Diet & Lifestyle advice for Diabetes Mellitus
- Eat foods according to the dominant dosha or that will pacify (balance) a dosha that has become excessive or aggravated. Because Kapha is heavy, oily and cold. Only eat foods that is light to digest, dry and warm,
- Only eat whole grains, barley, corn, millet, buckwheat, and rye and brown rice in the full day diet,
- Reduce intake of white rice, and wheat,
- The diet should increase whole, fresh food and nuts, which is a healthy in nutrients and improved insulin sensitivity and lipid levels in people
- Don’t eat processed and canned foods.
- Drinking hot ginger tea will helps in digestion. Drink 2 cups of ginger tea everyday,
- Reduce intake of dairy, actually it increases Kapha. You can use small amount of pure cow-ghee (clarified butter), low-fat milk, and low-fat yogurt etc,
- All beans are good except for soybeans and tofu,
- Eat more garlic, onion, raw banana, spinach, bitter gourd and black plum,
- Avoid all sweet fruits like grapes, pineapple, mangoes, bananas, and figs etc,
- Eat more lighter fruits such as pears, pomegranates, apples, cranberries, and apricots,
- Avoid sweet, sour, and salty foods,
- Decrease the intake of potatoes, sweet potatoes, jams, fresh grains and pulses (legumes), whole yogurt (high in fat),
- Don’t eat sweets, Junk, oily and spicy foods,
- Start doing some light exercises regularly, such as brisk walking, deep breathing exercise,
- All spices except salt are pacifying to Kapha. Use pungent spices like pepper, cayenne, mustard seed, and ginger freely in your diet,
- Avoid day sleeping as it increases Kledaka-Kapha,
- Reduce stress with meditation and deep breathing exercises,
- Go to bed in between 8pm-10pm,
- Dinner should be done before 2-3hrs of sleeping.
