Monday, January 26, 2009

Breakfast Menu for Diabetes

By Marcus Clarkson

If you are someone who has been diagnosed with diabetes it is vital that you eat the correct kinds and amounts of foods. If not then you may well find that the condition is much more difficult to control. Today when it comes to finding out what are the right foods the internet is a great place to look for help and advice. In fact many sites now offer special sample breakfast menus for diabetics to try out for themselves.

Certainly no longer does the first meal of the day that you eat as a diabetic have to be bland or boring. Instead as you will soon discover many of the sample menus now available allow you to be a little more creative with regard to what you are able to eat.

Below we offer details of three different types of breakfast menus that you may wish to try if you suffer from diabetes. All of which can be made quickly and easily and contain the right number of calories and carbohydrates which your body will need.

Menu 1 - For this you need to get 1 slice of whole wheat bread which you toast to your own particular liking. Then on to this spread 1 teaspoon of margarine. Then on to the toast you can either place 1/4 cup of egg substitute or cottage cheese. However if you want something a little more warm and substantial in the morning replace the cottage cheese/egg substitute with 1/2 cup of oatmeal mixed with 1/2 cup of skimmed milk. Plus you are also allowed 1/2 of a small banana.

Menu 2 - This one is even far easier to make than the menu mentioned above. Take 1/2 cup of fresh blueberries and drink 1 cup of fat free or low fat milk with them. However if you want in place of the blueberries instead have a small blueberry muffin or other type of breakfast pastry with a cup of fat free milk.

Menu 3 - Certainly Menu 2 is ideal for those who are needing to leave home quickly to get to work or school. But if you have a little more time available, try out the following. Get 2 slices of whole wheat bread and toast them then very lightly spread over them 2 tbspns of peanut butter. But along with the toast you can have one small banana and a cup of coffee or tea.

To help further to keep your diabetes under control it is important that you try and eat your breakfast at the same time each morning. Also at no time should you miss having any kind of breakfast whatsoever.

Plus with all the sample breakfast menu for diabetics that you see in this article as well as on the internet, you need to make sure that you use the exact amounts of food mentioned. Otherwise this could actually further aggravate rather than help to control the symptoms associated with diabetes. - 15343

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