Having diabetes doesn’t mean you cannot satisfy your sugar cravings. Sometimes you just need desserts, especially when some sugar can raise your spirits. With simple swaps and easy daily adjustments, you can consume desserts without increasing your blood sugar level. How? You need to control your daily sugar intake by thinking creatively about your food choices.
Foods rich in carbohydrates contain some form of sugar, fibres and starch. To digest sugar, our body breaks it down to glucose. This glucose is then transported to body cells to produce energy. This ”transporter” is called Insulin – it moves glucose from the blood to body cells.
However, if you have diabetes, you do not have sufficient insulin. This increases glucose in the blood. Excess insulin can cause serious problems like heart disease, vision problems, kidney disease and stroke.
But there is a catch. The amount of sugar you are consuming depends on the amount and type of carbohydrates you are eating. Most sweets, cakes, candies and cookies have a high level of added sugars and unsaturated/unhealthy fats. Such foods can spike your blood sugar level. This is why you must avoid foods with extra sugar, unhealthy fats and high levels of sodium.
According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), diabetics can consume sweets in a controlled way along with a well-balanced diet. Keep your body weight in check and regulate your everyday sugar intake. Regularly check your blood sugar level.
You cannot cut out sugar from your diet completely. If you do so, it would increase your cravings. So, plan a healthy diet and treat yourself with sweets intermittently.
Here’s how you can regulate daily sugar consumption without setting off alarms:
A healthier portion of sweets and desserts for diabetics can be a part of a balanced diet, even for people with diabetes. But you must keep an eye on your daily sugar and meal carbohydrate intake. If you are having trouble controlling your daily sugar intake or have any doubts regarding it, consult a health care professional and a registered dietitian.
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Diabetes patients are not allowed to think of sweets or dessert, right? Wrong. Unfortunately, most of us choose to believe this as the fact that eating sugars or sugary foods will cause one to develop ‘Diabetes.’ Yes, sweets or sugars do affect the blood sugar levels, but they do not aid in developing diabetes in an individual. In short, Diabetic desserts exist!
Therefore, it is a common misnomer that diabetics cannot enjoy desserts. They can eat sweet foods but in moderation and with knowledge, and awareness of how it will affect their blood sugar. (Click to read about Diabetic Summer Coolers)
So, through this blog, we bring you three delicious desserts that are diabetes-friendly, using natural sugars by Sonal Arora, the Co-founder of 6meal.in. She firmly believes in conscious eating and believes that the right foods are more important than medication. Hence, equipped with this idea, she built 6meal.in.
Here are three delicious diabetes desserts:
Source: 6meal.in
Ingredients:
How to make:
Peel & core the pear, slit into half lengthways. Mix water, orange juice, vanilla, cinnamon, star anise and orange zest. In a saucepan, poach the pear with the above liquid till tender. Cooldown & chill in the fridge whisk the sour cream with raw organic honey. Steve the poached pear with an orange segment, sour cream, and crushed toasted walnuts.
Generally speaking, yes, it’s OK to eat desserts if you have diabetes. But you should consume it in moderation. Using honey or jaggery which has a lower glycemic index (GI) should be used as a sweetening agent in the dessert. But any type of sugar will raise your blood glucose levels.
Dr. M.G. Kartheeka, MBBS, MD
Source: 6meal.in
Ingredients for Granola
How to make Granola:
Combine all ingredients and mix well. Spread out the mixture on an oven tray and toast till golden.
Next, take the following ingredients:
How to make:
Cut all fruits, whisk the yoghurt with honey and then set in a jar and top it fruits with Granola.
Also Read: Is Honey Good for Diabetes? Unveiling the Research Behind the Sweet Remedy
If you’re looking for a diabetes-friendly way to satisfy your sweet tooth, aspartame may be just the ticket. Aspartame is a low-calorie sweetener that is around 200 times sweeter than sugar with less than 4 calories per gram. Aspartame is considered safe for people with diabetes to eat.
Dr. Ashish Bajaj – M.B.B.S, M.D.
Ingredients
Bottle Guard – 300 gm
Skimmed milk – 300 ml
Oil- 5 gm
Cardamom powder – 0.2 gm
Green Cardamom – 0.2 gm
Saffron- 0.1 gm
Almonds – 2gm
Pistachio- 2gm
Jaggery- 10 gm
How to make:
Heat oil or homemade ghee in a pan. Then add grated bottle guard and sauté for 2-3 minutes.
Add milk & whole cardamom and saffron and cook till the milk is reduced and thick. Add grated jaggery to sweeten. Garnish finely shredded Almonds and Pistachios.
Be careful when consuming artificial sweeteners and even more natural ones such as maple syrup, corn syrup and xylitol as the side effects or effects of an alternative sweetener on insulin resistance may outweigh the benefits.
Dr. Ashish Bajaj – M.B.B.S, M.D.
Also Read: Is Jello Good for You? Unraveling the Truth through Nutritional Science
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