{"id":13760,"date":"2014-08-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/le-diabete\/informations-sur-le-diabete\/autres-types-de-diabete\/281-revision-v1\/proteines\/"},"modified":"2023-06-07T14:18:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T18:18:33","slug":"proteins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/diabetes\/diabetes-management\/diet\/proteins\/","title":{"rendered":"Proteins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Proteins are essential to repair, build and renew the body\u2019s skin, hair, nails, muscles, etc. The&nbsp;protein&nbsp;needs of a person with diabetes without related complications are the same as for non-diabetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Proteins and diabetes management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Proteins do not raise blood&nbsp;glucose&nbsp;(sugar) levels and may even help improve diabetes management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among other things, their satiating effect can help with weight management by controlling appetite and reducing between-meals craving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Proteins also help prevent\u00a0<a href=\"\/en\/hypoglycemia-low-blood-sugar-in-an-individual-with-diabetes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hypoglycemia<\/a>\u00a0in people at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eat a source of protein at each of your three daily meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where do you find proteins?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Proteins are primarily in the food groups\u00a0<a href=\"\/en\/diabetes\/diabetes-management\/diet\/milk-and-its-alternatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Milk and Alternatives<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"\/en\/diabetes\/diabetes-management\/diet\/meat-and-its-alternatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meat and Alternatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two types of proteins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Animal-based proteins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Meat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fish<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offal (organ meats)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Milk products<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eggs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Vegetable-based proteins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Legumes and pulses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nuts and seeds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peanut and nut butters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tofu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Protein quality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Eating proteins at each meal is important, but we must consider protein quality as well. Replacement of animal protein with sources of plant protein might help&nbsp;people with diabetes to have a better glycemic control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proteins are essential to repair, build and renew the body\u2019s skin, hair, nails, muscles, etc. The&nbsp;protein&nbsp;needs of a person with diabetes without related complications are the same as for non-diabetics. Proteins and diabetes management Proteins do not raise blood&nbsp;glucose&nbsp;(sugar) levels and may even help improve diabetes management. Among other things, their satiating effect can help&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30927,"parent":24358,"menu_order":127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"8912,12766,11758,274,9212,11036","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13760","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13760"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29428,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13760\/revisions\/29428"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}