Managing Diabetes: Healthy Snack Ideas
Managing Diabetes: Healthy Snack Ideas
Fruits: 15 Grams of Carbohydrate | Serving Size |
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Apple | 1 small |
Apple Juice or Orange Juice | 1/2 cup |
Banana | 1/2 |
Grapes | 17 |
Nectarine | 1 small |
Orange | 1 small |
Melon | 1/3 cantaloupe |
Peach | 1 small |
Raisins | 2 Tbsp. |
Grains/Breads: 15 Grams of Carbohydrate | Serving Size |
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Animal crackers | 8 |
Bagel | 1/2 small |
Cold cereal (unsweetened) | 3/4 cup |
Ginger snaps | 3 |
Graham crackers | 3 squares |
Granola bar | 1 |
Lorna Doone cookies | 4 small or 3 large |
Muffin | 1 homemade size |
Pita bread | 1/2 (4-6" diameter) |
Pretzels | 12 nuggets or 4 twists |
Rice cakes | 2 large or 5 small |
Ritz crackers or saltines | 6 |
Teddy Grahams | 15 |
Vanilla wafers | 6 |
Wheat crackers | 12 thin or 6 square |
Wheat bread | 1 slice |
Meats/Protein: 0 Grams of Carbohydrate and Have Protein and Fat | Serving Size |
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American cheese | 1 ounce |
Cheese stick | 1 |
Ham, turkey | 1 slice |
Hard boiled egg | 1 |
Low-fat cheese | 1 ounce |
Peanut butter | 1 Tbsp. |
Peanuts, nuts | 1/4 cup |
Milk: 12 Grams of Carbohydrate and 8 Grams of Protein | Serving Size |
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Skim, 1%, or 2% milk | 1 cup |