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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)
Sweet potato (baked or roasted) Grains & Starches 42 g Use caution about 60 g Sweet Potato (baked) Grains & Starches 20.1 g Lower impact about 116 g Sweet Potato (boiled) Grains & Starches 20.1 g Lower impact about 167 g Sweetened condensed milk Eggs, Milk & Dairy 55 g Lower impact about 40 g Tabbouleh Grains & Starches 6.7 g Lower impact about 180 g TACO BELL, burrito supreme with beef Meat, Poultry & Fish 23.4 g Use caution about 128 g Taco Mac & Cheese Seasoned Ground Beef, Elbow Pasta, Bell Pepper Medley + Onion In A Creamy Queso Sauce, Taco Mac & Cheese (Counter) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 11.3 g Needs care about 265 g Tahini Halva Sweets & Sweeteners 50 g Lower impact about 30 g Tahini Halva (no added sugar) Sweets & Sweeteners 25 g Lower impact about 64 g Tahini halva (sweeteners) Sweets & Sweeteners 32 g Lower impact about 40 g Tahini packet Sweets & Sweeteners 17 g Lower impact about 30 g Tamarind drink Beverages 12 g Needs care about 250 g Tempeh Grains & Starches 9 g Lower impact about 120 g Texas fried chicken (2 pcs) Meat, Poultry & Fish 8 g Lower impact about 260 g Texas fried chicken meal Meat, Poultry & Fish 18.2 g Use caution about 165 g Thai Green Curry (with chicken) Meat, Poultry & Fish 10.8 g Use caution about 278 g Thareed (bread and broth stew) Meat, Poultry & Fish 6.8 g Needs care about 368 g The Winter Edition Arctic Berry Energy Drink (Red Bull) Beverages 11.2 g Needs care about 167 g Tiffany Finns chips Sweets & Sweeteners 52 g Lower impact about 30 g Tiramisu Sweets & Sweeteners 29 g Use caution about 83 g Tofu Grains & Starches 1.9 g Lower impact about 150 g Tomato Fruits 3.9 g Lower impact about 300 g Tomato Ketchup (Heinz) Grains & Starches 29.4 g Lower impact about 17 g Tomato Ketchup, Hot & Spicy (Heinz) Grains & Starches 23.5 g Lower impact about 17 g Tomatoes, orange, raw Fruits 3.2 g Lower impact about 158 g Toppings, pineapple Fruits 66.4 g Use caution about 45 g Tortilla Grains & Starches 50 g Needs care about 50 g Tortilla chips, yellow, plain, salted Grains & Starches 67.4 g Lower impact about 28 g Tortilla, blue corn, sakwavikaviki (hopi) Grains & Starches 58.1 g Needs care about 43 g Traditional Baklava Sweets & Sweeteners 45 g Lower impact about 89 g Traditional Chickarina Soup (Progresso) Grains & Starches 5 g Lower impact about 237 g Tuna in Oil Meat, Poultry & Fish 0.1 g Lower impact about 255 g Tuna in Water Meat, Poultry & Fish 0.1 g Lower impact about 255 g Tuna sandwich (gluten-free) Grains & Starches 16 g Needs care about 188 g Tunisian Couscous fish Meat, Poultry & Fish 16 g Use caution about 188 g Turkey breast, sliced, prepackaged Meat, Poultry & Fish 2.2 g Lower impact about 16 g Turkey, all classes, breast, meat and skin, raw Meat, Poultry & Fish 0 g Lower impact about 146 g Turkey, retail parts, breast, meat and skin, raw Meat, Poultry & Fish 0 g Lower impact about 85 g Turkey, retail parts, breast, meat only, raw Meat, Poultry & Fish 0 g Lower impact about 113 g Turkey, whole, breast, meat only, cooked, roasted Meat, Poultry & Fish 0 g Lower impact about 85 g Turkey, whole, breast, meat only, raw Meat, Poultry & Fish 0.1 g Lower impact about 113 g Turkish coffee Beverages 1 g Lower impact about 240 g Tyson, Breaded Chicken Breast Nuggets (Tyson Foods, Inc.) Meat, Poultry & Fish 16.5 g Lower impact about 79 g Tyson, Chicken Nuggets (Tyson Foods, Inc.) Meat, Poultry & Fish 17.7 g Lower impact about 79 g Van's, gluten free, totally original waffles Grains & Starches 40.5 g Lower impact about 47 g Vanilla Probiotic Yogurt (Activia) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 15 g Lower impact about 113 g Vanilla wafer Sweets & Sweeteners 62 g Lower impact about 25 g Veal, breast, half, boneless, separable lean and fat, cooked, braised Eggs, Milk & Dairy 0 g Lower impact about 85 g Vegan Protein Powder Grains & Starches 13 g Lower impact about 100 g Vegetable Lasagna Frozen Meal (Stouffer's) Grains & Starches 13.8 g Needs care about 217 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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