If you have diabetes, you can’t eat sweets, right?

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WRONG AGAIN! Continued from yesterday’s post:

4. High-protein diets are risky for some people with diabetes.

The correct answer is: TRUE

Research shows that people with kidney problems have faster loss of kidney function if they follow a high protein diet.

How much protein is too much? The American Diabetes Association suggests you eat just 15% to 20% of your calories from protein. And do your body a favor: Choose protein such as beans, fish, or chicken more often than fatty red meat. Fatty meat boosts your risk of heart disease.

If you want to lose weight, try a balanced diet that cuts calories by 500 calories a day. You should be able to lose 10% of your body weight without putting your kidneys at risk.

5. Artificial sweeteners are safe alternatives for people with diabetes

The correct answer is: TRUE

With low-calorie sweeteners, you can have sweetness that tastes as good as sugar, without the extra calories.

Artificial sweeteners like saccharin and aspartame have no calories or carbohydrates – so they can be added to your meal plan rather than substituted for other carbs.

In fact, some new sugar substitutes like lactitol are great for baking. They have the same “bulk” that regular sugar has. Yet they have half the calories of sugar, and they don’t raise blood sugar levels rapidly like sugar does.

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