The diabetic diet is a diet that requires energy calculation and weighing. It can be complicated to do, but the “food exchange” method is a quick and easy way to make recipes.
What is the food exchange method?
Food is divided into several categories according to its origin and nature.
There are 4 main categories (8 subcategories): cereals and potatoes, vegetables and fruits, meat and eggs, and fats and oils.
The same type of food contains similar amount of protein, fat, carbohydrate and energy within a certain weight.
Each serving provides 90kcal of energy.
All foods refer to the edible part: i.e. the net weight after removing the skin, seeds, cores, bones, etc.
Each person can basically meet the needs of a balanced diet by matching food with the number of servings listed in the table according to his or her age, gender, nature of work, labor intensity, and caloric energy needs.
For example, how many servings of food should a person who needs 2400kcal of energy consume daily?
2400 ÷ 90 = 27 (servings)
Food exchange table.
For example: What is the weight of 3 exchange portions of steamed buns? 35 × 5 = 175 (g)
For example: What is the raw weight of 2 exchange portions of white radish? 400 × 2 = 800 (g)
For example: What is the raw weight of 5 exchange portions of lean pork? 50 × 5 = 250 (g)
For example: 100 grams of bean curd is how many food exchange copies? 100 ÷ 20 = 5 (copies)
For example, what is the raw weight of 5 exchange parts of bananas? 150 × 5 = 750 (g)
For example: 5 exchange parts of peanut oil raw weight is how much? 10 × 5 = 50 (g)
A few notes on the food swap method.
Learn to swap
Pay attention to the raw and cooked interchange
Common units of measurement
Unit of weight.
1 tael = 50 grams
1 catty = 10 taels = 500 grams
1 ounce = 30 grams
1 pound = 15 ounces = 450 grams
1 kilogram = 1000 grams = 2.2 pounds
Volume units.
1 teaspoon (t) = 5 milliliters (ml)
1 tablespoon (T) = 3 teaspoons (t) = 15 ml
1 fluid ounce (oz) = 30 ml
1 cup (C) = 8 fluid ounces = 240 ml
Weighing units.
Flour: 1 tablespoon (T) = 10 grams
1 cup (C) = 240 g
Sugar: 1 tablespoon (T) = 15 grams
Vegetable oil: 1 tablespoon (T) = 10 grams
Recipe preparation steps for food exchange method.
1.Find out the total daily energy requirement
2. Calculate the number of food exchange portions
3.Distribution of food
4.Recipe preparation
5.Recipe adjustment
6.Swapping