Benefits of a Diet Exchange

Benefits of a Diet Exchange: A diet exchange is one that allows you to choose and choose the food you eat from each of the six food groups based on portion size. When you start eating with this diet, this might look like a lot of work but because you are accustomed to the portion sizes and general substitutions you make it will be easier.

Benefits of a Diet Exchange

One of the benefits of exchanging food is the flexibility you have in planning your meal. As long as you eat the right amount of exchange from each food group you will maintain better control of your blood glucose levels.

If you get bored easily enough by eating the same food every day, an exchange diet might be for you. There are unlimited possibilities to combine different foods together at meal times. You can eat broccoli for three consecutive nights of dinner but make it a very different food every time. One night you can have one small potato, ½ cup steamed broccoli and one piece of pork; the second night ask for ½ cup of cooked pasta thrown with ½ cup of broccoli and one ounce of cooked chicken; and the third night try 1/3 cup of rice mixed with ½ cup of broccoli and one ounce of lean beef.

Dietary exchange also eliminates alleged eating planning for diabetics. It is arranged in a very straight forward and easy to understand manner. If there are foods that you cannot find in the list of exchanges given to you by your nutritionist, contact and find out which groups are included and what portion sizes are appropriate.

At first you have to weigh and measure your food to make sure you are using the right amount but over time you will be able to do this by looking.

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