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Diabetes Food List: What to Eat and What to Limit
This master list brings together every food in the encyclopedia and how it behaves for blood sugar. Rather than a simple "yes/no", each food is rated across three control levels, because a portion that is fine when your HbA1c is well controlled may need trimming when it is high.
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Introduction
This master list brings together every food in the encyclopedia and how it behaves for blood sugar. Rather than a simple "yes/no", each food is rated across three control levels, because a portion that is fine when your HbA1c is well controlled may need trimming when it is high.
Matching Foods
1374 foods currently match this topic, sorted to help you scan quickly.
Food Category Carbs / 100 g Safety Portion (well-controlled)
Fava beans (cooked) Legumes 19.7 g Lower impact about 200 g Fava Beans (fresh, boiled) Legumes 18.7 g Lower impact about 250 g Filled With Crispy Wafer (Nutella) Grains & Starches 63.6 g Lower impact about 22 g Fish & chips meal Meat, Poultry & Fish 21.8 g Use caution about 138 g Fish & chips meal upsize Meat, Poultry & Fish 26.2 g Use caution about 115 g Flax bread slice Grains & Starches 34 g Lower impact about 45 g Flax seeds Sweets & Sweeteners 29 g Lower impact about 10 g Flip Boston Cream Pie Greek Yogurt (Chobani) Sweets & Sweeteners 22 g Lower impact about 128 g Flip Chocolate Layer Cake Greek Yogurt (Chobani) Sweets & Sweeteners 21 g Lower impact about 128 g Flip Coffee Break Bliss Low- Fat Greek Yogurt (Chobani) Beverages 23 g Lower impact about 128 g Flip Low- Fat Greek Yogurt, Mint Chocolate Chip (Chobani) Sweets & Sweeteners 22 g Lower impact about 128 g Flip Low- Fat Rocky Road Greek Yogurt (Chobani) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 19 g Lower impact about 128 g Flip Low-fat Greek Yogurt, Lemon Meringue Pie (Chobani) Sweets & Sweeteners 21 g Needs care about 143 g Flip Low-fat Greek Yogurt, Red Velvet Cupcake (Chobani) Sweets & Sweeteners 21 g Lower impact about 128 g Flip Perfect Peach Cobbler Greek Yogurt (Chobani) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 20 g Lower impact about 128 g Flip Salted Caramel Crunch Low- Fat Greek Yogurt (Chobani) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 23 g Lower impact about 128 g Flip Yogurt, Greek, Peanut Butter (Chobani) Legumes 21 g Lower impact about 128 g Flour, rice, brown Grains & Starches 75.5 g Use caution about 40 g Flour, rice, white, unenriched Grains & Starches 79.8 g Use caution about 38 g Frappuccino Beverages 13.8 g Use caution about 167 g Freekeh (green wheat) Grains & Starches 23 g Lower impact about 350 g Freekeh soup Meat, Poultry & Fish 9.9 g Lower impact about 300 g Fresh Curly fries (large) Grains & Starches 40 g Use caution about 63 g Fresh Curly fries (medium) Grains & Starches 40 g Use caution about 63 g Fresh Curly fries (small) Grains & Starches 40 g Needs care about 63 g Fresh Curly fries (upsize) Grains & Starches 40 g Use caution about 63 g Fresh dates (Barhi) Fruits 31 g Lower impact about 60 g Fresh Figs Fruits 19 g Lower impact about 154 g Fresh Figs with Olive Oil Fruits 19 g Lower impact about 207 g Fresh French fries (large) Grains & Starches 32 g Use caution about 78 g Fresh French fries (medium) Grains & Starches 32 g Use caution about 78 g Fresh French fries (small) Grains & Starches 32 g Needs care about 78 g Fresh French fries (upsize) Grains & Starches 32 g Use caution about 78 g Fresh fries (large) Grains & Starches 32 g Use caution about 78 g Fresh fries (medium) Grains & Starches 32 g Use caution about 78 g Fresh fries (small) Grains & Starches 32 g Needs care about 78 g Fresh fries (upsize) Grains & Starches 32 g Use caution about 78 g Fresh fruit cocktail Beverages 11.9 g Needs care about 252 g Fresh Potato wedges (large) Grains & Starches 38 g Use caution about 66 g Fresh Potato wedges (medium) Grains & Starches 38 g Use caution about 66 g Fresh Potato wedges (small) Grains & Starches 38 g Needs care about 66 g Fresh Potato wedges (upsize) Grains & Starches 38 g Use caution about 66 g Fresh Steak fries (large) Grains & Starches 34 g Use caution about 88 g Fresh Steak fries (medium) Grains & Starches 34 g Use caution about 88 g Fresh Steak fries (small) Grains & Starches 34 g Needs care about 88 g Fresh Steak fries (upsize) Grains & Starches 34 g Use caution about 88 g Fresh thin fries (10 sticks) Grains & Starches 32 g Lower impact about 60 g Fresh thin fries (20 sticks) Grains & Starches 32 g Needs care about 78 g Fresh Thin fries (large) Grains & Starches 32 g Use caution about 78 g Fresh Thin fries (medium) Grains & Starches 32 g Use caution about 78 g
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Why This Matters
After a meal, carbohydrate is broken down to glucose and absorbed into the blood; insulin then helps move it into cells. Foods that release glucose slowly produce a smaller, steadier rise. HbA1c reflects your average blood sugar over roughly the past three months. It is the anchor for the three control levels used throughout this site.
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Medical disclaimer: This article is for general education and is not medical advice. Ratings and portions are estimates derived from nutritional composition, not measurements of your own glucose response; individual responses vary. If you take insulin, confirm carbohydrate amounts against a nutrition label before dosing. Always follow the guidance of your own physician or diabetes care team.
How these ratings are produced: our safety estimate is derived from each food's nutritional composition — carbohydrate content, fibre, food category and physical form (liquid or solid) — combined with established diabetes nutrition principles and a realistic serving size. They are estimates for planning, not measurements of your own response and not a prescription. Individual responses vary considerably, so always follow your own clinician's advice.
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