Healthy Food Choices for Type 2 Diabetes

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ALCIE MERRITT: Now I am going to talk to you about Type 2 Diabetes. Type 2 Diabetes usually has a later onset in late adulthood and is typically related to being overweight. As our body gains excess weight, it is less efficient at producing enough insulin to cover our blood sugar levels. So, other things that are important for Type 2 Diabetes is also monitoring your carbohydrate intake. Carbohydrates are things such as breads, pastas cereals, fruits, fruits juices are also carbohydrate, and then some dairy products like yogurt and milk, they also have some carbohydrate in them. You really want to try to limit the high sugary carbohydrates such as sweets, candies, desserts, sodas. Those things can really spike up your blood sugar. Another thing with Type 2 Diabetes is really focusing on effective weight loss strategy. A lot of times when we lose some weight our body becomes more sensitive to insulin and you can actually come out of Type 2 Diabetes. But healthy things to follow, important things to remember with Type 2 Diabetes is when eating carbohydrates, choose things that are higher in fiber such as whole wheat bread, brown rice, whole wheat pasta. You want to make sure you follow--choose lean protein sources such as chicken, turkey and fish and also choosing low fat dairy products. When you have diabetes you are also at a higher risk for developing heart disease, so it is important to eat balanced good nutrition, eat regular meals throughout the day, you never want to skip meals and remember to increase your fiber content when eating carbohydrates. These are all healthy things for Type 2 Diabetes.