In a nutshell from me.
Your diet should ideally have no more then 30 % carbohydrates. Meats and veggies are perfect combinations. Lean meat is good. White meat is better then red meat, as red is more prone to raise your cholesterol levels.
Ditch sugar, and try not to sprinkle a lot of salt in your food. There are serious ongoing considerations to get sugar considered for a CONTROLLED status.
Reduce your intake of bread, rice, pasta, roti/naans. They are the source of nastiness (carbohydrates).
Anything that will give you an insulin rise in your blood is not supposed to be the best thing. Its insulin spikes that become the reason for diabetes eventually, with obesity etc. all coming along the way. Carbohydrates are the most potent insulin spiking agents.
Skim milk is fine. Do not forget low fat yogurts and cheeses are usually high in carbohydrate or sugar content to preserve taste. So beware of all things low fat.
Water before food and midway into your meal. DO NOT drink water at the end of your meal. Give yourself atleast half an hour before you choose to drink something after your meal.
Fruit juices are not the same as fruits. Even with fruits, they are full of natural sugars, which while better then refined or synthetic sugar are still sugars and cause insulin spikes. Besides, fruits are usually fiber and sugar which actually helps you lose most of this sugar to not get absorbed as our bodies are not digesting most of this fiber. Drinking apple juice out of six apples is essentially all sugary content of six apples minus the fibers, basically meaning absorbing all the sugars. Not a good idea.
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