Nutritional guidelines in the general population and diabetes
June 10th, 2008 -- Posted in Calories, Carbohydrates | No Comments »The correction of the diet in terms of energy and nutrients has been explained in the preceding paragraph to talk about balanced diet.
However, in the case of diabetic those recommendations have been something different and have varied over time, depending on knowledge about the disease, advances in nutrition and treatment options. In a first time is extremely limited input from carbohydrates, as the therapeutic options were limited and thus sought to attenuate hyperglycemia.
On the contrary, then advocated diets that are extremely rich in carbohydrates, particularly complex and with great input fiber. At present, the association American Diabetes (ADA) recommends customizes the contribution of carbohydrates depending on the type of diabetes, nutritional status, lipid profile, especially triglyceride levels. But yes, provided that the highest fat intake is made in the form of monounsaturated fatty acids (oleic acid). These recommendations are reflected in the following table:
Macronutrients International guidelines of the association American Diabetes
Protein 10-15% 10-20% (in the absence of nephropathy)
Saturated Fat <7% <7%
Polyunsaturated 5-10% 10%
Monounsaturated 15% 15%
Carbohydrates 50-55% 60-70%
Even if it seems different, the recommendations of the ADA for diabetes are no different from the guidelines of a balanced diet for the general population, if it respects a minimum intake of carbohydrate 40% of calories.