DIABETIC MENU GUIDE FOR NIGERIAN FOODS

  DIABETIC MENU GUIDE

Diabetics like every other person can enjoy every healthy meal but caution must be taken to   avoid hiking the blood sugar level.

·        Regular mild exercise for at least 30 mins daily is important

·        Avoid heavy breakfast and late dinner

·        Dinner must be served at most by 8.oopm

·        Eat small portions of food and snack in between meals

·        Most importantly, your daily diets should be guided by your daily blood glucose level, high blood glucose level should go with low carbohydrate foods and vice versa.

Menu	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Breakfast 7.30-8am	½ cup of oat porridge with milk and 1 cup of moimoi with 2 boiled eggs	1 cup of milk/tea with two slices of bread and ½ avocado pear	½ cup of quaker oat with milk and 1 cup of moimoi, 2 boiled eggs	1 cup of milk/tea with 2 slices of bread and 2 pieces  of fish in tomato sauce	2 bars of wheat biscuit with milk/ tea and 2 boiled eggs	4 medium size of boiled potatoes and vegetable stew with 2 pieces of fish	1 cup of milk/tea, 2 slices of bread and two pieces of fish in tomatoes sauce.
Snacks 11am	2 garden eggs	1 apple	1 small orange	½ cup of pawpaw	cucumber and nuts	garden eggs	½ cup of pawpaw
Lunch 1-2pm	11/2 cup of oat meal swallo with any  soup 2  pieces of lean meat or chicken	1 cup of unripe plantain pottage with vegetables and 1 small fish	1 cup of wheat swallo with soup and 2 pieces of fish

KNOW YOUR HEALTH STATUS

YOUR NEW YEAR HEALTH CARE RESOLUTION.

When last did you check yourself medically?

Someone once said and I quote,'What are my going to do in the hospital when am not sick'.

The big question is, are hospitals only mend for the sick? Refuse to fall into the category of, 'nothing was wrong with him, he just slumped and died'. That will not be your story in this 2018.

In this part of the world most people don't value the health sector, likewise their own health with regards to preventive medicine. They see hospital visits as a tour for the sick only. Some give reason's like, 'I never chop belleful na to go throwey moni for hospital i go do'. Too bad because when a preventable sickness come knocking, the door is already wide open and that time the money will either come out or he or she will go begging.

You don't have to be rich to take care of your health. You can do health checkup in any general hospital or healthcare center around you. Ask for general laboratory investigations to check your status. If you are thinking about the money, take advantage of the National health insurance scheme (NHIS) which helps crash cost.

The benefit of annual medical examination cannot be overemphasized. Check yourself and members of your family, if you are an employer encourage your staff to check their health status, you can pay for them to get checked, healthy workers of course is a source of increased input to achieve the output you desire.

Have you checked yourself this year?
If not, take action and prevent diseases and their possible complications.

If you are in the camp of people saying, 'I don't just go for checkup when am not sick because the doctors will always see something', if they see something, better for you, at least they saw it early, so they will make move to prevent further complications and damage.

Basic investigations you can do include:
*Blood pressure
*Blood sugar
*Urinalysis
*Liver function test
*Kidney function test
*Lipid profile
*Prostate screening (PSA for men above 40)
*Eye test
*HIV Screening
*HBsag screening (take vaccine if negative)
*HCV, VDRL
*Malaria test
*Widal test

We are available to offer professional help if you need one. Stay healthy this year, imbibe they culture of checking your health status.

#takeactionforyourhealth