What Should be the Macronutrients Distribution Range for People with Diabetes?

Abstract

Medical nutrition therapy is one of the key components of diabetes management. It supports to achieve blood glucose, blood lipids and blood pressure goals, maintains healthy body weight and decreases complication risks as well. It is fact that macronutrients ratio, which are ideal for diabetes treatment, have been researched for many years, studies introduce that many different nutrition interventions will be effective in this treatment. However, since individuals trend to return to their old dietary habits, focusing on the proportion of macronutrients should be abandoned in order to establish a long-term suitable diet model. Treatment goals should be evaluated individually. A sustainable treatment plan has to be composed according to diabetic’s choices; evidence-based limitations have to be applied; however, their pleasure of eating has to be maintained.