Diabetic Recipes

Hi,

As a diabetic I do need to be careful about what goes in my dishes. Has anybody got diabetic friendly recipes? I have to admit my preference would be for fuller flavoured dishes, probably 'hot' and not including fish. The other consideration is low salt levels.

Looking forward to hearing back from you,

Marti

Mum is diabetic too.

Most of the savoury Indian dishes on the site should be fine for you, though if you need to be really strict, perhaps avoid any with fruit in them, that might include sweet tomatoes.

When mum gets back online, I'm sure she'll be able to contribute more ideas.

What would you say is the maximum amount of oil that a diabetic should consume in one meal?

Sid

Not a clue, would suggest checking with a qualified dietician for that level of advice, as it may vary according to individual health, meds and other health issues.

We can pass on general advice about reducing sugar in one's cooking, but would not feel comfortable giving specific detailed advice about recommended daily intakes of any individual ingredient.

Hope you understand,

Kavey

I wouldn't know about oil in diet recommendations either. As a former food quality inspector (about 10 years ago) you might be interested to know that as far as I can remember apples on sale in supermarkets can range from about 8% up to 12% or thereabouts depending on whether they are cookers or dessert apples, grapes will vary a lot from 10% to 22% and tomatoes from very little to 4% or thereabouts.

If you want to measure for yourself an instrument called a sugar refractometer is the tool you need.

Please tell me that you don't need to know this last bit of information though!

Regards,

Martin

For me, what a diabetic can and can't eat or eat how much of it he can eat will depend upon what type of diabetes he has, what medication he is on and how well controlled the diabetes is. These days, most things are not banned, just advised in moderation.

Off the top of my head, I can't think of many savoury dishes that I add sugar to in my cooking, so all should be suitable for diabetics, if one adapts it to the advice/instructions one has received from their specialist. Diabetes should not generally mean deprivation these days, just being sensible.

I tend to cook for us with very little oil and eat less and less salt. On a recent trip to Brazil, where everything we ate was lovely but too salty, made me realise how little salt I add to my everyday food now! Indians, like people in many other hot countries like Brazil, eat a lot of salt, sometimes too much. In my view, it is worth reducing it gradually, as your taste adjusts.

Personally, I eat/cook more of green/other coloured vegetables than root ones. We do have roast sweet-potatoes/jacket potatoes sometimes, but not chips. I also eat a fair amount of fish, having stopped eating meat/poultry 10-12 years ago (not for diabetes).

For anyone needing help, the exact or advised amount of what you should/shouldn't eat for a given medical condition should be checked with the person treating you. Diabetes UK website also has good advice about foods suitable for diabetics.