel hunger or starve since we'll have tendency to pass out or get dizzy. The best way as my diabetic-expert doctor would say is, nothing beats exercise. He needs to at least run or jog a few minutes a day. Just enough to sweat it in or increase his pulse/heart rate. This is the only way for people to increase their good cholesterol levels (no medicine could ever accomplish this~ don't ever believe in medicines/supplements that say they can since this is a normal body chemical reaction when exercising). Then of course, stay away from preservatives. I say the best way for him to 'know' or be aware of his sugar is by monitoring it. I have my own sugar monitor (where you pr*ck yourself~ it's not really painful if you know where it should be). Because once a person sees that his/her eating affects the sugar levels, he wouldn't need much convincing to tell him/her to stop excessive eating.=) Good luck.

my dad is a drunken master. suddenly one night, he just cant move his feet due to so much pain! after bringing him to the hospital, his attending physician told him that he is diabetic, his uric acid is very high and they found a spot on his lungs, all at the same time! the medications: for his lungs- antibiotics for 6mos, uric acid- antibiotics until it reaches normal level, diabetes- lifetime treatment. weekly check up is a must! a friend of mine told me about this cleansing diet. i attended a seminar on it and taught it to my dad. the seminar is all about eating the right food. for two weeks he wont eat anything except for vegetables and fruits. since he is diabetic, at least 20% of what he'll eat is fruits and most is vegetables. vegatables should not be cooked! not wanting to drink all those dosages, he tried cleansing diet. he just put every vegetables in the blender and have it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. all for two weeks! on the first week of his cleansing diet, he went back to the doctor for his weekly check up and to the doctors' surprise, everything on him is normal! no more spot on lungs, uric acid and blood sugar level are all normal. the doctor just cant believe it and asked my dad what he did. my dad told everything about the cleansing diet and he never took not even a single medicine his doctor prescribed him. skeptic doctor insisted the prescriptions. my stubborn dad continued cleansing diet for another week and went back to the doctor for his weekly check up. again everything is normal. this happened 2 years ago. you can pm me for more of these.

Hi Arlene, you got a lot of good suggestions here. My father was also diabetic but we knew it at a very late stage already. I remember when he was sick my mother used to let him eat so much fruits, whick later we knew he should not eat those since fruits are sweet. My landlady also was a diabetic, and I remember she could still eat rice but at a very controlled quantity. You ask your doctor for some food supplement or herbal preparations like pure aloe vera extracts, those are very helpful also in lowering blood sugar. I hope your husband will achieve a lower if not really normal sugar level in his blood soon...

hey arlene. Im also a diabetic type 2. I have maintenance medications to kinda lower down my blood sugar. I was advice not to eat fatty foods, of course stay away from sweets and most of all no carbohydrates or if he cant stay away from it, try to lessen it..because carb most of all turn into sugar when digested by the body..do not use sweeteners coz they still have a small amount of sugar..It's now time to read every single labels on every food or products that you will buy..Check the ingredients and the amount of carb and sugar written..Going on a sugarfree diet is the best..But most of all, try asking the doc for a referral to a dietician..The dietician will ask for the result of the bloodworks of your husband and from there she will know what type of diet to give your husband..You must follow the diet given or else his sugar would shoot up..Next is check his blood sugar 2 hours after each meal and log it so you would know what food is making his sugar high and what is not..You need to log it down coz the dietician and the doctor will check it and advice you on what to do next..

At my local place,many are suffering diabetic problem. This is as a result of taking more sugars in their daily meals.. it seemed that sugar and sweet meals and drink as compulsory ingredient for every meals they are taken daily... Diebetes occurs when our blood contain exceed the required amount of sugar..our blood is unstable... our pancrease are not able to provide better amount of insulin to control the amount of sugar in blood.. that why we suffer diabetes... that's why we seen some critical case in which they have to rely on injected insulin to the patient... But, dont worry this is just happen for critical case... http://offto.net/CB_Diabetes_Guide/ As to those simple case , the diabetic person just have to keep doing excercise peridiocally and take low amount of sugar in daily meals.. Remember... ! ( dont stop taking sugar at all in meals and drink ,they still need them as it is a source for energy ! but take it in control amount advised by medical expert..) In addition, start to accept fresh and green vegetables... take it more than you what you usually taking.. It's good to stabilize your blood circulation... http://offto.net/cbproads_diabetic/

Dietary fat is not going to hurt your husband. That's a myth. As a diabetic his major enemy is SUGAR. I don't know why so many "experts" blame dietary fat for diabetes but it has NOTHING to do with sugar metabolism, which is what is messed up when you turn into a diabetic. Your husband can eat all the dietary fat he likes, and he will probably need it as it will be a source of energy for him that will not mess up his blood sugar. Also, dietary fat is used to make hormones, to build nerve cells and in just about every other area of your body, so it's not just a fuel. You should look into low-carb discussion forums to learn more about the connection between excessive carbohydrate intake and diabetes. Basically, any carbohydrate that you can digest will turn into sugar in your body, so a diabetic needs to cut back on them as much as possible because with diabetes your ability to get rid of the sugar you eat is seriously impaired. This is a matter of getting his blood sugar down to normal so it doesn't destroy his organs. Here are some interesting blogs you might like. They also recommend good books. http://weightoftheevidence.blogspot.com http://livinlavidalocarb.blogspot.com/ http://www.drjaywortman.com/ I hate to see yet another diabetic struggle with controlling blood sugar because he's getting bad advice. I know this is a very scary time for you and you want to do the best you can for him, and you're going to hear all kinds of conflicting information from his doctors. Just do the best you can and I'm sure he will appreciate it. Good luck.

here in the Philippines we got lots of herbal drinks for diabetic person..your husband should not eat lots of carbohydrates..rice is not allowed, meat as well..if there is Ampalaya in there you can cook some ampalaya recipe or salad..there is a herbal tea in here for diabetes maybe you can ask someone from your family here to send you some

that your husband will taken in..and also dont give him a lot of water..

im sure not sweets, not too much rice half cup or 1 can do. For bread it should be wheat bread and vegies green,ampalaya,and not fatty foods..you have to read first the contains of foods that your husband will taken in..

I should want to recommend him,that he should stop taking rice,instead of it,he should take floor,he should avoid potatoes or other sugar content foods.He should take foods containing less calorie.

a fresh ampalaya is a very much help...my frend's dad use to do it...he eat ampalaya just like he's eating an apple...hope it helps

food for diabetic??i think anything wag lang matatamis.eat more fruits and exercise is advisable.hope he feel better soon arlene.

you can try horseradish, ampalaya.They were known to decrease blood sugar.

arlene you should follow the suggested lifestyle for all of us, eat lots of veggies and fruits and some lo fat' dairy such as eggs and lo fat milk, and some lean protein fish and chicken are best, skinless chicken, and lots of whole grain foods like whole grain breads and cereals and pastas but you should get also some guidance from a dietiation who can show you how many carbs your husband can eat inone day.we all vary. your insurance should cover going to a dietition for food help. also vist the amereican diabetes assoc. on the internet for help in planning meals.You do need to seek help from a dietetican at first.