Thus anybody knows what food are good for a diabetic person.

Hi there, try not to cook fatty foods and too much carbohydrates (rice, maize meal, potatoes)can be very dangerous. Give him more more green & red/orange veges more and he is going to need more calcium in body (milk, low fat cheese). All in all, a healthy diet is good enough for diabetic person. Think of foods you'd cut down on if you needed to lose weight - Hope this helps.

I should want to recommend him,that he should stop taking rice,instead of it,he should take floor,he should avoid potatoes or other sugar content foods.He should take foods containing less calorie.

I am a diabetic too. All I can say is, it's pretty difficult to stop someone from eating how they've been eating all their life.
Diet clearly doesn't work that much since we are not supposed to feel hunger or starve since we'll have tendency to pass out or get dizzy.
The best way as my diabetic-expert doctor would say is, nothing beats exercise.
He needs to at least run or jog a few minutes a day. Just enough to sweat it in or increase his pulse/heart rate. This is the only way for people to increase their good cholesterol levels (no medicine could ever accomplish this~ don't ever believe in medicines/supplements that say they can since this is a normal body chemical reaction when exercising).
Then of course, stay away from preservatives.
I say the best way for him to 'know' or be aware of his sugar is by monitoring it. I have my own sugar monitor (where you pr*ck yourself~ it's not really painful if you know where it should be). Because once a person sees that his/her eating affects the sugar levels, he wouldn't need much convincing to tell him/her to stop excessive eating.=)
Good luck.

If the doctor told your husband that he is a diabetic and gave him medication he should have given him a list of foods that he can and can not eat. Some doctors sends their patients to a dietitian and they will give him a diet that he should stick to. I would go back to the doctor and ask for printed material of the foods he needs to avoid.

arlene you should follow the suggested lifestyle for
all of us, eat lots of veggies and fruits and some lo fat'
dairy such as eggs and lo fat milk, and some lean protein
fish and chicken are best, skinless chicken, and lots of
whole grain foods like whole grain breads and cereals and pastas
but you should get also some guidance from a dietiation who can show you how many carbs your husband can eat inone day.we all
vary. your insurance should cover going to a dietition for
food help. also vist the amereican diabetes assoc. on the internet for help in planning meals.You do need to seek help
from a dietetican at first.

Hi Arlene, you got a lot of good suggestions here. My father was also diabetic but we knew it at a very late stage already.

I remember when he was sick my mother used to let him eat so much fruits, whick later we knew he should not eat those since fruits are sweet.

My landlady also was a diabetic, and I remember she could still eat rice but at a very controlled quantity.

You ask your doctor for some food supplement or herbal preparations like pure aloe vera extracts, those are very helpful also in lowering blood sugar.

I hope your husband will achieve a lower if not really normal sugar level in his blood soon...

you can also change your normal rice into brown rice that's better for a diabetic person... and if, you should cut your husbands habit of drinking beer or coffee. you should give him some tea to lower his blood sugar. hope it helps!

hey arlene. Im also a diabetic type 2. I have maintenance medications to kinda lower down my blood sugar. I was advice not to eat fatty foods, of course stay away from sweets and most of all no carbohydrates or if he cant stay away from it, try to lessen it..because carb most of all turn into sugar when digested by the body..do not use sweeteners coz they still have a small amount of sugar..It's now time to read every single labels on every food or products that you will buy..Check the ingredients and the amount of carb and sugar written..Going on a sugarfree diet is the best..But most of all, try asking the doc for a referral to a dietician..The dietician will ask for the result of the bloodworks of your husband and from there she will know what type of diet to give your husband..You must follow the diet given or else his sugar would shoot up..Next is check his blood sugar 2 hours after each meal and log it so you would know what food is making his sugar high and what is not..You need to log it down coz the dietician and the doctor will check it and advice you on what to do next..

Dietary fat is not going to hurt your husband. That's a myth. As a diabetic his major enemy is SUGAR. I don't know why so many "experts" blame dietary fat for diabetes but it has NOTHING to do with sugar metabolism, which is what is messed up when you turn into a diabetic.

Your husband can eat all the dietary fat he likes, and he will probably need it as it will be a source of energy for him that will not mess up his blood sugar. Also, dietary fat is used to make hormones, to build nerve cells and in just about every other area of your body, so it's not just a fuel.

You should look into low-carb discussion forums to learn more about the connection between excessive carbohydrate intake and diabetes. Basically, any carbohydrate that you can digest will turn into sugar in your body, so a diabetic needs to cut back on them as much as possible because with diabetes your ability to get rid of the sugar you eat is seriously impaired. This is a matter of getting his blood sugar down to normal so it doesn't destroy his organs.

Here are some interesting blogs you might like. They also recommend good books.

http://weightoftheevidence.blogspot.com
http://livinlavidalocarb.blogspot.com/
http://www.drjaywortman.com/

I hate to see yet another diabetic struggle with controlling blood sugar because he's getting bad advice. I know this is a very scary time for you and you want to do the best you can for him, and you're going to hear all kinds of conflicting information from his doctors. Just do the best you can and I'm sure he will appreciate it. Good luck.

you can try horseradish, ampalaya.They were known to decrease blood sugar.