Aging & Health: Take Charge
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At our Aging Well discussion group, the topic of a diet for diabetes or heart and kidney issues was mentioned and inspired this post. While some problems do require very specific diets or solutions, a baseline for just about any healthy diet is eating at least four servings of vegetables and three servings of fruits every day.
Why? Fresh vegetables and fruits are the foundation of a healthy diet and successful weight loss. Most processed foods, sweets and non-diet sodas contain a lot of calories in just a small portion. Vegetables and fruits are the opposite — they have lots of bulk and few calories. However, because fruit contains natural sugars, which can increase your blood sugar, try to eat more vegetables than fruit.
Here are some tips for incorporating more plant foods into your diet:
For a comprehensive strategy, tips and plan for eating well with diabetes, consider The Mayo Clinic Diabetes Diet book.