Carb High Christmas Dinners May Not be Great for Diabetics

Wed, 23 Nov 2011
There are nearly three million diabetics in the UK the majority of whom have type 2 diabetes .

Diabetes is a chronic disease which means an individual's blood has high sugar levels due to a metabolic dysfunction.

Upon digestion of food, a sugar known as glucose enters the bloodstream.

Your pancreas then produces insulin, which transports glucose from the bloodstream into muscle, liver and fat cells where it can be utilised as fuel.

Diabetics have high blood sugar due to their pancreas not producing adequate insulin, so their cells do not respond to insulin, or both.

Your body converts carbohydrates into glucose during digestion. High carbohydrate foods, that is, practically everything on the table for a Christmas dinner can instantly increase your blood sugar .

It is best to keep the calories and carbohydrates to a minimum filling half your plate with vegetables, another quarter with protein, such as skinless turkey breast and the other quarter with starches like potatoes and stuffing.

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