Healthy eating and diabetes. How to ensure you have enough portions in your daily diet. Let’s talk about diabetes.

We invite you to join Voz Colina. This podcast is a collaboration between Novo Nordisk Farma Argentina and the Argentine Diabetes Defense League to provide educational content and information to people living with diabetes and visual impairment in Oseguera. worth accompanying them on their journey to a more fulfilling and healthy life. This content is not a substitute for the opinion or advice of a physician. Healthy eating and diabetes. How to ensure adequate portions in our daily diet. Measuring food portions for a person with visual impairment and diabetes requires a tactile and hands-on approach. These ideas and techniques can be very helpful to you. Use measuring instruments. They can be useful for calculating food portions, for example, you can also use measuring cups or spoons. use a tea cup or spoons of different sizes, another option is food containers, such as two hundred cubic meter spreadable cheese containers, which is equivalent to a tea cup, or small yogurt containers, which will be equivalent to about half Secondly, another A practical option is a palm-sized dish that uses the hand as a guide for calculating portions, for example, a portion of lean meat, chicken, fish, pork or beef should be the size and thickness of the palm. hand, a clenched fist would be equivalent to a two hundred cc cup, this measurement is useful for estimating servings of cooked carbohydrates such as brown rice, legumes, pasta or papa, as well as fruit, both open hands together would indicate servings of raw and cooked vegetables, except Potatoes, sweet potatoes and cassava that fit into a clenched fist will be equivalent to the recommended serving of seeds and nuts; the entire thumb is about twenty-five grams, this may help you measure out portions. of cheese the tip of the thumb from the tip to the first knuckle is approximately equal to a tablespoon of opera type, that is, the amount of butter, dressing or other fatty substance the tip of the ring finger is equal to a teaspoon, this measurement is useful To determine the portion of sugar-free jam or other homemade sweet third if required Greater accuracy when measuring portion size; there are food scales that give results by ear. It is important to note that nutritional needs vary from person to person. depending on age, physical activity, health status and other factors, so it is extremely important to consult with a nutritionist or health care professional to determine your daily requirements for each food group, and remember that if you have low or no vision, you may do it. could access rehabilitation therapy for these daily activities. Where are you going to learn how to safely handle kitchen utensils and techniques? Check with your ophthalmologist or an association for the blind or people with diabetes to find out about this option. Nuevo Nordic Farma Argentina corporate social responsibility program initiatives The voices in this podcast are from the company employees who made this project possible, thank you for joining us in this episode, we look forward to seeing you in the next one.