Diet and Lifestyle Diabetes and heart disease

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Diet and Lifestyle Diabetes and heart disease
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Reasons for diet

• Weight control
• Blood glucose control
• Prevention and management of short-term and
  long-term complications of diabetes and heart
  disease

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Dietary recommendations

• Eat starchy foods regularly
• Eat more fruit and vegetables
• Reduce animal or saturated fat
• Cut down on sugar
• Reduce salt

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Balancing food choices
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Eat starchy foods regularly

• Bread
• Potatoes
• Rice
• Pasta
• Cereals
• Plantain
• Chapatis

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Eat more fruit and vegetables. Five a day

• Fresh
• Frozen
• Tinned
• Dried
• Juice

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Choose more high fibre foods

• To help maintain blood glucose levels and
  cholesterol levels
• Fruit
• Vegetables
• Pulses
• Oats

• Helps to maintain a healthy gut
• Wholegrain cereals
• Wholemeal bread
• Wholewheat pasta
• Brown rice, barley

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Reduce animal or saturated fat intake

• Use low fat milk
• Use low fat spread instead of butter
• Use oil high in unsaturated fat, eg olive oil,
  rapeseed oil

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Use less fat in cooking

• Grill
• Dry-roast
• Microwave
• Steam

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Choose the right sort of fat

• SATURATED
• Full fat dairy produce (eg cheese, butter, full
  cream milk)
• Pies
• Biscuits
• Savoury snacks
• Lard
• Hard vegetable fat

• MONO- UNSATURATED
• Olive oil
• Rapeseed oil
• Groundnut oil

• POLY- UNSATURATED
• Sunflower oil (products)
• Oily fish

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Cut down on sugary foods

• Cut out sweets
• Cut out sugary drinks

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Reduce salt intake

• Cut down on added salt
• Use alternative seasonings

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Eat regular meals based on carbohydrate
Warm water (Cu) CBH breakfast
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Lunch or snack meal
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Main meal
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AYURVEDIC HERBS

• Onion
• Garlic
• fenugreek
• Turmeric
• Amalaki

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Be more active at least 30min/day for 5 days
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Dancing / Yoga
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Slimming tips

• Be realistic about your target weight
• Aim to lose weight gradually
• Eat regular meals
• Make small changes you can stick to

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STRESS MANAGEMENT

• PRANAYAMA
• SILENT SITTING / MEDITATION

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AVOID

• Smoking
• Alcohol
• Sleeping after meals
• Sedentary lifestyle
• Stress and worry

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SEE YOUR GP OR NURSE FOR MORE ADVICE
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Diabetes UK Careline

• 020 7424 1030
• Monday to Friday
• 9am to 5pm
• www.diabetes.org.uk

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CHEERS
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ANY QUESTIONS?

• THANK YOU!