DIET IN DIABETES

Eat regular meals throughout the day. Do not skip breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

Limit the serving size of  meals and snacks. Too much food will lead to an increase in

body weight.

Eat a food in less quantity containing  carbohydrate at each meal – for example, one

cup of pasta, rice or cereal, two slices of bread or a medium potato.

Between meals, limit the carbohydrate content of a snack to 20 grams. For example one

piece of fruit, a small bowl  of yoghurt, a small slice of cake or one biscuit.

Eat wholegrain food .

Add variety of healthy foods from the different food groups. Include cereals, fruit and

vegetables, low fat dairy products and lean meat.

Take in large quantity low kilojoules foods such as salad ,vegetables.

Avoid saturated fats that are found in animal foods like full fat milk, ice creams, butter

and cheese as well as palm oil and coconut products, processed meat and snacks .

Consume small amounts of unsaturated fats like olive, canola or sunflower oil, mono or

polyunsaturated margarines, oily fish, and seeds and nuts.

Avoid fried food. In stead of that prefer to have baked or boiled or steamed food.

Baked items like cakes and biscuits should be eaten only occasionally and in small

serves, even when they are low fat.

Avoid  chocolates and sweet soft drinks.

Don't add salt when you cook or at the table, and reduce the use of high salt foods