Hypoglycemic Diet Plan

Lower than normal blood sugar levels in the body is a medical condition, which is known as hypoglycemia. Lower blood sugar levels is caused due to numerous reasons and is likely to cause numerous health conditions, like fatigue, lethargy, constant hunger, increased irritability, depression, insomnia, craving for sweet and fried food, etc. There are various types of hypoglycemia, like diabetic hypoglycemia, fasting hypoglycemia and reactive hypoglycemia. There is a gamut of reason for all these types of hypoglycemia and the best thing to do is to maintain a proper hypoglycemic diet plan. Once you are diagnosed with hypoglycemia, you cautiously and consciously modify your eating habits and start following a few healthy living habits.

Hypoglycemic Diet Tips

Here are a few tips that you need to consider before deciding on a hypoglycemia diet plan. These tips might sound pretty obvious, but they are needed to be taken into consideration for hypoglycemic diet meal plan.

• Consume 6 small meals through the day and DON'T skip any meal. Avoid staying hungry for more than 3 continuous hours. Drink plenty of water throughout the day.
• Do not eliminate carbohydrates completely, rather start consuming complex carbohydrates like starch, since it takes more time to get absorbed in the body. Completely avoid simple carbohydrates like table sugar, sweets, candy and artificial sweeteners.
• Start consuming a high fiber diet. For that, consume healthy and fresh vegetables, fruits, along with legumes and grains. Rather than canned fruit juices, start consuming fresh fruits. The more the fiber, the slower is the absorption of the carbs.
• Avoid caffeine, carbonated drinks, alcoholic beverages and fatty foods, completely. You need to replace the calories from fat with the healthy calories from carbohydrates.

Hypoglycemic Diet Plan

For deciding the best diet, you need to know about the foods that can be included in the diet and the foods that you need to avoid in the diet for low blood sugar. Apart from the above mentioned tips, you need to avoid sugar in all its forms, since it fluctuates the blood sugar levels to a great deal and puts pressure on the functions of kidneys, heart and pancreas. Hence avoid sugary sweets, sugar syrups, white bread, white rice, white pasts, processed meat products, highly sweetened fruit juices, fried foods, fast food, herbal tea, cigarettes and coffee. Rather start complementing your daily diet with the protein foods. You can consume nuts as low carb diet for diabetics. Consume low fat dairy products, white meat/lean meat, fresh vegetables, fresh fruits and fresh unsweetened fruit juice, nut butter, plain yogurt, eggs, etc.

Hypoglycemic Diet Menu

Here are the foods that should be included in the both diabetic hypoglycemia and reactive hypoglycemia diet plan. This is a 2000 calorie diet plan. You can interchange the foods with the same portion of another food, in order to rotate the foods and bring in variety in the diet.

• Breakfast: 1 portion of fruits + 1 portion of meat/eggs + 2 portions of bread/starch + 1 portion of fat + 1 portion of 2% milk
• Morning Snack: 1 portion of meat + 1 portion of bread/starch + 1 portion of bread/starch + 1 portion of fat
• Lunch: 2 portions of meat, fish, poultry or cheese + 2 portions of bread/starch + 2 portions of raw vegetables + 1 portion of fruit + 2 portions of fat
• Afternoon Snack: 1 portion of meat + 2 portions of bread/starch + 1 portion of fat + ½ portion of 2% milk
• Supper: 2 portions of meat, fish, poultry or cheese + 2 portions of bread/starch + 2 portions of raw vegetables + 1 portion of sugar free dessert + 2 portions of fat
• Bedtime Snack: 1 portion of bread + 1 portion of 2% milk

Well, always consult a knowledgeable health care provider and dietitian before you start consuming the foods according to the above mentioned diet. Along with controlling the eating pattern, moderate but regular exercise is extremely important for you. Take care!