Question:
My doctor's office called today to say that my glucose level
was high, and I should gear my diet towards what a diabetic
would eat. I've searched the internet trying to find some
daily menus. The food pyramid at diabetes.org will be
helpful but specific SIMPLE menus would be better. I live
alone, don't like to cook, and tend to rely on too many TV
dinners.
For the next month I'm already on a restricted diet, no
salt, dairy products, or anything containing iodine.
Answer:
Sounds like you are on a low iodine diet (LID) -- is this
for thyroid treatment?
I recently went through that; it did involve some cooking.
But it was low iodine, not low salt -- are you sure about
that part? there is non-iodized salt available in the
store.There is also no-salt/no-sugar added peanut butter
available. And making bread in a machine is very simple (use
unbleached flour & non-iodized salt). So is making a big pot
of chicken broth, which can be used in a number of ways.
Take a look at http://www.thyca.org for their low iodine
cookbook.
It is possible to cook making multiple nuke-able meals on a
LID.
Menu samples -- considering both carbo-aware (for dm) and
LID aspects --
Breakfast : grits w/ olive oil instead of butter, a small
ground beef or pork pattie (w/ non-iodized salt and pan
juice sauce); a small dish of stewed prunes & apricot (w/
cinnamon & sugar twin). I had a small bit of calcium
fortified oj about 1/2 earlier.
snacks & lunch: varied among a piece of bread w/ pb, an
apple or banana, a LID brownie, small bit of oj, that sort
of stuff -- because of the dm I had to spread it out.
Dinner: salad w/ olive oil & vinegar dressing; chicken
breast, nuked frozen veg; or soup made w/ some of the
chicken + that broth; maybe a piece of bread.
Tried to remember to take calcium pills (not the kind that
comes from oyster shells).
