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Beans! Beans! Try to fall in love with beans. After some years you will find yourself healthier than your peers

coputa:
What a diabetic patient needs are the food to avoid,some of them are excessive sugar,oil,and salt intake

Eat fruits and vegetables regularly

Also avoid alcohol entirely don't over stressed yourself, know your limits

Prioritize your rest ,

And lastly check your blood pressure and cholesterol regularly

as a man once u have been told to avoid alcohol know that ur life is finished.wetin really Dey to enjoy for the life.take away alcohol and women life makes no single sense.I am managing my health in a way that I should be able to drink when I want to drink.i don’t want to abuse it now and suffer later.

Coke , Fanta Sprite Lucozade
Bread , Biscuits Cake

Jollof Rice .

Dodo

Pounded Yam
Eba
Amala

Fried rice
Meat pies
Spaghetti
Noodles

coputa:
What a diabetic patient needs are the food to avoid,some of them are excessive sugar,oil,and salt intake

Eat fruits and vegetables regularly

Also avoid alcohol entirely don't over stressed yourself, know your limits

Prioritize your rest ,

And lastly check your blood pressure and cholesterol regularly

There are type of fruits a diabetic patient shouldn't eat I think pineapple and water melon are part of 'em

Pray:
Go to a doctor and get that answers.. Here ain't doctors forum.

100% facts, not everyone body system is the same, though there are some common meals they share.

I think you go for food that have low glycemic index like: beans,eggs,milk, oatmeal, fruit and vegetables, but note that some fruits are not good for diabetic patients, you can Google foods and their glycemic rate to get more details

aribisala0:
Coke , Fanta Sprite Lucozade
Bread , Biscuits Cake

Jollof Rice .

Dodo

Pounded Yam
Eba
Amala

Fried rice
Meat pies
Spaghetti
Noodles

as for spaghetti, taking it in moderation won't be bad as it has moderate glycemic index and if he can get a whole grain spaghetti then it is safer

twinskenny:
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So I was once diagnosed with this
What you do is below
1. Reduce processed foods
2. You can still eat carbs, however protein and vegetables have to be more. You eat them first before your rice, Spaghetti etc. Cause proteins will limit the rise of your sugar level. Don't eat your meat last is what I am saying, you eat it first.
3. I take zero drinks, but some say its still harmful, I don't care
4. Some fruits are high in sugar, so check glycemic index, any with below 55 is fine, but don't take more than a portion
5. Eat a lot of soups with a lot of vegetables but reduce palm oil and vegetable oil as they can be inflammatory, you can eat once a while
6. Greek yogurt, check that sugar is no more than 6g per 100g
7. Fish, chicken, meat, etc are ypur best friends
Etc.
8. Lose a bit of weight if you are overweight.
These are all I did to get back to normal, but my coconut head has gone back to my bad habits.

I am trying to change sah 😅

coputa:
What a diabetic patient needs are the food to avoid,some of them are excessive sugar,oil,and salt intake

Eat fruits and vegetables regularly

Also avoid alcohol entirely don't over stressed yourself, know your limits

Prioritize your rest ,

And lastly check your blood pressure and cholesterol regularly

na dis one pain me pass. Where I wan start from for dis hard time

May God almighty help all of us because majority of the foods and drinks that we consumed everyday are doing more harm than good to our bodies either you are diabetics or not diabetics it does not matter.

twinskenny:
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Portioning is also important. Your blood group is also an important consideration in the type of food you can take. Exercise but rest very well. I would have shared with you my meal table but I don't know your blood group.

The easy part is the dying you don’t want to have cardiac or nerve issues and become immobile.

okomile:
All stories..something will kill a man..

Eat small quantity good at a time and drink plenty water

Can u afford indian berry? Heheheeee

The management approach to diabetes has changed alot over the years with the availability of many effective and affordable classes of medications.

Generally when it comes to diabetic diet, moderation is the key. Small servings spread across the day..An understanding to the glycemic index and load of different foods is a good base.

For example sweet potatoes is a better option to Irish potatoes. Thats because it takes a longer time to break down consequently releasing small periodic sugar content into the blood stream..

Depends on the body. That disease is crazy

Know some1 that had it, battling that shit for 20years, taking drugs like a maniac.

He got tired and avoided doctors n their prescriptions for 3 straight years. Started eating what he was told to avoid, fufu, bread and whatnot.

