Diabetic food does more damage than it does good. It should have a label Keep away at all cost. It is sold because most of us are ignorant and fall victims to labels, have a very busy life to stop and think and this creates an opportunity for manufactures to make money. We are brain washed to strive on individulity, choice and words and phrases which are conjured to obscure the obvious.
Individuality-Biologically similar to 5 billion other people, share metabolic pathways with many, many, many animals; Should we really express ourself by driving a red coloured car that is driven by half the population of this planet? Does it matter how we address a disability or a condition? Surely, the fact that we are suffering from that condtion should be the key issue and not what we call it?
Diabetic food sends out a message as the food a diabetic should eat. Eg: Just because you are diabetic, you don't have to give up chocolate.
Diabetic food use sweetners but they also contain carbohydrates and fat. Take carbohydrate and fats away from diabetic food and it becomes non-pallatable. Sugars of all form are bad news, but intrinsic sugars (sugars derived from milk and starch) are better than fats as sources of calories. Consume food containing this type of sugar in moderation. Look at food as a fuel rather than as a treat.
Our habits are a receipe for disaster. Evolutionary wise, we should have one main meal a day , preferably in a non social setting. Taking meals in a social settig encourages us to eat more. Add to it Breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, tea, supper and what you have is obesity, diabetes early grave.
Both my parents are type-II diabetics and since this year (49years old) I have been diagnosed as type-II diabetic with an initial BMI of 25. My father managed for 20 years to control his sugar level (6-8mmol) without medication. He was on metfomin for the last 5 years. I am managing the same, achieving 6.3 mmol- Hb1Ac through diet alone. There are basically three key things a diabetic needs to remeber.
Keep away from
1) Sugar (Non Milk Extrinsic Sugars)
2) carbohydrates.
3) Artificial Sweetners
Artificial sweetners are bad on the long run because they can induce craving for sweet things especially when you are feeling peckish and when you are on a diet. Without sweetners, the first few drinks of tea/cofee may be bitter but after one week you will get used to it. Drink fruit juice and water instead. It will help you to stick to a good diet plan.
Diabetes is really a blessing in disguise. It forwarns the suferer that if they continue as they are, their life will be cut short. Diabetes is implicated in almost all life threatening diseases. Add smoking, excessive drinking, and a sedentary life style, then you are surely done for.