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Diabetes diet: Create your healthy-eating plan
Definition
Purpose
Diet details
Results
Risks
What does a diabetes diet involve?
What are the results of a diabetes diet?
A sample menu
Content
Why do you need to develop a healthy-eating plan?
What does a diet for people with diabetes involve?
Recommended foods
Healthy carbohydrates
Fiber-rich foods
Heart-healthy fish
'Good' fats
Foods to avoid
Putting it all together: Creating a plan
The plate method
Counting carbohydrates
Choose your foods
Glycemic index
What are the results of this kind of diet?
Are there any risks?
Purpose
Diet details
Results
Risks
What does a diabetes diet involve?
What are the results of a diabetes diet?
A sample menu
Content
Why do you need to develop a healthy-eating plan?
What does a diet for people with diabetes involve?
Recommended foods
Healthy carbohydrates
Fiber-rich foods
Heart-healthy fish
'Good' fats
Foods to avoid
Putting it all together: Creating a plan
The plate method
Counting carbohydrates
Choose your foods
Glycemic index
What are the results of this kind of diet?
Are there any risks?
Choose your foods
A dietitian may recommend you choose specific foods to help plan meals and snacks. You can choose a number of foods from lists that include categories such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats.
One serving in a category is called a choice. Each food choice has about the same amount of carbohydrates, protein, fat and calories — and the same effect on your blood sugar — as a serving of every other food in that same category. For example, carbohydrate lists that include starch, fruits and milk have choices that are each 15 grams of carbohydrates.
