Diabetes Plan

Diabetes Nutrition Overview

This diabetes plan has been designed to reduce the blood sugar levels of a diabetic client.

There are two main factors that influence this number, the levels of sodium and the levels of cholesterol. Levels of sodium should not exceed 2300mg/dl and cholesterol should not exceed the optimal category of up to 100mg/dl. Levels of fibre to be consumed should be at least 25g per day. We start the designing process by looking at the factors that may effect this number. Foods that influence the level of sodium are typically foods that require further flavour/seasoning such as nuts, pizza, soups etc, while the foods that are high in cholesterol are eggs, diary and a variety of fresh lean, processed and red meats.

With this in mind we started our research to find foods that fit this profile, for insurance and liability purposes we have only included foods where they have diabetic sign off. All recipes contained in this file follow these guidelines.

The foods we have selected will give the individual significant gains in reducing the blood sugar levels, a reflection of this sees our sodium number within the week being under by 51% of the 2300mg/dl requirement and the cholesterol number being under by 25% of the recommended amount of 100mg/dl on average each day. We also see the fibre level being 15% higher than the recommended requirement, protein levels should be between 15-20% and make up 17% of the profile which are inline with the requirement. The level of carbs consumed should be around 50% of the individuals body weight, the plan shows a slight 15% increase to this number and the fat level shows a 8% reduction, relative to the cholesterol number being reduced.