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News India Live, Digital Desk: The festival of Diwali and the smell of sweets… both are incomplete without each other. But in a house where there is a diabetic patient, these sweets become a cause of concern. I feel like it, but the fear of rising sugar levels dulls the joy of the festival.

But now you don’t need to sit in despair! Health experts and doctors have made this problem easy for you. They have divided the sweets into three colors like a traffic light, so that you can understand which sweet is for you. safe (green light) yes, which one caution (yellow light) to taste from, and which one dangerous (red light) Is.

Come, let us know in which color light your favorite sweet comes.

Green Light: These sweets are in the ‘safe zone’

These are those sweets which you can eat in very small quantities for taste. These are mostly made from natural ingredients and white sugar (refined sugar) is not used in them.

• Date or fig barfi: Made from dates, figs and dry fruits, this sweet has natural sweetness.
• Coconut Laddus (without sugar): If these are made from jaggery or stevia (natural sweetener) then a small laddu can be eaten.
• dark chocolate: A small piece of dark chocolate with more than 70% cocoa quenches sweet cravings and is also healthy.
• Apple or gourd kheer: If it is made without sugar or with very little natural sweetener, it can be eaten in small quantities.

Yellow Light: ‘Just a Little Bit’ to Taste

You need to be careful about sweets of this category. To keep yourself in the festive mood, you can eat just a very small piece of it. It would be better to check your sugar level before and after eating them.

• Cay boilers: It contains cashew nuts which is beneficial, but the amount of sugar is also quite high.
• Gram FLOUR LADDU: The glycemic index of gram flour is low, but the amount of ghee and sugar in it can affect the blood sugar.
• Rasgulla (by squeezing juice): It is made from cottage cheese which is a good source of protein. If you squeeze its syrup well and eat just one piece, then it is a better option than Gulab Jamun.
• Milk Cake or Kalakand: Despite being made from milk, they contain a lot of sugar.

Red lights: Say ‘no’ to them, they are the most ‘dangerous’

These sweets are like poison for diabetic patients. These contain flour, refined sugar and are deep fried. These can increase your blood sugar like a rocket, so stay away from them completely.

• Gulab Jamun and Jalebi: Deep frying flour and immersing it in sugar syrup makes it the biggest enemy of diabetes.
• Boondi or Motichoor Laddus: After frying gram flour, it is soaked in sugar syrup, which is very harmful for health.
• Son papdi: It looks light, but is full of flour, ghee and sugar.
• Flour barfi or other sweets: It is wise to keep distance from them also.

Sugar patients should also pay special attention to these things:

• Never eat sweets on an empty stomach. Always eat after meals.
• Before eating sweets, eat salad or fiber rich things, this increases the sugar slowly.
• Don’t forget to do your exercise or walk even during festivals.
• Try to consume only home-made sweets in which you can control the sweetness.

This Diwali, make the right informed choice and enjoy the festival to the fullest without any fear.