Diabetes Management Daily Eating Plan

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Consult with your physician first before starting this plan.

General Guidelines to Follow:

Use an App like My Fitness Pal or Lose It to track your calories, protein, carbohydrates, fats, water, salt, and cholesterol intake. There are many Apps in the marketplace so find the one that you like and will consistently use. Use your glucose meter reading to adjust your previous meal for the next day for the same meal or snack. 2 hours after eating your meter reading should be under 150 mg/dL. If it is not under 150 mg/dL adjust the amount of carbohydrates down for that meal next day or move from a processed carbohydrate to a non-processed carbohydrate. Each meal should be evenly spaced throughout the day 2-3 hours apart this will create stable blood sugar. Picture your plate as if it divides evenly into thirds: 1/3 protein, 1/3 carbohydrates, 1/3 high fiber vegetables - even snacks. Over time, by doing this exercise you will identify the best ratio for protein, carbohydrates, fats, and fiber that works best for you. Pick foods from the food list below: one serving of protein carbohydrates per meal and at least two servings of vegetables to your daily meals. Keep on adjusting your meals until you achieve a glucose meter reading average of under 150 mg/dL by the end of that day. Log your data into the worksheet below always test your glucose/sugar before the next meal (2 hours from previous meal) this will tell you if you need to add or subtract carbohydrates to the meal next time. Save your daily plans as this will provide you the exact blueprint to achieve your goal next time. Over time you will develop variety as you will have multiple daily plans to achieve your goal. The planning process will become easier and easier because you just have to use the blueprint that you have already developed. Refer to the chart below to correlate your glucose monitor reading to A1C, since A1C is a better indication of glucose over time. This allows you to check how accurate your A1C average is, and how well you are managing your disease, versus the physician labs for that office visit.

Diabetes Management: Daily Eating Plan

Getting your daily sugar under control.
Meal Time Food Selected Total Calories Protein Fat Carbs Water Salt Cholesterol Glucose Meter Reading

Breakfast:

Mid-morning snack

Lunch

Mid-afternoon snack

Dinner

Bedtime snack

Total

Low Fat Protein

Chicken breast Low-fat cottage cheese Turkey breast Lean ground turkey Salmon Tuna Lobster Crab Shrimp Steak Lean ground beef Egg whites Egg white substitutes

Complex Carbohydrates
Beans Corn Melon Apple Strawberries Greek yogurt Baked potato Yam Squash Sweet potato Steamed brown rice Oatmeal Barley

Food List Suggestion

High-Fiber Vegetables
Lettuce Cauliflower Green beans Green pepper Spinach Tomato Peas Artichoke Cabbage Celery Cucumber Broccoli Asparagus

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Low Fat Protein Complex Carbohydrates High-Fiber Vegetables

Correlation of daily average blood sugar to A1C

mg/dL your glucose meter reading 126 154 183 212 240 269 298 A1C 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Source: American Diabetes Association. These estimates are based on ADAG data of ~2,700 glucose measurements over 3 months per A1C measurement in 507 adults with type 1, type 2, and no diabetes. The correlation between A1C and average glucose was 0.92 (ref. 77). A calculator for converting A1C results into eAG, in either mg/dL or mmol/L, is available at http://professional.diabetes.org/eAG

Daily notes: What foods Im going to add and subtract to achieve a blood sugar average below 150mg/dL for the next day?