A diabetic meal plan is a healthy eating plan which consists of balance nutrition in the right amount of calorie requirement and the right amount of food types. The aim of a diabetic meal plan is to help people with diabetes attain quality of life similar to healthy people by 1. making it easier to achieve blood glucose control 2. reducing dependency on more diabetic medication or insulin injections 3. reducing the risk of complications or hospital admission associated with diabetes and 4. achieving the same lifespan as normal individuals

Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes in Malaysia. According to the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2015, almost one in five Malaysian adults has diabetes. The survey also revealed that 1.8 million out of 3.5 million Malaysians diagnosed with diabetes were not even aware they have the disease

The healthy DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet plan was developed to lower blood pressure without medication in research sponsored by the US National Institutes of Health.

Blood pressure is necessary to make our blood flow around the body to supply oxygen and nutrients to the muscles and vital organs. However, when the blood pressure gets too high, the heart has to pump harder and small blood vessels in the brain may burst causing heart failure and strokes respectively. That is why health practitioners keep advising patients to self-monitor their blood pressure regularly and eat well to maintain a healthy lifestyle.