Foods with Low Glycemic Index

Foods with low glycemic index are foods that not too raise blood sugar and so are good for diabetics.

In addition, foods with low glycemic avoid that is hungry all the time helping you lose weight, make better food choices and to have a healthier diet.

Some examples of foods with low glycemic index are:

• Whole milk or skim milk, yogurt or light ;
• Cereals like All Bran , corn bread, pasta;
• Beans, butter, soy, peas, chickpeas;
• Peanuts,
• Carrot.

Foods with low glycemic index

Fruits with low glycemic index

All of these foods have a lower glycemic index than 55 and therefore are considered low glycemic index foods. When the glycemic index varies between 55 and 70 food has moderate glycemic index and above 70, high glycemic index.

See the glycemic values ​​of foods: Table of glycemic index .

Fruits with low glycemic index

The fruits with low glycemic index are those that do not greatly increase your blood sugar and can be apple, dried apricot, cherry, grapefruit, pear or plum, for example.

Despite the fruits have a low glycemic index to further delay the rise in blood sugar fruits should not be eaten in isolation but always accompanied by toast, biscuits, yoghurt or dried fruits like walnuts or almonds.

Diet for fatty liver

The diet for fatty liver should be low in any kind of fats and low in calories, both in fatty liver caused by excessive alcohol consumption as in NAFLD.

Hepatic steatosis, or fatty liver, should be treated in accordance with medical advice and always accompanied with power-driven nutritionist to prevent the worsening liver, reducing symptoms such as tiredness, vomiting or abdominal pain.

Food for hepatic steatosis

In the diet to alcoholic liver steatosis or non-alcoholic it is fundamental and avoids fats, drink about 1.5 - 2 liters of water a day and eating every three hours, even if not hungry.

Food allowed in hepatic steatosis

Forbidden foods in hepatic steatosis

Food allowed in hepatic steatosis

Foods allowed for those with fatty liver may be:

• Fruits and vegetables - are foods rich in fiber help control blood sugar and may decrease the absorption of fats.
• Skim milk and low-fat cheeses, such as ricotta and cottage - they have less fat.
• Breads, pastas and whole grains - whole foods have more fiber and reduce fat absorption.
• And lean white meats such as turkey or chicken, and fish for example - because they are foods with less fat.

Moreover, should this be done by grilled foods, baked or cooked not to add fat to the food.

Forbidden foods in hepatic steatosis

The main foods to eliminate from the diet are alcoholic beverages and foods that contain fat, such as sausages, butter, oils, cakes covered, dreams, guava, dulce de leche, fried foods, pizzas, sandwiches, burgers and processed foods, for example.

How is pregnancy of diabetic women

The pregnancy of diabetic woman requires a very strict control of blood sugar levels during the nine months of pregnancy to avoid possible complications.

Moreover, it should take a daily supplement of 5mg of folic acid three months before pregnancy and the first trimester of pregnancy, with a dose well above the daily 400mcg recommended for non-diabetic women.

Care that diabetic should have during pregnancy

The care that diabetic should have during pregnancy are mainly:

• Call a doctor every 15 days;
• Daily log the sugar levels in the blood, how many times the doctor prescribes;
• Take all medications according to the doctor's guidance;
• Perform the test insulin 4 times a day;
• Take the exam in the glycemic index every month;
• Take the examination of the eye every 3 months;
• Having a balanced diet poor in sugar;
• Hiking regularly, especially after meals.

The better the blood sugar control, the less likely the mother and the baby have problems during pregnancy.

What can happen if the diabetes is not controlled

While diabetes is not the mother is controlled more easily and infections may occur preeclampsia, which is the pressure increase which may cause convulsions or coma in pregnant and even death of the baby or the pregnant woman.

In uncontrolled diabetes during pregnancy babies are born as very large, they may have respiratory problems, birth defects and being diabetic or obese adolescents.

Learn more about the consequences for the baby when the mother's diabetes is not controlled: What are the consequences for the baby, diabetic mother?

How is the delivery of diabetic woman

The birth of diabetic woman run smoothly if the diabetes is controlled and may be vaginal delivery or C-section, depending on how stems pregnancy and baby size. However, the healing process is generally more time consuming because excess blood sugar hinders the healing process.

When the baby is very large in normal birth is more likely to shoulder injury at birth and the mother will have greater risk of injury in the perineum, so it is important the doctor's advice in deciding the type of delivery.

After birth, babies of diabetic women, how can develop hypoglycemia sometimes stay in the NICU for at least 6-12 hours, to get a better medical supervision.