Food Basket For A Diabetic In Russia

Every year the number of patients with diabetes increases by 5-7%, and every 15 years their number doubles.

Every year the number of patients with diabetes increases by 5-7%, and every 15 years their number doubles. In addition, there is a tendency to rejuvenate the disease. The active use of easily digestible carbohydrates, in particular sugar, is one of the causes of the metabolic syndrome, which includes obesity, atherosclerosis, arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus. That is why the World Health Organization is concerned about informing the public about the problems and labeling diabetic products for the convenience of the consumer, and in Russia these issues are dealt with by the Russian Diabetes Association.

 

In addition to regular publications in the media, RDA conducts an active information policy on the Internet, in particular, on its official website, and also holds healthy eating forums, organizes meetings and events for diabetics.

“At the moment, there are many well-known personalities in our ranks, from H.G. Bogomolov, current President of the RDA. RDA experts also take part in the forums of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and raise topical issues at meetings of the State Duma.

 

“We have created safety criteria that a food product must meet in order for it to be recommended by the Russian Diabetes Association. There are norms of consumption, for example, carbohydrates, fats. Physiological and those recommended for people with diabetes. They are spelled out in various methodological recommendations, mainly of the Federal Research Center for Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety,” Mikhail Bogomolov shares his achievements. – It will be a very different effect when housewives, grandmothers who buy in the store - these are the main decision makers of what to choose - realize that you can buy the same taste for the same price, but with significantly better qualities for the health of the family in as a whole."

From the outside, it may seem that it is enough to remove a dangerous ingredient from the composition or reduce its amount so that the finished product becomes available to a large group of people. But in reality, everything is different: the consumer ceases to recognize the taste and refuses to buy such a product. Therefore, manufacturers have to either look for a replacement ingredient, or gradually and gradually reduce its amount in the composition so that the buyer gets used to this taste.

To date, diabetic food products on the Russian market are practically not regulated by law. According to the technical regulations, specialized food products are considered and evaluated as medicines. But ordinary products, such as sauces or carbonated drinks, cannot be positioned as medical nutrition in principle. Hence the acute shortage of certified products. At the same time, confectionery products are included in the official list of diabetic products. now confectioners are trying to stand out by replacing part of the sugar in the composition with fructose, sorbitol or stevia.

 

But when it comes to other food groups, such as seafood or ketchup, they simply don't fit into the healthy eating space. Of the same ketchups, only 1 example is known in Sweden, when ketchup was recognized as suitable for consumption not only by healthy people, but also by patients with diabetes. “In Russia, so far only a separate variety of ketchup under the Maheev trademark also meets these requirements,” said Mikhail Bogomolov.