Nutritional management of diabetes.

Abstract

The ideal therapeutic diet for diabetes mellitus is currently unknown; however, it continues as a cornerstone of treatment for this complex disease. Dietary guidelines dictate a prudent, healthy diet that is recommended for all healthy people, with or without diabetes. Individuals with diabetes are counseled according to their life-style demands and presence of complications. In fact, there may be as many diets for diabetes as people with diabetes, based on the many manifestations, presentations, and complications of diabetes mellitus. Nutrition research in diabetes is a viable pursuit and will continue to generate interest and further modifications until the cure for diabetes is found.