Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Diabetic Breakfast Choices

By Marcus Clarkson

If you are someone who has been diagnosed with diabetes it is vital that you eat the correct kinds and amounts of foods. If not then you may well find that the condition is much more difficult to control. Today when it comes to finding out what are the right foods the internet is a great place to look for help and advice. In fact many sites now offer special sample breakfast menus for diabetics to try out for themselves.

Certainly no longer does the first meal of the day that you eat as a diabetic have to be bland or boring. Instead as you will soon discover many of the sample menus now available allow you to be a little more creative with regard to what you are able to eat.

Below we offer details of three different types of breakfast menus that you may wish to try if you suffer from diabetes. All of which can be made quickly and easily and contain the right number of calories and carbohydrates which your body will need.

Menu 1 - Take 1 slice of whole wheat bread and toast to your liking. Then once toasted spread over it 1 tspn of margarine. As well as the toast you can also have either a 1/4 cup of cottage cheese or an egg substitute. Plus if you so wish replace the cottage cheese with 1/2 cup of oatmeal mixed with 1/2 cup skimmed milk and 1/2 small banana.

Menu 2 - For this you can first have 1/2 cup of blueberries along with 1 cup of fat free milk. But instead of the bluleberries replace this with a muffin and 1 cup of fat free or low fat milk instead. However, if you do not want the muffin then replace this with another pastry, but it must have the same amount of calories as the muffin.

Menu 3 - For something that really is quick and easy to prepare for breakfast. Take 2 slices of whole wheat bread and toast them. Then to provide a little more flavor to the bread lightly spread over each slice 2 tablespoons of peanut. As well as the toast with this breakfast you can have a cup of tea or coffee and a small banana.

When you are preparing any of the menus above in order to ensure that your blood sugar levels remain constant it is best that you eat at the same time each day. However, what you must never do is avoid having any breakfast at all.

Plus with all the sample breakfast menu for diabetics that you see in this article as well as on the internet, you need to make sure that you use the exact amounts of food mentioned. Otherwise this could actually further aggravate rather than help to control the symptoms associated with diabetes. - 15683

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