Borderline diabetes, also known as impaired glucose tolerance and prediabetes, is a condition in which your blood sugars are higher than normal but not high enough to warrant a diagnosis of diabetes. If your borderline diabetes is left uncontrolled, it will most likely develop into diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association. To treat your borderline diabetes you need to lose weight. A healthy diet that decreases your calorie intake can help.
Diabetes Exchange Diet
The diabetes exchange diet is a calorie-controlled low-fat diet plan designed to help people with diabetes manage their blood sugars and weight. It is also a balanced, healthy diet that emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins and low-fat dairy foods and can help you get to a healthier weight to manage your borderline diabetes. The diet works by teaching you how to control portions and make healthy food choices to limit your total caloric intake. A doctor or dietitian can help you determine your calorie needs and food serving suggestions from each group to help you develop healthy and satisfying meals.
DASH Diet
The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, also known as the DASH diet, is specifically designed to help prevent and lower blood pressure. But it can also promote weight loss and prevent diabetes, according to the DASH Diet website. The DASH diet encourages a high intake of fruits and vegetables, eight to 12 servings a day. Fruits and vegetables are low in calories and high in fiber and can help you feel more satisfied on fewer calories, helping you lose weight to improve your blood sugar and borderline diabetes. The diet also encourages you to eat more whole grains, lean sources of protein and low-fat dairy foods. DASH provides serving suggestions from each food group. To help with weight loss, choose to eat a fewer number of servings from each group.
Create Your Plate
Create Your Plate is a simple meal planning tool you can use to help you control portions and limit your calorie intake to help you lose weight and manage your borderline diabetes. It uses your dinner plate as a guide to help you. Draw an imaginary line down the center of your dinner plate to divide it in half, then draw another line down one of the halves to create three separate sections. Use these sections to help you control portions and calories. Use the largest section for low-calorie vegetables and the other two sections for your lean protein and starch serving. Add a side salad and a piece of fruit to keep you satisfied while keeping overall calorie intake low.
