Diebetes Food Routine.

In the beginning, this system will require that you to test your blood sugar a number times a day, as well as weigh and measure your food.
An example meal plan is shown below:

Breakfast

• Porridge or wholegrain breakfast cereal (e.g. Branflakes, Weetabix) and/or
• Wholemeal bread/toast/roll
• Fruit - fresh or tinned without sugar.

Mid-Morning

• Light Meal
• Soup
• Bread/toast/roll/baked potato/chapattis
• Small portion lean meat, chicken, fish, eggs, cheese or baked beans.
• Large portion salad or vegetables.
• Fruit as main meal

  Mid-Afternoon

• Main Meal
• Soup, for example broth, lentil, vegetable
• Small portion lean meat, chicken or fish
• Potatoes, bread, pasta, rice or chapattis
• Large portion vegetables or salad.
• Fruit - fresh, stewed or tinned without sugar or
• Unsweetened milk pudding or diet yoghurt

Bedtime

If you require a between meal and/or bedtime snack the following are appropriate.

• Fresh fruit,
• Diet yoghurt
• Toast
• Crackers
• Two plain biscuits or
• Wholemeal scone