Even if you have diabetes, health problems can be avoided by choosing and eating those food items which are beneficial for you. Consider few tips while dressing your salad, so that you can cut off the carbs and eat in a healthy manner to keep your sugar count normal. Salad dressings make a common salad more tasty and nutritious. Giving a thought to what you are putting on your salad can keep your daily intake of proteins and starch and other required vitamins balanced. Here are a few good salad dressings to help you out.
Dressings With Less Carbohydrate Content
Controlling the intake of carbohydrates, can keep your blood sugar level under control. Carbohydrates are mainly found in sugar, starchy vegetables, some dairy products and certain fruits too. Although salad dressing contain less carbohydrates, but salad dressings prepared outside home may contain certain added sugars. You can keep a watch on it and have a salad dressing such as vinaigrette which is olive oil based, to dress your salad and to keep your blood sugar level under control. Always choose the less carbs salad dressings and avoid those with added sugars.
Waldrof Salad Dressing
This can be prepared with the help of a few ingredients such as lemon juice, diced apples, celery in one inch long thin strips, of broken walnuts, splenda granular, salt, low fat vanilla yogurt, low fat mayonnaise and crisp lettuce leaves. To prepare this salad, you have to drizzle lemon juice over diced apples and toss well and then mix walnuts and celery. Blend together yogurt, mayonnaise, salt and sugar. Fold all this into the apple mixture and chill for some time. Your salad is ready now with a low carb dressing.
Ravioli Salad
Ravioli salad can be prepared with light cheese ravioli, broccoli florets, sliced carrots, sliced green onions, less amount of calorie dressing of Italian origin or balsamic vinaigrette, chopped tomatoes, pea pods that are fresh and cut diagonally into half and lettuce leaves. You have to cook ravioli and into it add broccoli and carrots a little before putting off the heat. Drain it and rinse with cold water. Mix up the pasta and green onions and sprinkle with the best type of dressing, such as vinaigrette dressings made of avocado oil, olive oil etc.
Choose The Right Type Of Fat
Choosing the right type of fat to dress your salad has a great impact on your sugar level. You should choose the dressings with fat containing monounsaturated fat, as they have the capacity to lower the LDL cholesterol levels. Therefore choose the salad dressings with are prepared of avocado oil, macadamia oil, olive oil and canola oil which are rich in monounsaturated fats.
In this way, by keeping a watch over your carbohydrate intake and choosing the right kind of dressing for your salad, you can control your blood sugar level and also keep taking in vegetables and fruits side by side.
