Which vegetarian diet is good for a diabetic patient?

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You can start by following some basic rules of eating healthy. This includes:

1. Take raw foods like vegetable salads in your diet.
2. Fruits can be taken in moderation once a day.
3. Avoid fruits with a high glycemic index, like grapes, mango, and jackfruit.
4. Eat three different types of grain a day and avoid mixing two types of grains in one meal. For example, you can have a wheat-based recipe for breakfast, rice-based for lunch, and finger millet (ragi) based for dinner.
5. Try to eat six to seven small meals instead of three big meals.

To get a detailed diet plan, please get back with a detailed blood report of the following tests:

1. Do fasting blood sugar and postprandial blood sugar.
2. Hemoglobin A1C (glycated hemoglobin).
3. Lipid profile, thyroid function test, and renal function test (RFT).

She needs a usual three-day diet recall (what she eats throughout the day). She can just write down all the food she eat along with its quantity over the next three days, and you can follow up with the details. Also, let me know her usual sleep hours and work hours. Also, please answer the following questions. For how many years has she been diabetic? What medications is she taking? Any other medical conditions or medicines? If yes, I need details of that too.

I hope this helps you.

Thank you.