Dining Out For Diabetics
Synopsis
Besides the daily doses of insulin and a good exercise regiment, all food intake needs to be carefully monitored for a diabetic patient. All these efforts are to help control the blood glucose levels, thus the need to be extra careful.
Dining Out
Eating out is no exception to these rules and it can be done in an enjoyable manner with a little bit of effort and care on the part of the diabetic patient.
There are many restaurants today that offer healthy food choices for the more discerning customers. These customers may include those who want to keep their cholesterol levels under control; some may be watching their calorie intakes while others may be interested in simply eating healthy to stay healthy.
It is easy to find restaurants that provide for all the healthy needs of a wide range of customers. Finding salads, fish, vegetables, baked or broiled goods and whole grain bread on a menu is not uncommon as most people today often opt for these choices. There are also establishments that design their menus to clearly show the calorie and fat content on their menus.
There are also restaurants that offer foods lower in cholesterol, fat and sodium and while being higher in fiber. Reduced calorie salad dressings, low fat or fat free milk and salt substitutes are also popularly offered at many restaurants today. Some restaurants will also give the customers several alternative preparation styles which may include the healthier broiled style instead of fried, skinless
chicken and lean cuts of meat as opposed to the unhealthier versions which are so popularly enjoyed by the masses.
Another attractive feature is that most of these restaurants do no charge anything extra for such slight changes in the menu contents or preparations and in fact go out of their way to accommodate customers who are health conscious.