Still goes for check up monthly and Doctors be like, U r doing ok sir, everytin is intact. Just keep using ur drugs and avoid certain food

See d hypocrisy. The doctors aint helping

U go for diabetes cure n management, d drugs dey give u will cause headache, then dey give u cure for headache, then it causes ulcer, then dey give u drugs for ulcer, then it causes eye pain. And it goes on like that. The big pharm keep u sick by enriching demsefs.

If ur health is Ok. U dnt knw aw lucky you are.

Pray:
Go to a doctor and get that answers.. Here ain't doctors forum.

Shared experiences translate to shared answers
answers being shared here are a coalition of experiences.

God no give me sickness wey no go make me live Normal life amen

Everybody is talking about food. No it isn't all about foods ! Think about fueling a car without driving it ! Whenever we eat, we get the body energy to do work and it becomes a problem when we fail to use the energy given. The energy remains in our blood waiting to be used and if not used it becomes a problem to body organs that remove wastes. Nowadays we drive instead of walking, most of the works we ought to use our energies for are almost been assisted. We hardly have time for exercise and lots more.
Being active alone while reducing all sorts of sugar intake can reverse this

While you are on a selective diet,understand that diabetes can be reversed with regular exercise and a healthy nutrition.

Earthstorms:
The responses shows that none of the above responders have ever successfully treated diabetes.

Op what is the reason for your question?

Do you want to reverse the diabetes so that the patient becomes diabetic free or do you want to just manage the diabetes so that it does not get worse?

If you want to reverse the diabetes, then go on the keto diet for 6 months the diabetes will go away if there is minimal carbohydrates in the diet for that long.

If you just want to manage the diabetes without curing it, then just reduce carbohydrates and eat proteins, fats and fibres.

My simple advice to manage diabetes is to eat soups and stews alone and avoid all swallows and grains. You can't get it wrong with this approach.

Diabetes doesn't go away. Once you start eating the same food that makes you diabetes, it comes back.

ttoyetade:
Diabetes doesn't go away. Once you start eating the same food that makes you diabetes, it comes back.

You are so wrong.
Diabetes can be reversed and people are reversing it through diet.

Once the insulin sensitivity is restored through appropriate diet, you can eat all foods in moderation.

Diabetes is a dietary and lifestyle illness. To cure it you will have to change your diet and lifestyle that caused the disease. It's like alcoholism, you cure alcoholism by limiting intake of alcohol

highchief1:
as a man once u have been told to avoid alcohol know that ur life is finished.wetin really Dey to enjoy for the life.take away alcohol and women life makes no single sense.I am managing my health in a way that I should be able to drink when I want to drink.i don’t want to abuse it now and suffer later.

You have limited experience of life. Most succesful people don't take alcohol and don't do women.

Earthstorms:
You are so wrong.
Diabetes can be reversed and people are reversing it through diet.

Once the insulin sensitivity is restored through appropriate diet, you can eat all foods in moderation.

So if you are reversed you can begin to eat Pounded Yam, drink Malt and all those bad food.? Go and do your research. Reverse means that you will not need to be taking diabetic drugs again once you stick to your diet.

ttoyetade:
You have limited experience of life. Most succesful people don't take alcohol and don't do women.

I senior u for age and I’m more experienced than u.now it’s called fantasy.Those that don’t drink alcohol or do women maybe chronic drug addicts or gamblers or some other vices.dont claim perfection as it won’t make sense.every normal person get how e take Dey cool off.na only drink once once and babes once once I Dey do.anything when go make me no fit do am again small small as I Dey do so na shut down.

highchief1:
I senior u for age and I’m more experienced than u.now it’s called fantasy.Those that don’t drink alcohol or do women maybe chronic drug addicts or gamblers or some other vices.dont claim perfection as it won’t make sense.every normal person get how e take Dey cool off.na only drink once once and babes once once I Dey do.anything when go make me no fit do am again small small as I Dey do so na shut down.

Yes you senior me for age. Go on with your Alcohol and Women. You can add drug and gambling to it so as to enjoy life to the fullest.

Not a Doctor but a nutritionist should be consulted .

agentarcher:
100% facts, not everyone body system is the same, though there are some common meals they share.

You can eat Wheat, unripe plantain, beans, eggs fermented tapioca. But avoid ripe plantains, yam, garri and rice (rice is the worse food for a diabetic person)

inoki247:
Lol na water.... also boil some leaf that lower sugar level....

bitter leaf, moringa leaf




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Don't be deceived, the overwhelming majority of Nigerian foods are starchy and are bad for diabetes.

Beans spike blood sugar to unhealthy levels, but they're still seen as good for diabetics. How?

