List of food a diabetic can eat

Lists are on the basis of a meal planning system designed primarily for people with diabetes and others who must follow special diets. The primary reason for categorizing food into six different groups is that foods vary in their carbohydrate, protein, fat, and calorie content.

Carbohydrate      (grams)          Protein         (grams)             Fat               (grams) Calories I. Starch/Bread                15 3 trace 80 II. Meat . 7 3 55 III. Vegetable 5 2 . 25 IV. Fruit 15 . . 60 V. Milk 12 8 8 150 VI. Fat . . 5 45

Starch/Bread List

Starch/Bread on an average contains fifteen grams of carbohydrate, three grams of protein, a trace of fat, and eighty calories. Whole-grain products consist of two grams of fiber averagely per serving. Some foods are having higher source of fiber. If you want to eat a starch food, the general rule is this:

1/2 cup of cereal, grain, or pasta = one serving

1 ounce of a bread product = one serving

Meat

Meat and substitutes usually contains seven grams of protein. You are preferably advised to consume more lean and medium-fat meat, poultry, and fish in your meal plan. Consumption of such food helps you to decrease your fat intake, which further decreases your risk for cardiac disease.

Vegetable

Each vegetable serving contains about five grams of carbohydrate, two grams of protein, and twenty-five calories on an average. Vegetables contain approx. three grams of dietary fiber. Fresh and frozen vegetables are rich in vitamins, minerals and less added salt.

Fruit

Most of the fruits provide fifteen grams of carbohydrate and sixty calories. Mostly fresh and dry fruits have approx. two grams of fiber per serving. Fruit juices contain natural sugar but very little dietary fiber.

The serving size for one fruit serving is:

1/2 cup of fresh fruit or fruit juice

1/4 cup dried fruit

Milk

Each serving of milk or milk products contains about twelve grams of carbohydrate and eight grams of protein. The calories level varies on the kind of milk chosen. Milk can be bifurcated in three parts, based on the amount of fat and calories: skim/very low-fat milk, low-fat milk, and whole milk.

Fat List

Each serving on the fat contains about five grams of fat and forty-five calories. Such food contains mostly fats but also contains a small amount of protein. One should adapt fat intake by eating unsaturated fats instead of saturated fats.