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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)
Frozen Thin fries (upsize) Grains & Starches 36 g Use caution about 69 g Fruit & Nut Bar (Kind) Sweets & Sweeteners 57.5 g Lower impact about 40 g Fruit & Nut Delight Bar (Kind) Sweets & Sweeteners 42.5 g Lower impact about 40 g Fruit butters, apple Fruits 42.5 g Lower impact about 17 g Fruit juice smoothie, bolthouse farms, berry boost Beverages 10.9 g Needs care about 183 g Fruit juice smoothie, bolthouse farms, green goodness Beverages 13 g Needs care about 154 g Fruit juice smoothie, naked juice, green machine Beverages 12.5 g Use caution about 160 g Fruit juice smoothie, naked juice, mighty mango Beverages 15 g Use caution about 133 g Fruit juice smoothie, odwalla, original superfood Beverages 11.5 g Needs care about 174 g Fruit juice smoothie, odwalla, strawberry banana Beverages 11.1 g Needs care about 180 g Fruit sorbet Sweets & Sweeteners 28 g Lower impact about 70 g Ful medames Legumes 16.4 g Needs care about 244 g Ful with pita Legumes 25 g Use caution about 100 g Full Throttle Energy Drink Beverages 12.1 g Needs care about 155 g Garlic bread, frozen Grains & Starches 41.7 g Lower impact about 43 g Gatorade Gatorade Prime Orange /6 48P (Qtg) Beverages 18.9 g Use caution about 99 g Gatorade Lime Beverages 5.8 g Needs care about 323 g Gatorade Lime Beverages 5.8 g Needs care about 323 g Gatorade Orange Beverages 5.8 g Needs care about 323 g Gatorade Orange Beverages 5.8 g Needs care about 323 g Gelato Sweets & Sweeteners 25 g Needs care about 104 g Gerolsteiner Sparkling Mineral Water Beverages 0 g Lower impact about 240 g Gerolsteiner Sparkling Mineral Water (bottled) Beverages 0 g Lower impact about 240 g Ghraybeh Sweets & Sweeteners 27 g Lower impact about 50 g Grape + apple Beverages 13.2 g Use caution about 152 g Grape juice Beverages 15 g Use caution about 133 g Grape molasses Sweets & Sweeteners 70 g Lower impact about 20 g Grapefruit Fruits 10.7 g Lower impact about 160 g Grapes (fresh) Fruits 18 g Lower impact about 100 g Grapes, american type (slip skin), raw Fruits 17.2 g Lower impact about 92 g Grapes, green, seedless, raw Fruits 18.6 g Lower impact about 100 g Grapes, muscadine, raw Fruits 13.9 g Lower impact about 6 g Grapes, red, seedless, raw Fruits 20.2 g Lower impact about 100 g Greek salad Grains & Starches 6 g Lower impact about 250 g Greek Yogurt Oats (Chobani) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 17.3 g Lower impact about 150 g Green Apple Fruits 13.8 g Lower impact about 376 g Green beans stew no rice Legumes 18 g Needs care about 222 g Green beans stew no rice (with chicken) Meat, Poultry & Fish 18 g Use caution about 167 g Green beans stew no rice (with meat) Meat, Poultry & Fish 18 g Use caution about 167 g Green beans stew with rice (chicken half) Grains & Starches 34.5 g Use caution about 87 g Green beans stew with rice (chicken quarter) Grains & Starches 34.4 g Use caution about 87 g Green beans stew with rice (meat 125g) Grains & Starches 34.4 g Use caution about 87 g Green beans stew with rice (meat 250g) Grains & Starches 34.5 g Use caution about 87 g Green Grapes Fruits 18.1 g Lower impact about 133 g Green salad Grains & Starches 4.5 g Lower impact about 200 g Green tea Beverages 0.5 g Lower impact about 240 g Grilled Beef Cubes (Tikka) Meat, Poultry & Fish — Lower impact about 350 g Grilled calamari Meat, Poultry & Fish 1 g Lower impact about 180 g Grilled chicken breast (skinless) Meat, Poultry & Fish 0 g Lower impact about 180 g Grilled Chicken Skewers (Shish Tawook) Meat, Poultry & Fish 1.5 g Lower impact about 350 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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