Fasting for a person with Diabetes is to be done with extreme care keeping in mind their glucose levels throughout the day. If you are a diabetic person and will be fasting today, here are a few recipes, compiled by our patient, Bhavika Hingwala, that’ll help you keep the fast, uncompromised.
Samo/Varyache Tandul Khichdi
Ingredients:
- Samo – 1 small katori
- Buttermilk or curd – 1 cup
- Jeera – few
- Chillies/ginger paste -1/4th tsp
- Curry leaves – 2-3 leaves
- Salt – to taste
- Oil – 1tsp
- Coriander leaves – to garnish
Method of Preparation:
- Take one small katori of samo
- Wash it properly and soak in water for some time
- Take a pan; put some ghee, jeera, crushed curry leaves and chilly/ ginger paste
- Add water and salt then let it boil
- As water boils, add soaked samo
- Add sour buttermilk or curd if desired
- Let it cook for while till it becomes soft
- Garnish with coriander leaves
- Serve hot with curd
Nutritional benefits: Samo is a low glycemic index food and rich in vitamins and minerals. This is definitely a healthier substitute for sabudana/sago. Including curd or buttermilk makes the dish rich in protein.
diabetes recipes, mahashivratri
Shivaratri Fast is considered to be the most important fast for the devotees of Lord Shiva. Shiva Purana goes on to say that if a devotee observes Shivaratri Vrata with sincerity, pure devotion and love he is blessed with the divine grace of Lord Shiva. Fasts are not meant to create undue hardship or create a life-threatening situation. All religions discourage people who are sick, pregnant, nursing a baby from fasting. Patients with diabetes fall under this category because their chronic metabolic disorder may place them at high-risk for various complications if the pattern and amount of their meal and fluid intake is markedly altered. Myth: Fasting helps to maintain normal blood glucose levels
Facts:
- Fasting can cause hypoglycemia in patients with uncontrolled type I and type II diabetes mellitus.
- On the other hand, depending on the individual, fasting without using insulin can result in high blood sugars or in diabetic ketoacidosis (a serious diabetes complication caused by blood build-up of acids called ketones).
- Dehydration is another fear if fluids are avoided during the fast. But diabetes patients can safely fast if one follows a balanced way of eating.
- If you decide to fast, take advise from your diabetologist. Make sure your blood glucose levels are at normal range to avoid further complications
- Kee