What Ketchup Can Diabetics Eat

Now it is customary to say that diabetes is not a disease, but a way of life. But is it really that simple?

Now it is customary to say that diabetes is not a disease, but a way of life. But is it really that simple? Take a person who is suddenly diagnosed with this disease. He has already developed a certain way of life, daily routine; he likes certain foods. And suddenly he gets advice to change it all. How can you not get confused because a lot now needs to get used to again. This is especially true for food.

 

In type 2 diabetes, doctors recommend following a diet and counting bread units. Some products, for example, white rice, pasta, potatoes, some types of meat are proposed to be excluded. And now lunch in a cafe or dinner in a restaurant is losing its appeal. Meetings with friends cause panic: suddenly you have to devote them to health problems. Getting used to a new diet takes a lot of effort. After all, what was on the table every day is banned.

In sick people, as a result of a violation of carbohydrate metabolism, after eating certain foods, the level of glucose in the blood rises. To reduce it, you have to take drugs and follow a diet. The diagnosis puts pressure on the psyche, because the disease threatens with serious complications. Information about nutrition is often contradictory: on different sites there are opposite advice. And I want certainty: what can be eaten and what should be avoided.

 

For those who have recently been diagnosed or who are still poorly versed in these issues, the portal of the Russian Diabetes Association helps to find the necessary information. It was created specifically to help the sick. In addition, the purpose of the association is to fund scientists conducting research in the field of diabetology. The association's experts are involved in testing food products that are suitable for both the sick and the healthy.

Recently, with the participation of specialists from the Association, an examination of Tomato ketchup without sugar and starch from the Maheev brand was carried out. On its packaging is marked that the product is recommended by the RDA.

 

It would seem that ketchup is just an additive to food. But it can make a serious "contribution" to the amount of glucose received: in a 25 gram serving of ordinary industrial ketchup - a teaspoon of sugar. Therefore, patients of endocrinologists have to give up not only basic products, which is accompanied by stress, but also sauces. It turns out that a diabetic needs not only to replace white rice with a more healthy brown one, but also to abandon the familiar taste that ketchup gives the dish.

In the novelty from Maheev, sugar is replaced by fructose, and starch is replaced by pectin. You can safely offer it to friends and relatives and not talk about health problems.

Manufacturers, through which millions of people can improve their comfort, make a serious contribution to their quality of life. After all, such products help to feel more comfortable, despite the limitations. When the smells and tastes of the “old life” remain when changing the diet, this reduces the level of stress and facilitates the process of adaptation to new conditions. Ketchup will certainly be appreciated by overweight people, as well as those who like to snack on sandwiches. It can also be used for cooking.

For example, put out sea fish.

 

Ingredients:

2 frozen mackerels 2 onions 1 carrot 3 tbsp. ketchup Maheev "Tomato" without sugar and starch

Cooking:

Lightly defrost the mackerel, peel and cut into pieces. Cut the onion into half rings, chop the carrots into strips. Pour a little vegetable oil into a deep frying pan, put vegetables and simmer for about five minutes with the lid closed. Add ketchup, pour a little water to get the consistency of sour cream, mix and put pieces of mackerel on top. Close the lid and simmer for 7-8 minutes.

Buckwheat is perfect for a side dish.