Is a 1000 Calorie Diabetic Diet Healthy?

Following a 1000 calorie diabetic diet would be strictly limiting your caloric intake.

So much so that it would be about half of what a 140 pound female whose lifestyle includes light activity needs daily.

If you were to choose to follow such a limiting diet, please speak with your physician first.

Someone following this type of diet may start the day with:

• A cup of corn flakes and a half a cup of skim milk
• A six ounce glass of orange juice and
• A slice of dry wheat toast.

This breakfast would clock in at just under 300 calories.

For lunch those following a 1000 calorie diabetic diet could try a salad, loaded with lots of vegetables.

The great thing about salad is that it packs a lot of punch with only a few calories, meaning there is a great deal of nutritional value.

For your salad’s base start with a lettuce such as Romaine or leaf lettuce,a cup of each will only put you back 17 calories.

Add some carrots, celery and tomato, a half cup of each, and you’ve only added 50 calories.

The trick with salad is to not add on the high-fat, high calorie items like:

• Bacon bits
• Croutons or
• Full fat dressings.

Instead add a fat free dressing, two tablespoons of fat free Italian will only add 15 calories.

Finally, to add some protein to the mix include three ounces of cooked chicken for 142 calories.

With all this, lunch will add 224 calories for your 1000 calorie diabetic diet.

Work in a snack in the morning and afternoon to help you monitor your blood sugars.

A medium apple will bring in 72 calories, and a cup or air-popped popcorn 31 calories.

Dinner can include another side salad, along with some fish and a vegetable.

You have 373 calories left for the meal to stick with your 1000 calorie diabetic diet.

Three ounces of tuna will count as 100 calories.

Stream a cup of broccoli and you’ll add in 30 calories, and a salad of one cup leaf lettuce and half a cup of tomato and green pepper will add another 30 calories (with dressing, one tablespoon of fat free French, it will be 50 calories).

Throw in a dinner roll to include some carbohydrates, for 84 calories, and a cup of skim milk, at 86 calories, and you’ve rounded out your dinner at 350 calories.

With perfect figuring, you can add a half cup of strawberries for dessert, at 23 calories and you’ve met your goal of a 1000 calorie diabetic diet perfectly.

Keep in mind that a 1000 calorie diabetic diet is a very low calorie diet.

You will want to work with a nutritional specialist to ensure that you can accurately monitor your blood sugar levels, and also be sure that you are meeting your nutritional needs.

With such a low caloric intake, be sure that what you are choosing to eat provides your body with the nutrients it needs.

You will also want to follow an exercise plan to help you improve your cardiac functioning and lose weight.

Just follow this one.

• Incorporate a proven, complete nutritional program into your daily life.
• Enhance your nutritional program with a complete mutivitamin supplement because no nutritional program is perfect.
• Use a behavior modification and motivational program that will help you stay on track with your nutritional plan.
• Exercise at home with your own:
  Treadmill

  Stairstepper

  Exercise bike

  Elliptical trainer

  Hand weights or

  An aerobic video.

• See what kinds of weight loss aids your health insurance covers such as:
  Hypnotism

  Gym membership discounts

  Nutritional counseling.

Just remember to choose your foods carefully and to stick with a solid weight loss program such as the steps below.

Good luck with your journey to overcome your weight issues.