Fast food for diabetics. That can either be a statement or a question. But really, are there those who think there is fast food for diabetics? One sort of flies in the face of the other, doesn’t it? Or maybe it is just wishful thinking. It sure would make it easier if there was fast food for diabetics. Can you imagine “Mickey D’s Diabetic Fast Food”. Wow, as a diabetic, I would drive thru, but back to reality. When it comes to Diabetic food, there just doesn’t seem to be any short cuts and it really isn’t that difficult. Instead of going thru that fast food joint and grabbing a breakfast sandwich, stay at home a few extra minutes and grab some diabetic cereals.
The fact of the matter is, a study has found that people who eat fast food are at a greater risk of developing insulin resistance than those who don’t. A study shows that people whose diet consists primarily of fatty food such as hamburgers, french fries and pizza weigh more and have an increased risk of insulin resistance compared to people who limit their intake of those type of high fast foods. Insulin resistance is a condition that happens when peoples’ insulin does not process food effectively and larger than normal amounts of sugar circulate in the blood stream. This results in high blood sugar levels that can make these individuals more prone to high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes. This doesn’t bode well for fast food for diabetics.
What’s more, investigators followed more than three thousand people who reported their eating habits, including how often they ate fast food. This went on for fifteen years and what the U.S. researchers found was, those who ate at least two meals per week at a fast food restaurant were 4.5 kilograms heavier, and they had more than a 100 percent risk of insulin resistance compared to those who limited their intake of fast food each week to one meal or less.
Do you recall that old saying, “you are what you eat”? Well, perhaps there is another saying to go along with that one, “you are WHERE you eat”. Is there fast food for diabetics? It sure doesn’t seem like it. For a long time doctors have suspected that diets rich in fat has a connection to insulin resistance. What was needed was a study to prove that out, the above study did just that.
A California study showed that in areas where residents were exposed to many more fast food restaurants and convenience stores, people were more likely to suffer from obesity and diabetes than those who lived in an area where there were not an over abundance of fast food restaurants and convenience stores. It seems to go together. In a fast paced world where fast food restaurants and convenience stores are readily available, people will choose those venues over fresh fruit and vegetable markets and full service grocery stores. Of note, where fresh fruit and vegetable markets and full service grocery stores are readily available, people will use them. So it appears whatever is made convenient to people is what people will choose. It just depends on what is offered to them. Fast food for diabetics is that food that you can find in those fresh fruit and vegetable markets and full service grocery stores.
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