705 Management of Diabetes Mellitus: Nutrition Therapy

Regarding diet in chronic diseases (choose avoid, low, high, or balance):

• Avoid Sugar

Regarding diet in chronic diseases (choose avoid, low, high, or balance):

• Low Fat

Regarding diet in chronic diseases (choose avoid, low, high, or balance):

• Low Sodium

Regarding diet in chronic diseases (choose avoid, low, high, or balance):

• High Fibre

Regarding diet in chronic diseases (choose avoid, low, high, or balance):

• Energy Adequacy

Appropriate diets include:

• For diabetes: limited free sugar, limited fats, balanced carbohydrates, limited added salt, limited alcohol, balanced protein

Appropriate diets include:

• For hypertension, limited free sugar, limited fats, balanced carbohydrates, no added salt, no alcohol, balanced protein

Appropriate diets include:

• For cancer, limited free sugar, limited fats, balanced carbohydrates, limited added salt, limited alcohol, balanced protein

Appropriate diets include:

• For chronic kidney disease on dialysis, limited free sugar, limited fats, balanced carbohydrates, no added salt, limited alcohol, increased protein

Appropriate diets include:

• For chronic kidney disease on conservative management, limited free sugar, limited fats, balanced carbohydrates, no added salt, limited alcohol, limited protein

In a meal, food content rather than food quantity is the main predictor of postprandial blood glucose

Persons with diabetes require special foods (diabetic foods)

Very sweet fruits are not allowed in the diet of people with diabetes because they increase blood glucose

Meals for people with diabetes must be prepared separately from those of the rest of family members

Eating bitter foods will lower your postprandial blood glucose

The following are some of the aims of nutrition management in obese people with type 2 diabetes:

• Reducing calorie intake from the diet

The following are some of the aims of nutrition management in obese people with type 2 diabetes:

• Eliminating use of meat, milk and their products

The following are some of the aims of nutrition management in obese people with type 2 diabetes:

• Promoting long-term diet and lifestyle choices and behaviour

The following are some of the aims of nutrition management in obese people with type 2 diabetes:

• Achieving a balance between food intake and good metabolic control

Certain foods must be eliminated in diets of all people with diabetes in order to achieve good diabetes control

People with diabetes must eat very little at every meal in order to achieve good control of their blood glucose.

Nutrition management of type 2 diabetes is the same as Type 1 diabetes

The following are aspects of diet modification in diabetes:

• Content of a meal

The following are aspects of diet modification in diabetes:

• Plate size

The following are aspects of diet modification in diabetes:

• Quantity at a meal

The following are aspects of diet modification in diabetes:

• Timing of a meal

The following are aspects of diet modification in diabetes:

• Frequency of meals