Diabetes friendly foods
Non-starchy vegetables, beans, and fruits such as
apples, pears, peaches, and berries. Even tropical fruits like bananas, mangoes,
and papayas tend to have a lower glycemic index than typical desserts.
Eat grains in the least-processed state possible:
“unbroken,” such as whole-kernel bread, brown rice, and whole barley, millet,
and wheat berries; or traditionally processed, such as stone-ground bread,
steel-cut oats, and natural granola or muesli breakfast cereals help reduce
blood sugar.
Limit white potatoes and refined grain products
such as white breads and white pasta to small side dishes.
Limit concentrated sweets—including high-calorie
foods with a low glycemic index, such as ice cream— to occasional treats. Reduce
fruit juice to no more than one cup a day. Completely eliminate sugar-sweetened
drinks.
Eat a healthful type of protein at most meals,
such as beans, fish, or skinless chicken.
Choose foods with healthful fats, such as olive
oil, nuts (almonds, walnuts, pecans), and avocados. Limit saturated fats from
dairy and other animal products. Completely eliminate partially hydrogenated
fats (trans fats), which are in fast food and many packaged foods.
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