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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)
Beef Fiesta Taco Ground Beef With Green & Red Bell Peppers, Onions And Monterey Jack Cheese (Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 5.8 g Lower impact about 241 g Beef Fiesta Taco Ground Beef With Green & Red Bell Peppers, Onions And Monterey Jack Cheese, Beef Fiesta Taco (Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 5.8 g Lower impact about 241 g Beef Fiesta Taco Ground Beef With Green & Red Bell Peppers, Onions And Monterey Jack Cheese, Beef Fiesta Taco (Atkins) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 5.8 g Lower impact about 241 g Beef shawarma sandwich (large, sammoun bread) Meat, Poultry & Fish 17.6 g Use caution about 170 g Beef shawarma sandwich (medium, saj bread) Meat, Poultry & Fish 17.8 g Use caution about 169 g Beef shawarma sandwich (small, arabic bread) Meat, Poultry & Fish 11.2 g Lower impact about 195 g Beef stew, canned entree Meat, Poultry & Fish 7.9 g Lower impact about 196 g Beef, chuck for stew, separable lean and fat, all grades, raw Meat, Poultry & Fish 0.2 g Lower impact about 113 g Beef, chuck for stew, separable lean and fat, choice, cooked, braised Meat, Poultry & Fish 0 g Lower impact about 85 g Beef, chuck for stew, separable lean and fat, choice, raw Meat, Poultry & Fish 0.1 g Lower impact about 113 g Beef, chuck for stew, separable lean and fat, select, cooked, braised Meat, Poultry & Fish 0 g Lower impact about 85 g Beef, chuck for stew, separable lean and fat, select, raw Meat, Poultry & Fish 0.2 g Lower impact about 113 g Beef, tenderloin steak, raw Meat, Poultry & Fish 0.2 g Lower impact about 100 g Beer (regular) Beverages 3.6 g Needs care about 356 g Beerwurst (Beer Salami, Pork) Meat, Poultry & Fish 2.1 g Lower impact about 23 g Ben & Jerry's, Ice Cream, Keep Caramel And Cookie On (Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc.) Sweets & Sweeteners 32.7 g Needs care about 80 g Berry jam Sweets & Sweeteners 65 g Lower impact about 20 g Berry smoothie (ayran) Beverages 6.7 g Needs care about 344 g Beverage Mix (Diet Pepsi) Beverages 0 g Lower impact about 18 g Bint Al Sahn Sweets & Sweeteners 26.4 g Needs care about 91 g Black Cherry Probiotic Yogurt (Activia) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 15 g Needs care about 200 g Black coffee Beverages 0.5 g Lower impact about 240 g Black tea Beverages 0.7 g Lower impact about 240 g Blackberries Fruits 10 g Lower impact about 100 g Blood sausage Meat, Poultry & Fish 1.3 g Lower impact about 100 g Blueberries Fruits 14.5 g Lower impact about 366 g Blueberries (fresh) Fruits 14.5 g Lower impact about 100 g Blueberries, dried, sweetened Fruits 80 g Needs care about 31 g Blueberries, frozen, sweetened Fruits 22 g Use caution about 136 g Blueberries, raw Fruits 14.5 g Lower impact about 148 g Blueberries, wild, raw (alaska native) Fruits 12.3 g Lower impact about 100 g Blueberry (Kellogg's Pop-Tarts) Fruits 75.6 g Needs care about 32 g Boiled Chickpeas Legumes 27.4 g Lower impact about 200 g Boiled Egg Eggs, Milk & Dairy 1.1 g Lower impact about 280 g Bread (no added sugar) Grains & Starches 47 g Lower impact about 45 g Bread, cornbread, dry mix, enriched (includes corn muffin mix) Sweets & Sweeteners 69.5 g Lower impact about 28 g Bread, cornbread, dry mix, unenriched (includes corn muffin mix) Sweets & Sweeteners 69.5 g Lower impact about 28 g Bread, oatmeal Grains & Starches 48.5 g Lower impact about 28 g Bread, oatmeal, toasted Grains & Starches 52.7 g Lower impact about 28 g Bread, pita, white, enriched Grains & Starches 55.7 g Needs care about 45 g Bread, pita, white, unenriched Grains & Starches 55.7 g Lower impact about 28 g Bread, reduced-calorie, oatmeal Grains & Starches 43.3 g Lower impact about 28 g Bread, reduced-calorie, white Grains & Starches 44.3 g Lower impact about 28 g Bread, salvadoran sweet cheese (quesadilla salvadorena) Grains & Starches 47.8 g Lower impact about 55 g Bread, white wheat Grains & Starches 43.9 g Lower impact about 28 g Bread, white, commercially prepared Grains & Starches 49.2 g Lower impact about 27 g Breaded Chicken Breast Nuggets (Tyson) Meat, Poultry & Fish 16.5 g Lower impact about 79 g Brioche burger bun Grains & Starches 55 g Needs care about 55 g Broasted chicken breast (breaded, no skin) Meat, Poultry & Fish 9 g Lower impact about 180 g Broasted chicken thigh (breaded, skin-on) Meat, Poultry & Fish 8 g Lower impact about 200 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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