Nutrition, caloric balance

Medical nutrition therapy is recommended for all patients. For individuals with type 1 DM, the focus is on regulating insulin administration with a balanced diet to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight. A meal plan that is moderate in carbohydrates and low in saturated fat, with a focus on balanced meals is recommended. In addition, patients with type 2 DM often require caloric restriction to promote weight loss. Bedtime and between-meal snacks are not usually needed if pharmacologic management is appropriate. 

A problem for many people in the United States is excess body weight stored as fet. Many persons have tried to capitalize on this problem with fruitless weight-loss schemes. However, since energy is conserved, an energy balance reveals only two real ways to lose weight (other than water loss) (1) reduce the caloric intake, and/or (2) increase the caloric expenditure. In answering the following questions, assume that fet contains approximately 7700 kcal/fcg (1 kcal is called a dietic calorie in nutrition, or commonly just calorie ). 

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