Managing Diabetes: Healthy Snack Ideas
Managing Diabetes: Healthy Snack Ideas
| Fruits: 15 Grams of Carbohydrate | Serving Size |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Skim, 1%, or 2% milk | 1 cup |