Diabetic Diet Questions

Juices are not advised. Take less gi fruit (avoid chickoo/ litchi/ grapes/ mango/ ripe banana, melon etc.) instead to taking veg juices, take vegetables in salad & cooked form for good fibre. For more details contact directly. Thanks.

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himalaya bael once daily for digestion
nestle resource diabetic for any neuropathic pain.
Also do weekly lemongrass + lemon + honey in warm water. Practice diaphragmatic breathing for 15 minutes daily
avoid nuts, seeds, dry fruits, soya, peanut butter etc as it contain phytic acid which is antinutrients in nature, which deplete our calcium reserves thereby causing weakness and pain....more

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I have seen the details mentioned. Please understand that diabetic neuropathy is a long term complication of diabetes. Therefore, unless blood glucose are in strict control, just taking other medications will not give necessary benefits. You can try and cut down the dosage or can look at stopping one of the medications. But more importantly strict blood glucose control with fbg closer to 100 mg, pp 150 170 mg & hba1c% < 7%, is an essential aspect of the treatment...more

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In a patient with long standing diabetes peripheral neuropathy is quite common. This can happen even with a fairly good control. Because high blood glucose affects peripheral nerve functions. Treatment is to achieve strict glucose control (fbg < 100 mg, pp 150 to 160 mg & hba1c% <6.5%), plus take drugs that are supposed to be helping in improving nerve function and control the symptoms. Drugs can be b12, lipoleic acid, pragabalin and/ or gabapentine and combinati...more

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Usually in a person with long standing diabetes mellitus, symptoms of periphera; neiropathy develop. The condition is seen in most of the diabetes patients, particularly it is worse in those who had a badly controlled blood glucose levels and high hba1c%. If diabetes is controlled well right from beginning then the severity is quite less. However, if the control is persistently bad then severity of symptoms more. Therefore, apart from achieving a very strict gluc...more

Diabetes management requires awareness know what makes your blood sugar rise and fall and how to control it.
Keeping your blood sugar within the normal range can be challenging task.
Because many things make your blood sugar levels change.
You need to know how foods affect your blood sugar levels.
# take care in what you eat # what quantity you eat.# make every meal well balanced---- a good mix of starches, fruits, vegetable, protein, fats.
# coordinate your meals and medicat...more

It may be due to low metabolism rate. You can start with low kcal and low frequency meal that will help you to improve your appetite level, as well you can also get your heat level checked to get to know the specific reason for it.

First of all start doing yoga or walk regularly ,have to do regular exercise atleast for 40 min daily, avoid any sugar n sugary items, take less carbohydrates more protein, you can contact me through Lybrate in private consultation where I can provide your diet chart.

You can start with diabetes reversal diet that will help her to reduce sugar level as well to sustain healthy muscles mass. For homeopathy medicine and diet you can connect me through Lybrate

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I have seen the details mentioned. In patients with diabetes peripheral neuropathy does develop. But mostly symptoms are quite manageable. However, if diabetes is not well controlled, then the severity can be bad. In your case, there is no mention of current glucose levels and hba1c% as well as lipid profile, bp. Plus since how long is diabetes present. These things usually decide how the severity remains. If motor function is affecting means it could quite sever...more