Why? Carbohydrates digest more slowly and don't "spike" your blood sugar the way sugars do. They also fill you up faster, so you're less likely to overeat, and they give you more vitamins, minerals, and fiber.
- The goal. Most of what you eat should be healthy carbohydrates. Include whole-grains, fruits, vegetables and low fat milk. Whole grain breads and cereals, brown rice, beans, lentils, potatoes, and corn tortillas are good choices.
How?
- Shop the perimeter of grocery stores, where you'll find the freshest foods. Avoid temptation in the middle aisles, where canned, boxed, and frozen goods are shelved.
- Reach for the least-processed version of any food. Try to cut out prepared, pre-mixed foods like stove-top dinners: they're not "helpers" when it comes to diabetes and nerve pain.
- Have fun trying a new kind of starchy vegetable, like baked yams, oven-roasted carrots, or cooked lentils, instead of white rice or dinner rolls.
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