Some of the best options for a diabetic in Nigeria include:

1. Eat VERY small portions of your usual foods with a large portion of a low carb vegetable like cabbage. Better to eat these small portions 4 times a day, than eat a typical big meal twice or thrice a day.

2. Avoid rice (any type), garri, eba. Indomie, bread, dodo (fried ripe plantain), spaghetti, Yam etc AT ALL COST. I repeat, avoid them AT ALL COST.

3. Avoid 99% of fruits! Fruits = sugar. The only reason I did not say avoid ALL fruits is because avocado is classified as fruits. Please don't touch orange, paw paw, sugar cane. Infact, any tropical fruit. They may be ok for others, but for a diabetic it is like pouring petrol on a fire.

4. Eat cooked green plantain instead of plantain flour meals, oats flour meals, and other so-called flour meals. Once you pulverise any food into powder form, you destroy part of the fibre in its original state, and that makes the powdered meal easier for your body to convert to sugar. Cooked plantain still has its fiber intact which slows down your body's ability to convert it to sugar.

5 Cut down on fat/oil. I mean all types of oil. Too much fat makes the body of a diabetic less able to efficiently use sugar. I am not saying fat causes diabetes, but once you are diabetic, excess fat can make it more difficult

6. Fast, Fast, Fast! As a diabetic you can't eat the way you used to eat. Consider doing intermittent fasting. Read about it online and discuss it with your doctor. Unfortunately, most Nigerian doctors are still wedded to keeping people on medication for the rest of their lives. It's good for their business.

7. Be physically active. Ensure you move around a bit, depending on your age.

Do points 1 - 7 for 6 - 9 months, even your doctor will be surprised by the improvements.

The only problem is these things require discipline, and food discipline can be very difficult to maintain.

But diabetes is a matter of life and death. That should be enough motivation for any diabetic to start now.

lendahand:
My father forgot about fufu that year and concentrated on plantain swallow and beans most of the time. He still was growing lean. That illness is deadly. He whose health is good under appreciates God honestly.

I suffered diabetes for many years and didn't even know it!! It wasn't until I became so lean a couple of years ago (because I was urinating about 20 times within 24 hours) that I realized I was diabetic for years.

I found unripped plantain and beans to be a good friend. Vegetables didn't help in my case, in fact, it makes you urinate more.

I found sugar, rice and garri to be the worst enemy.

All the other things people are saying don't hold water. I found that you should eat your last meal of the day before or by 6 pm. Don't put anything again in your mouth once you've done that. That's all your father needs to do as long as he has avoided starch.

There's this bitter liquid I also used (I forgot the name).

Today , I've cured myself of diabetes without seeing a doctor. I urinated just once last night, in fact, I've urinated just three times since I slept last night till now

In addition to all the above suggestions. Make sure you get some activity or exercise done immediately after eating. House chores, light exercise, walking etc. Eat your food in layers... veggies first, then protein and lastly any carbohydrates of your choice. Do this in ratio 50.30.20.. Chew slowly so your digestive enzymes work and you can feel full early on..Best wishes

twinskenny:
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Ask your official dietician or doctor to educayyou on this! Social media is not the right place for this!

musicwriter:
I suffered diabetes for many years and didn't even know it!! It wasn't until I became so lean a couple of years ago (because I was urinating about 20 times within 24 hours) that I realized I was diabetic for years.

I found unripped plantain and beans to be a good friend. Vegetables didn't help in my case, in fact, it makes you urinate more.

I found sugar, rice and garri to be the worst enemy.

All the other things people are saying don't hold water. I found that you should eat your last meal of the day before or by 6 pm. Don't put anything again in your mouth once you've done that. That's all your father needs to do as long as he has avoided starch.

There's this bitter liquid I also used (I forgot the name).

Today , I've cured myself of diabetes without seeing a doctor. I urinated just once last night, in fact, I've urinated just three times since I slept last night till now

Glory be to God in your case honestly. Fact is when you live right, you prevent illness and even correct illness like in your case. I had an ailment few years ago that spiked my blood pressure. Omo, Na so my head go just dey pound sometimes, heart beating fast, Nawa and I was just in my thirties. I resolved not to use any BP medicine. I took a corrective measure of avoiding pastries, junk foods, excess salty food and I embraced healthy eating of natural food, removed red meat and replaced it with fish, started eating lots of fruit and nuts, boom! My health bounced back. BP went back to normal and I could exercise again without panting. Honestly noone should joke with healthy living because the pains of sickness is overwhelming. Above all, I thank the Lord Jesus Christ for giving me that wisdom and discipline so I could regain my health.