Reversing Diabetes: Food Choices
Choose as much organic food as you can find and as you can afford! Consider these options when working on reversing diabetes:
- All the vegetables that you want. Except.. corn is not a vegetable! No white potatoes at all.
- Only one, one cup serving daily of starchy vegetables daily (e.g. sweet potato, winter, squash, carrots, or beets)
- High quality, wild, grass fed, and organic protein at every breakfast and lunch (optional for dinner – your choice)
- Eggs, chicken, turkey, lamb, beef, venison, sardines, salmon,…
- Rice , Hemp , or Soy based (non GMO) protein powder
- No tuna or swordfish. No conventionally raised beef. No pork.
- Tempeh (gluten free!) is a good vegetarian option.
- Legumes (also for vegetarian protein) E.g. black beans, lentils,
- Nuts and Seeds
- Cold pressed olive oil and coconut oil
- And small amounts of ghee and pressed sesame, walnut, avocado, and grapeseed oils
- Whole grains (intact): one half cup daily E.g. quinoa, brown rice, GF oats, corn, millet, amaranth, buckwheat
- Fresh or frozen fruit: One piece (or up to one cup) daily.
- ONE OR TWO SMALL squares of organic, dairy free! dark chocolate daily ONLY IF it doesn’t make it harder for you to stay away from other sweets/sugar –and not recommended for uncontrolled diabetes
- Water, herbal tea, one cup green tea/day
- Liberal use of unsweetened, natural flavorings and sauce ingredients (e.g. herbs, spices, vinegar miso, tahini, ground flaxseed or chia seeds, mustards (no sugar), gluten free soy sauce, lemons, limes)
- Small amounts of stevia or xylitol to WEAN down your need for sweetener. Only use for first 2 wks at most.
