Winter Diet Tips For Diabetics

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How does winter affect diabetes?

When temperatures begin to get out of control, so does your blood sugar. Extremes of both cold and hot weather can have an impact on your body’s ability to produce and use insulin in a negative way.

But our aim should be to not allow the environment to have the upper hand. Following a few steps, you can definitely control the situation.

How do you manage diabetes in the winter?

It is very common to feel hungrier especially for diabetics at this time of the year as cold weather speeds up our metabolism. The colder weather causes a drop in our body temperature, which means our appetites get stimulated as a result.

This is because having food helps generate internal heat, subsequently leading to a rise in body temperature.

Freedom from Diabetes has found out various options of healthy snacking in winter after a deep study and they are as follows -

1) Vegetable soups in the evening just before the dinner - made from a variety of options - tomato, bottle gourd, peas, mixed vegetables, mushroom
2) Thai soup
3) Lentil soup
4) Mulligatawny soup
5) Vegetable stew
6) Quinoa stew ( only for lunch and dinner )
7) Barley soup ( lunch/ dinner )
8) Vegan kadhi
9) Steamed/ parboiled sprout chat - in the morning as breakfast or with dinner
10) Steamed or grilled salads
11) Stir-fried vegetables
12) Laddu made from nuts, seeds, and dates
13) Herbal teas and infusions made from lemongrass, peppercorns, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom
14) Hurda (fresh jowar roasted) with salad (Once a week) in lunch
15) Warm Fresh chana/ harabhara salad
16) Things made from til
17) Bajra (Only in lunch or Dinner)