Find the best Nigerian food recipes for diabetic patients you can follow to fight, prevent and stop Type 1, Type 2 or Gestational diabetes in your body.

Diabetes describes a group of metabolic diseases in which the person has high blood glucose (blood sugar), either because insulin production is inadequate or because the body’s cells do not respond properly to insulin or both. It is a long-term condition that causes high blood sugar levels.

There are three types of diabetes, namely:

Type 1 diabetes: in this case, the body does not produce insulin. It is referred to as insulin-dependent diabetes, juvenile diabetes, or early onset diabetes. People usually develop type 1 diabetes before the age of 40, often in early adulthood or teenage years. Type 1 diabetes is nowhere near as common as type 2 diabetes. Approximately 10% of all diabetes cases are type 1.
Type 2 diabetes: this is whereby the body does not produce enough insulin for proper function, or cells in the body do not react to insulin (insulin resistance). Approximately 90% of all cases of diabetes worldwide are type 2. Some people may be able to control their type 2 diabetes symptoms by losing weight, following a healthy diet, doing plenty of exercises and monitoring their blood glucose level. Type 2 diabetes is typically a progressive disease –it gradually gets worse and the patient will probably end up have to take insulin, usually in tablet form. Overweight and obese people have a much higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to those with a healthy body weight. The risk of developing type 2 diabetes is also greater as we get older. Men whose testosterone levels are low have to be found to have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Gestational diabetes: this type of diabetes affects females during pregnancy. Some women have very high levels of glucose in their blood and their bodies are unable to produce enough insulin to transport all of the glucose into their cells, resulting in progressively rising levels of glucose.

Symptoms of Diabetes
A condition is known as pre-diabetes often leads to type 2 diabetes also produces no symptoms. Type 2 diabetes and its symptoms slowly develop. Type 1 diabetes can go unnoticed but it less likely to do so. Some of its symptoms listed below can come on abruptly and be accompanied by nausea, vomiting or stomach pains.

Common signs and symptoms of diabetes

Frequent urination
Intense hunger
Unusual weight loss
Irritability
Cuts and bruises don’t heal properly and quickly
Disproportionate thirst
Weight gain
Increased fatigue
Blurred vision
More skin or yeast infection
Itchy skin
Gums are red and/or swollen: gums pull away from teeth
Frequent gum disease infection
Sexual dysfunction among men
Numbness or tingling especially on the feet or hand
Causes of Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes:
Family history
Diseases of the pancreas
Infection or illness
Type 2 diabetes:
Obesity or being overweight
Impaired glucose tolerance
Insulin resistance
Ethnic background
High blood pressure
Low level of HDL (“good”) cholesterol and high levels of triglycerides
Gestational diabetes: if you have gestational diabetes, this raises your chance of getting type 2 diabetes later in life.
Sedentary lifestyle: exercising less than three times a week
Family history
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Age: people over the age of 45 and overweight
Gestational diabetes:
Obesity or being overweight
Glucose intolerance
Family history
Age
Whatever the risk, there is a lot to delay or prevent diabetes:

Manage your blood pressure
Keep your weight within or near a healthy range
Get 30 minutes of exercise on most days
Eat a good balance diet

Nigerian Food Recipes for Diabetic Patients – 46 Local Diets You Shouldn’t Ignore.
Soups:
Okra soup
Edikaikong soup
Waterleaf soup
Green amaranth soup
Ogbono with vegetable soup
Egusi with vegetable soup
Afang soup
Bitter leaf with egusi soup
All Nigerian vegetable soup
Fufu (swallow):
Wheat meal fufu (natural wheat)
Guinea corn fufu
Unripe plantain fufu
Stews and sauces to serve with brown rice or boiled unripe plantain:

Tomato stew
Garden egg stew
Vegetable stew cooked with amaranth and tomatoes
Vegetable stew cooked with ugwu (fluted pumpkin)
Shredded chicken sauce
Shrimp sauce
Fresh fish sauce/stew
Smoked fish sauce
Bitter leaf sauce
Low carbohydrate meals:
Brown basmati coconut rice with vegetables
Brown basmati fried rice
Jollof brown basmati rice with cole slaw
Brown basmati rice and stew
Unripe plantain porridge
Boiled unripe plantain with stew and moi moi
Roasted unripe plantain with fish sauce
Unripe plantain with beans porridge
Boiled unripe plantain with vegetable egg sauce
Beans and whole wheat bread
Ewa agonyin (mashed beans)
Guinea corn agidi with stew
Brown beans and guinea corn meal
Millet fufu
Drinks:
Water
Zobo without sweetener
Guinea corn kunu
Unsweetened yoghurt
Pepper soups
Kunu geida from guinea corn or millet
Healthy Nigerian comfort foods:
Isi ewu
Nkwobi
Cow leg
Cow tongue
Fish pepper soup
Chicken pepper soup
Snail pepper soup
Peppered snail

Source: http://naijafoodtherapy.com/nigerian-food-recipes-for-diabetic-patients-type-1-2-diet-list/

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