Don't fry foods instead bake, boil, poach or sauté in a nonstick pan. Steam or microwave vegetables. Buy tuna packed in water, not oil

• Eat food at fixed hours
• Do not overeat
• Do not eat immediately after a workout
• Make sure you have three proper meals & light snacks in between
• Eat about the same amounts of food each day
• Eat your meals and snacks at about the same times each day
• Make sure the gaps between your meals are short
• Do not eat fast; masticate and munch your food well before you swallow
• Drink a lot of water that will help flush the toxins off your system
• Avoid fried foods and sweetmeats
• Include fresh vegetable salad in every meal
• Include sprouts in the diet
• Take your medicines at the same times each day
• Exercise at about the same times each day
• Avoid smoking. Smoking leads to heart disease and poor circulation
• Check your feet for cuts, blisters, and swelling which are likely to result from diabetes-related nerve damage
• Take good sleep daily
• Check your blood sugar level regularly
• Try to stick up to the plan made up for sugar control
• Check the other tests such as kidney function, liver function, heart function, ketone level etc
• Check your weight periodically and maintain ideal body weight

Diabetic Diet Do's

• For breakfast, take cholesterol-lowering oatmeal
• Have nuts rich in mono unsaturated fat, such as pecans, walnuts, and almonds
• Eat pasta, stews and leafy salads along with beans-- kidney beans, chick peas, and dry beans, navy beans and peas which can reduce LDL "bad"; cholesterol
• Fat free milk, yogurt, and cheese to be taken
• Eggs whites to be included
• White meat chicken and Fish and shellfish (not battered) are good
• Increase intake of dry beans and peas
• Have at least 20 to 25 grams of raw onion daily
• Add wheat bran to your wheat flour (50% wheat flour + 50% wheat bran). This helps increase fiber in your diet
• You can also add flaxseed and fenugreek seeds into the wheat flour
• Increase fiber intake in the form of raw fruits, vegetables, whole cereals etc
• Intake of cinnamon, garlic, onion, bitter melon, guar gum is known to considerably reduce blood glucose level

Diabetic Diet Dont's

• Don't fry foods instead bake, boil, poach or sauté in a nonstick pan. Steam or microwave vegetables. Buy tuna packed in water, not oil
• Eat less high-fat red meat and more low-fat turkey and fish. Avoid organ meats
• Limit the use of condiments such as ketchup, mustard and salad dress ion--they're high in salt and can be high in sugar, too
• Rinse processed foods in water and, wherever possible, choose fresh foods over canned
• Limit your salt (sodium content)
• Read labels carefully. Soy sauce, brine and MSG, for example, contain a lot of sodium
• Don't select ready to eat and junk foods items available to you
• Don't smoke and stop alcohol consumption
• Don't skip meals and medicine times