The Best Bread For People With Diabetes

First Posted: Jun 21, 2016 05:28 AM EDT
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A good diet is needed in diabetes control. Proper dietary planning can manage the blood sugar of people with diabetes. This is combined with medications and lifestyle changes.

 A carbohydrate is one of the essential nutrients to make you healthy. On the other hand, it can raise blood sugar and lessen effective diabetes control. This is due to carbohydrates breaking down into blood sugar.

To keep blood sugar in check you must eat food that contains quality carbohydrates. These quality carbohydrates are those that rate medium or low on the glycemic index, according to Medical Daily.

The low-glycemic foods are food with little or no carbohydrates. These include meat, green vegetables, nuts and seeds and small berries. The medium-glycemic foods are whole grains such as oats, rice and whole wheat and most fruits. On the other hand, the high-glycemic foods include refined grains, white bread, sugar and white potatoes.

Bread are high on carbs. On the other hand, there is bread that does not raise blood sugar. The whole-grain bread with high-fiber ingredients such as bran and oats are good for diabetics.

Among the best bread for people with diabetes are the fiber-enriched whole grain bread, multi-grain sandwich bread, low-carbohydrate tortillas and gain--free bread. The fiber-enriched whole-grain bread can control the blood sugar via the diet. Fiber can manage the blood sugar levels of diabetics. It can also prevent heart disease by lowering your cholesterol, hemorrhoids and constipation.

Multi-grain bread is made on unrefined and whole grains. These grains are high in fiber (not enriched) that lessens the impact of carbohydrates on blood sugar. Whole-grain bread should have ingredients such as brown rice, oats, buckwheat, quinoa, whole-grain wheat, barley and bran. Whole grains contain also contains nutrients such as protein, vitamin E and zinc.

Low-carbohydrate tortillas have added fiber to reduce the carbohydrate count. Some of the ingredients of tortillas are soy protein powders and whey, which are low in carbohydrates.

Meanwhile, gain-free bread contains ingredients such as coconut flour, almond flour and flaxseed. These can bring up some low-carbohydrate bread recipes.

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