In Western India the focus in more on two major states – Maharashtra and Gujarat. Since, the food habits of people in these regions differ, two different diet plans have been recommended.
| Meal Pattern for the Traditional Maharashtrian Client with Type 2 Diabetes |
| Meal | Typical | Modified |
| | Calories : 3402
Carbohydrate : 462 grams (54%)
Protein : 114 grams (13%)
Fat : 130 grams (33%) | Calories : 2048
Carbohydrate : 326 grams (64%)
Protein : 102 grams (19%)
Fat : 40 grams (17%) |
Breakfast
8:30 A.M. | - 1 cup chaha (tea) with whole milk and
- sugar.
- 1 bowl pohe.
- 1 banana
| - 1 cup chaha made out of skimmed
- milk and sweetener.
- 1 cup of pohe.
- 1 apple.
|
Lunch
12:30 noon | - 2 cups white rice
- 2 chappatis with oil or ghee
- 1 cup umpti (toor dal with jaggery and
- tamarind)
- ½ cup batata chi bhaji (Potato curry)
- ¼ cup cucumber koshimbir (salad) with peanut powder and phodni.
- 1 cup yogurt or buttermilk
| - ½ cup brown rice
- 2 phulkas without oil or ghee
- 1 cup varan (toor dal without jaggery)
- ½ cup string beans bhaji or 1 cup methi chi bhaji (fenugreek curry)
- ¼ cup cucumber koshimbir without
- peanut powder or phodni.
- ½ cup non-fat yogurt or buttermilk
|
Afternoon
coffee
4.00 P.M. | - 1 cup chaha (tea) with whole milk and Sugar.
| - 1 cup chaha made out of skimmed milk and sweetener.
- 2 whole wheat crackers.
- ½ cup watermelon.
|
Dinner
8:00 P.M. | - 1 cup white rice.
- 2 chappatis with oil or ghee.
- 1 cup mooga chi usal (mung dal) with fresh grated cocunut.
- 1 serving of fried fish.
- 1 cup kokum kadi (kokum fruit in coconut milk)
| - ½ cup brown rice.
- 2 phulkas without oil or ghee.
- 1 cup mooga chi usal (mung dal) without coconut.
- 1 serving barbecued fish with very little oil
- 1 cup kokum juice without coconut milk or ¼ cup kokum kadi with coconut milk.
|
Gujarati diet is for people from different regions of Gujarat like South and North Gujarat, Kathiavad and Kutch. Gujarati’s normally have sweet tooth and hence, diabetics from this region need to control more of their food habits.
Here goes the Gujarati diabetic diet plan:
| Meal Pattern for the Traditional Gujarati Client with Type 2 Diabetes |
| Meal | Typical | Modified |
| | Calories : 4244
Carbohydrate : 606 grams (57%)
Protein : 99 grams (9%)
Fat : 161 grams (35%) | Calories : 1531
Carbohydrate : 247 grams (65%)
Protein : 70 grams (18%)
Fat : 37 grams (22%) |
Breakfast
7:30 A.M. | - 1 cup Chai (Tea) with whole milk
- 4 tsp regular sugar
- 2 –3 theplas
| - 1 cup Chai with 1% milk
- 1 package – no calorie sweetner
- 1 Thepla or 2 plain Khakhras
- ¾ cup 1% Milk
- 1 cup Water
|
Snack
10:30 am | | - 10 unsalted roasted peanuts
- 1 cup water
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Lunch
12:30 pm | - 4 rotlis with 4 teaspoons ghee
- ½ cup toor Dal with sugar
- 1 cup black eye peas with sugar
- 1 cup bhat (rice)
- ¼ cup yam
- ¼ cup dahi (yogurt)
- 1 cup regular soda
- 1 tsp vegetable oil in cooking
| - ½ cup salad with lemon and vinegar
- 1 sooki rotli – no ghee
- ½ cup toor Dhal no sugar
- ¼ cup black eye peas no sugar
- ¼ cup bhinda nu shak (okra veg.)
- ¼ cup bhat (cooked rice)
- ½ cup dahi (1% milk)
- 1 small apple
- 1 cup water
- ½ tsp olive oil in cooking
|
Tea Time
3:30 pm | - 1-2 cup chai with 1 oz whole milk
- 4 tsp regular sugar
- 1 cup fried chevda
- 1 ½ ” x 1 ½ ” mohanthal (sweet)
| - 1 cup chai with 1 oz 1% milk
- 1 pkg – no calorie sweetener
- ¾ cup homemade high fiber high protein (or) high fiber cereal chevda
- 1 cup water
|
Dinner
8:00 P.M. | - 1 fried papad
- 3 parathas with 6 tsp oil
- 1 cup batata nu shak (potato veg.)
- 1 cup chhash (buttermilk)
- 2 1” mug-ni dal ni kachori with amali-ni chutney
- 2 tbsp chhunda (mango pickle)
| - ½ cup salad with balsamic vinegar
- 1 paratha with ½ tsp oil– use non-stick pan.
- ½ cup palak with 1% lowfat paneer or extra firm silken tofu
- ½ cup 1% dahi (yogurt)
- 1 medium orange
- 1 cup water
|
Snack
9 pm | - 6 khajur (dried dates)
- 1 oz bag potato chips
- 1 cup water
| - 3 khajur (dried dates)
- 6 almonds
- 1 cup water
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List of healthy and not so healthy foods for Gujarati Diabetics
| Eat Frequently | Eat Infrequently |
| Dairy |
- 1% or 2% milk
- dahi made from 1% or 2% milk
| - regular milk
- dahi made from regular milk
|
| Meat or meat alternatives |
- black eye peas with no calorie sweetener
- roasted papad
| - black eye peas with sugar
- fried papad
|
| Vegetable dishes |
- palak vegetable with 1% low fat paneer or
- extra firm silken tofu
- bhinda (okra) nu shak
| |
| Fruit dishes |
- grapes
- fruit shrikhand made with 1% dahi
| - mohanthal
- shrikhand made from whole milk dahi
|
| Grain |
- home made high fiber cereal (chevda)
- paratha with 1 tsp olive oil – use non stick pan
| - fried chevda
- paratha with 1 tablespoon cotton seed oil
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Source: The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI)
* Though the diet plans are specially designed for diabetes patients by the expert group, we suggest you to check with your physician before practicing this diet, as the diet plans may vary based on the individual’s medical conditions.
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Diet plans for other Indian geographical regions:
South Indian Diabetic Diet Plan
North Indian Diabetic Diet Plan
Diabetic Diet Plan for People of Odisha and West Bengal (East India)
