The choice of a suitable meat is always a problem for people battling with high blood pressure and diabetes. This is because when you have these ailments, you are discouraged from eating red meat because of saturated fats in them.
Some people ignorantly avoid every kind of meat. This is an error because it may result in proteins deficiency. Only find out the ones that are safe and enjoy them.
Let’s see five meats you may comfortably enjoy If you have diabetes or high blood pressure.
1. Chicken and Turkey
Chicken is an acceptable meat for people battling with diàbetes and high blood pressure. It is rich in proteins, healthy fats, zinc and vitamin B12. But you may remove the skin because there are saturated fats in the skin.
Also don’t forget that the kind of oil you use in preparing your food play an important role in it’s contents.
2. Seafoods.
Seafoods refers to all those proteinous edible creatures found in water. They include oysters,crabs, periwinkles, shrimps etc. These foods are rich in proteins, omega 3 fatty acids, zinc,and vitamin B12. Their fats content is very low.
3. Snails.
Snails are members of the molluscs family. They crawl around our homes at night. They have a high quality proteins like beef with about 2 percent fats making them a very good meat for diabetic patients and people having high blood pressure.
The important thing is that you should prepare it very well and cook it appropriately. Also bear in mind that the oil used in preparation of any meat will increase the fats content of the meat.
4 Fish.
Fish is perhaps the most authentic source of proteins for people having high blood pressure or/ and diabetes. Oily fishes contains omega 3 fatty acids and are also good sources of vitamin A.
Examples of oily fishes include salmon, sardines, herring, mackerel, pilchards etc.
5. Lean meat.
Some portions of meat in beef and other red meat qualify to be called lean meat. They qualify as good meat and may be taken in moderation. A lean meat is that portion that has its fat content removed.
By definition it should have not more than 10 percent total fats and saturated fats content must not exceed 4.5 percent.
