| You have probably heard that carbohydrates are one | | | | these sugars, they all get broken down at different |
| type of food that is important to monitor in any | | | | rates, from a matter of minutes, to across a period |
| diabetic diet. However, there are many myths | | | | of hours. This means that certain carbohydrates will |
| surrounding what you can and cannot eat, and it can | | | | raise your blood sugar levels more rapidly than |
| often be hard to know exactly what should go into | | | | others, which can be confusing. |
| your food. You will need to monitor your | | | | Diabetic diets should contain plenty of starchy |
| carbohydrate intake alongside all other types of | | | | carbohydrates which help to maintain a more |
| foods for the healthiest diets, and this may mean | | | | constant blood sugar level. You may want to cut |
| adapting your recipes and using special diabetic | | | | down on carbohydrates to some extent, either |
| recipes for your meals. | | | | because they raise your blood glucose levels too high |
| Carbohydrates, once eaten, will break down into | | | | or because you want to lose weight, but it is never |
| simple sugars so will add to the amount of sugar in | | | | advised to cut them out completely. This is a myth |
| your body just as eating sweet foods will. You do | | | | and the truth is that anything can be consumed by |
| not need to stop eating carbohydrates, but you | | | | diabetics so long as it is in moderation. Often this can |
| should keep an eye on how much you take in every | | | | be helped using simple diet plans and modified diabetic |
| day. When carbohydrates get broken down into | | | | recipes. |