1. The treatment of diabetes
1. The goals of treatment of diabetes
2. The three types of diabetes treatment
2. Diet therapy for diabetes
1. Diet therapy for diabetes
2. The principles of diet therapy
3. The prevention of complications
4. The types of diabetes and diet therapy
5. Planning meals
3. The Food Exchange Lists
1. Food classification -- the six lists
The six food groups (the six lists)
Food classification table
2. Serving size measure -- 1 unit = 80 kcal
3. Food exchange
4. Using the Food Exchange Lists
1. Prescribed daily number of units
2. The number of units per list
3. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks between meals
Sample meal prescription table for 20 units/day (1600 kcal)
4. Composing menus
5. Sample menus for 20 daily units (1600 kcal)
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Snacks
6. Exchanging foods to create menus rich in variety
Sample unit distribution tables for different prescribed daily units (energy)
5. Measuring foods
1. The importance of measuring
2. Measuring apparatus
Amounts measured by measuring cup and measuring spoon (gr)
6. For lasting diet therapy