 Hello everyone today, we are going to talk about the worst dinner ideas Don't worry. I'm not just going to blame food or blame you today I'm going to tell you what is not right and how to make it right. I'm Dr. Ahmed Ergin I'm an endocrinologist and a diabetes education expert today. We are talking about the worst dinner ideas Let's get started so guys Literally like when you come home like you had a hard long day And you would just want to sit down and settle and have a nice hearty meal but sometimes you don't really have enough time to kind of cook that healthy meal that we keep talking about and Unfortunately unhealthy food is Relavable everywhere the fast food restaurants are everywhere every corner pretty much in United States at least We have tons of unhealthy food, right? So what are the worst foods? Of course the fast food is the the the worst one like that We can start with hamburgers or hamburgers and fries and that's super common and convenient But that's something you definitely have to avoid. There is really no healthy hamburger to be honest with you Because especially I mean if you're making at home, that's not a big deal if you're making at home And I'll explain to you in a second, but if you're buying from outside, they're all processed, right? So those processed meats unfortunately Even if it doesn't increase your blood sugar as much, you know, you're making that oh my blood sugar is not going up But you're still introducing a lot of toxic chemicals preservatives All this nasty stuff excessive salt That drives your blood pressure up gives edema swelling inflammation in your body So it's not just about the blood sugar you when you make a choice You need to make a healthy choice to help your overall health. Okay, so if you're eating at a home having meat patties Like hamburgers at home is not actually that bad if you can use a lean Ground beef for example You can put all sorts of spices and you're making fresh, you know preferably not even frozen You can just buy it from the store and make it the same day And you can put as much olive oil if you as you want because most of the time when you cook those things It's especially if you grill them, you know, you want some, you know, some fat in it to make it taste good Of course, you don't want to use high heat with the olive oil, but you can definitely Add olive oil. You can actually Mix olive oil with some other spices like oregano You know pepper some other things that you like Rosemary for example would be great, especially for the for the meat You can make it a little sauce and put on top of your meat patty and make it a healthy fat Instead of buying, you know, the most unhealthy part of the ground beef So and then the fries of course is a no-no I know it is also easy to get but you can definitely make Roasted vegetables you can make them crunchy. There's a lot of nice crunchy vegetables out there Now the vegetables you can buy them frozen, right? So you can as long as they're not processed as long as just frozen vegetables are okay You can just already fresh cut, you know, you just need to Salty them or You know just roast them and it's not really that hard. It's gonna take you maybe 15-20 minutes But that can replace your fries very well. Now another thing that's commonly found in American diet Unfortunately is hot dogs There are very rare people who really don't like hot dogs and that's because they're Raised with it, you know when you're raised with a food no matter how bad it is. You just like it So with the hot dogs the problem with it, you know, there's really again, no healthy hot dog You're gonna end up buying this with preservatives in it and they're gonna put it in a bun and that bun is just gonna be just simple Carb, right? So the bread if you're choosing your braid bread wisely that may help you with your blood sugar But again, just having a hot dog itself even if it is itself even if you put in a lettuce, which is not gonna taste good Is gonna be full of xenobiotics and full of preservatives So you need to still stay away from that and to be honest with you I don't have a good alternative for you for that type of food. So that's totally out. Now pasta is Very tasty and convenient and I know a lot of people love it Doesn't matter if diabetes or not pasta is something that people are always having hard time to quit Now definitely I mean, even if you use a whole wheat or whatever pasta will spike your blood sugar What you can do you can adopt to Pastas that are made from zucchini Pastas made from like shiitake Pastas made from konjac It's a little different taste, but it's not too difficult to adopt and if you can achieve that you can still Get that satisfaction the texture that you're looking for or that vessel That you are looking to put your meat or whatever you're using the pasta for It can still Satisfy you and prevent the blood sugar spikes But just having regular pasta in your diet Even if a couple times a week is definitely not a good idea at all Now another common thing that I frequently hear from my patients is steak and potato Actually, some of people say that some of my patients will say that doc This is the only thing I eat pretty much five out of seven days I will eat steak and potato and don't even talk to me about vegetables. This is what they say I mean, it's it's amazing how people can be so stuck in their ways But to be honest with you, I mean steak Fine, maybe if you're eating twice a week, I wouldn't hold you back too much I mean the red meat is not necessarily good for you If you're consuming too much but Just having Potatoes with it like a mesh potatoes or fries with it Is just not going to help you at all for your diabetes. Now. What what what can you do? Well, you can use parsnip, right? So parsnip is something that not a lot of people know about And parsnip you can basically mash it and it's going to taste almost like potato And it looks like a potato and you can spice it a little spice it up a little bit You can put some, you know spices or some parsley whatever you want to put in there And it's going to look really great and you're going to get used to it So it's not like the potato is the only thing you have to have with the steak Now if you can again use roasted vegetables or Uh, the healthy things like some broccoli rice or Um, a shiitake rice. You can still eat your steak. I'm not prohibiting you from eating steak But having potato right next to it is probably not going to help you with your diabetes So basically these are the most common Food items or the dishes that in america we consume Unfortunately, I hope you guys learned something today And if you did, please give a thumbs up, share, like this video And if you have not subscribed yet, please do so. 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