Navratri and diabetes
The celebrations in
Navratri draws the excitement among people and among the devotees it’s the time
for nine days fasting. Fasting will help in cleansing and detoxifying your body
and mind.
Being a diabetic, you
should avoid excess of festive food as well as fasting. Diabetics are more
prone to health risk. As it is the personal choice it is not desirable not to
eat for a long time in fact small frequent meals are advisable to maintain the
blood glucose level. Include more of fruits, vegetables and salads.
Consult your Diabetologist in Delhi before fasting
You may need a change in medication or dosage modification of some medicines or Insulin if you have to fast. Some antidiabetic medicines (like Glimipiride, Gliclazide, Glibenclamide, Glipizide, etc..), and short acting and premixed Insulins are prone to cause hypoglycemia in absence of sufficient food intake whereas others may not.
Choose wisely
Usually in fasting high
calorie food intake is more like pakoras, papad, pooris, tikka, sabudana,
buckwheat flour, etc. All these are
calorie rich and can quickly shoot up the blood glucose.
Try to include food
cooked in less oil, and cooking methods to be adopted should be baking, grilling, or in non-stick pan
Also during fasting
avoid caffeine beverages as they can be dehydrating and lead to difficulties,
and hydrate yourself with plenty of water and beverages like lemon water,
coconut water and buttermilk whole day.
One should check the
blood glucose levels frequently when on fasting as you should be more careful
about your health. Listed below few points which will help you to manage your
diabetes well during fasting:
·
Drink any beverage or
eat fruit after every 2 hour.
·
Consume milk and its
products after every short interval.
· Do consult your Diabetologist before fasting Don’t miss your medicine
·
If you feel
hypoglycaemia or low sugar levels immediately take some form of sugar.
·
Modify the dose of insulin as per the sugar levels
