Although diet is a crucial component of managing diabetes, it has generally been disregarded by both patients and doctors. Most doctors believe giving patients a straightforward diet chart based on scientific data is difficult. The majority of textbooks fall short of meeting this need for diabetic management. They advise consuming the necessary calories from protein, fat, and carbohydrates. The most challenging step is converting the necessary calories into the majority of food items that are readily available in our nation. Typically, doctors recommend dieticians to their patients or give them a list of general dos and don'ts. There is a dearth of skilled dieticians, particularly at district-level healthcare facilities. An effort has been made to contrast the Indian diet with the advice given in the textbooks. Finally, a straightforward method has been developed to quickly create a diet chart without a dietician's assistance. The information in this study is taken from literature on nutrition and medicine; neither human subjects nor animals have been used in any experiments.
Key words: Indian foods, Diabetes, Dietician, Calorie value of foods, Diet chart, Carbohydrate, Protein, and Fat
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