Sunday, February 1, 2009

Diabetic Breakfast Choices

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 - Consists of 1 slice of whole wheat bread which has been toasted and then 1 teaspoon of margarine spread on to. Along with the toast you can have 1/4 cup of egg substitute or cottage cheese, 1/2 cup of oatmeal which has been mixed with 1/2 cup skimmed milk and 1/2 small banana sliced on to the top.

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 - Although not as quick to prepare as the second sample breakfast menu in this article, it is quicker than the first one. Take two toasted slices of whole wheat bread and on to these spread 2 tablespoons of peanut butter. As well as the toast you can also have a cup of tea or coffee (if adding milk use the low fat or the fat free variety) and one small banana.

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.

Finally, another important thing to remember when using any kind of sample breakfast menu for diabetics is to measure everything carefully. If not the eating too much or too little could further aggravate the diabetes rather than helping to keep it under control. - 15438

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