In India 'European' food is available in restaurants, but it is not the same as real European food.You should be able to choose foods that are close to your normal diet, but may have to leave some of the carby foods if the portions are very large.
In India 'European' food is available in restaurants, but it is not the same as real European food.
The portions are smaller than here.
Not in the Indian restaurants round my way.You could say the same about "Indian" food over here
my apologise for my late reply but i caught up at work. ive only been diagnosed recently & pretty much in the process of adapting my eating habit. had the 6 weeks course on dietitian which is a great help! wish i knew about it when i was at pre-diabetic stage. but to answer your question im trying to follow the low carb diet & im on metformin 500mg & statin once a day.What kind of diet do you normally follow? Are you on any meds?
You should be able to choose foods that are close to your normal diet, but may have to leave some of the carby foods if the portions are very large.
thank you so much for your valuable advices! thats most helpful. im not very good in tails of nutrition, in fact i never thought of what im eating before this. but apart from vegetarian, is there any other dishes with meat that i can have or best not too.I think the reason that India has a high rate of diabetes is that people in South Asia generally have a higher genetic disposition to diabetes, and now there is a growing tendency to obesity with higher living standards in the growing 'middle class'.
You obviously need to avoid the very sugary Indian sweets. If you eat rice only do so in small portions. Avoid breads made from white flour like naans and puris. I find that breads made from brown wholemeal flour like rotis and chapattis don't affect me much, but you should test to see if they effect you.
India is great for vegetarian food and you should be able to eat most meat and vegetarian dishes without any problem.
China, Vietnam and Cambodia might be more problematic. I haven't been to these countries yet, but found it a bit difficult in Thailand which has similar food. A lot of rice and noodles. The next time I go I will be buying ready cooked fish and meats which are available everywhere in local markets and from street stalls, quite cheaply, and having them with salad, rather than rice and noodles. Or with vegetable dishes if I'm in a restaurant.
my apologise for my late reply but i caught up at work. ive only been diagnosed recently & pretty much in the process of adapting my eating habit. had the 6 weeks course on dietitian which is a great help! wish i knew about it when i was at pre-diabetic stage. but to answer your question im trying to follow the low carb diet & im on metformin 500mg & statin once a day.
6 months on my annual checkup came out very good & now ive been taken out from taking metformin but very concerned with my upcoming trips & i hear what youre saying. thank you so much for you reply
Any meat dishes, except the curries with potatoes, should be ok, potatoes are called aloo, so potato dishes will be called aloo gosht (mutton & potato), aloo gobi (potato & cauliflower) etc. Usually the drier the better. Fenugreek (methi) is supposed to be good for lowering bg, so any dishes called methi chicken, methi mutton, etc should be good. Grilled meats like tandoori, tikka and kebabs will be good too.thank you so much for your valuable advices! thats most helpful. im not very good in tails of nutrition, in fact i never thought of what im eating before this. but apart from vegetarian, is there any other dishes with meat that i can have or best not too.
In restaurants in Thailand I would usually order a meat or fish main dish, and a vegetable dish. 'Morning Glory' is nice, some sort of green veg, a bit like spinach.as for other part of asia that is worrying me as they tend to be very greasy food & from my previous visits, ive never came across brown rice though ive never asked for it. as for salads i had terrible experience in the past...hmmm it doesnt look good! thank you again!
Came back from Vietnam recently. Discussed it all with my doctor beforehand. She has actually been there herself. First evening had beef and stir fried vegetables - safe bet, I thought - only to find it was loaded with sugar and gave me a high reading. The Vietnamese friend who invited me confirmed they use a lot of sugar in cooking - what a pity the doctor didn't think to mention it!hi, im t2 & about to go & live in india for 6months or so, any arvices on what to eat & what not to eat over? im most concerned as ive been told that india is one of the country has high rate for diabetics? also i will travel across asia afterward, china, vietnam & cambodia. any advices would be greatly appreciated. it really worries me! thanking you in advance
that is most useful! this will give me some guides as it's begun to worrying me a lot, thank you so much! jIf you're low carbing, then you could choose meats and veg and go easy on the rice and bread, etc Also, I'd avoid dishes based on rice - eg biryani - as they'll have lots of carbs.
I think you'll be fine with a little thought and menu scanning
most detailed information! all your advices are giving me more confidents to travel & noted down to remind myself when im there. much appreciated for your knowledge, thank you!Any meat dishes, except the curries with potatoes, should be ok, potatoes are called aloo, so potato dishes will be called aloo gosht (mutton & potato), aloo gobi (potato & cauliflower) etc. Usually the drier the better. Fenugreek (methi) is supposed to be good for lowering bg, so any dishes called methi chicken, methi mutton, etc should be good. Grilled meats like tandoori, tikka and kebabs will be good too.
Have a look at this thread which gives some suggestions: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/eating-out-indian-food.30800/
thanks again for this advice, i shall put it down on my list! jIn restaurants in Thailand I would usually order a meat or fish main dish, and a vegetable dish. 'Morning Glory' is nice, some sort of green veg, a bit like spinach.
hi, as ive mentioned previously to azures replied, im on learning curb with my dieting. probably too cautious, but from the time ive been diagnosed to my 6months checkup ive lost from 65kg to 60kg. im an unusual case according to my doctor as my built is quite slim to have diabetes.@sunn49
I think you need to provide a it more information about yourself.
eg, what do you eat now,
Do you self test with a meter?
I have a pretty good idea what effects what foods, and what quantities of food I eat, have on my BS.
And what effect exercise has on it.
So if I am out, I know what , and how much I can eat of whatever is on offer, and that can vary depending on if I'm walking for the rest of the day, or having an evening meal in a bar somewhere.
The other question is what will you eat. Are you looking for 'normal' food, or regional food.
Minimal carbs if you eat deep fried tarantula, scorpions or locusts.
I'd avoid the salads, unless you are in a large hotel, or can wash them yourself.
theres a great truth in that! jLol I lived in Vietnam for 2.5 years. Is true that they do put some sugar in most food but not loads. They balance hot sweet sour and salty. I went to nam in 2007 at 9 st 6 lbs and came back at 8st in 2009. BG was fine on return. It was a western diet over the next 6 years that made me a diabetic (plus rubbish genes). I think in developing countries whether it's Vietnam or India there are growing levels of diabetes as the middle classes eat more (and eat more western food) and exercise less
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