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Diabetics should discuss their individual dietary needs with a dietician or nutritionist. Even more than other dieters diabetics should understand the principles of carbohydrate counting and how a carefully chosen diet can help control blood sugar levels. Here are some general diet principles for people who suffer from diabetes.
Dietary treatment of diabetes mellitus was reportedly used in Ancient Egypt well over five thousand years ago. In more recent times Dr. Frederick Madison Allen opened the first clinic for diabetes sufferers in 1921. Part of the treatment was a starvation diet. As luck would have it, Banting and Best first treated diabetes patients with insulin in 1922. This treatment removed the need for a starvation diet. While opinions are far from unanimous, dietitians now recommend a typical healthy diet: one high in fiber, with a variety of fruit and vegetables and low in both sugar and fat, especially saturated fat.
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