HEALTHY EATING PRACTICES Healthy eating helps keep your blood

Healthy Diabetic Eating Includes:

sugar in your target range. It is a critical

Limiting foods that are high in sugar

part of managing your diabetes, because

Eating smaller portions, spread out

controlling your blood sugar can prevent

over the day

long-term diabetic complications such

Being careful about when and how

as: strokes, blindness, kidney failure,

many carbohydrates you eat

heart attacks, and blood vessel disease

Eating a variety of whole-grain foods,

that may require an amputation.

fruits and vegetables every day Eating less fat

References/Sources: https://medlineplus.gov/diabeticdiet.html

Limiting your use of alcohol

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