Healthy Living Tips

Eating Well with Diabetes

Eating right and maintaining a healthy weight are key to managing diabetes. Here are some quick tips to reduce calories, eat less fat and sugar, and help to control your serving size.

• Use smaller bowls and plates to help control portion size
• Have skim milk in your coffee and with your cereal
• Use artificial sweeteners instead of sugar
• Add more fresh fruits and vegetables to your diet
• Eat fresh fruit instead of drinking juice or eating dried fruit
• Substitute Canadian bacon for regular bacon
• Use water-packed tuna instead of oil-packed
• Drink club soda with lime instead of regular soda
• Add dried beans like kidney, pinto or lentils to your diet
• Bake, steam or broil, never fry food
• Eat whole grain foods like brown rice or whole wheat spaghetti
• Choose a salad over fries
• Order thin crust pizza and ask for half as much cheese and more tomato sauce
• Use light or fat-free salad dressing
• Eat pork loin instead of pork chops
• Eat more fish
• Throw out the mayonnaise, use mustard instead
• Say “no” to second servings
• Have a cup of low-fat, sugar free yogurt for desert