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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)
Chicken corn pizza thin slice Grains & Starches 28.5 g Use caution about 105 g Chicken fatayer (large) Meat, Poultry & Fish 34.9 g Use caution about 86 g Chicken fatayer (medium) Meat, Poultry & Fish 34.7 g Needs care about 86 g Chicken nuggets (10 pcs) Meat, Poultry & Fish 17 g Needs care about 176 g Chicken nuggets (6 pcs) Meat, Poultry & Fish 17 g Lower impact about 120 g Chicken Nuggets (Tyson) Meat, Poultry & Fish 17.7 g Lower impact about 79 g Chicken shawarma sandwich (large, arabic bread) Meat, Poultry & Fish 14 g Needs care about 214 g Chicken shawarma sandwich (large, saj bread) Meat, Poultry & Fish 18.2 g Use caution about 165 g Chicken shawarma sandwich (large, sammoun bread) Meat, Poultry & Fish 17.9 g Use caution about 168 g Chicken shawarma sandwich (medium, arabic bread) Meat, Poultry & Fish 12.3 g Needs care about 244 g Chicken shawarma sandwich (medium, saj bread) Meat, Poultry & Fish 18.1 g Use caution about 166 g Chicken shawarma sandwich (medium, sammoun bread) Meat, Poultry & Fish 18.2 g Use caution about 165 g Chicken shawarma sandwich (small, arabic bread) Meat, Poultry & Fish 11.6 g Lower impact about 195 g Chicken shawarma sandwich (small, saj bread) Meat, Poultry & Fish 17.9 g Needs care about 168 g Chicken shawarma sandwich (small, sammoun bread) Meat, Poultry & Fish 18.7 g Needs care about 160 g Chicken shawarma wrap (gluten-free) Meat, Poultry & Fish 16.1 g Use caution about 186 g Chicken tenders, breaded, frozen, prepared Meat, Poultry & Fish 14.9 g Lower impact about 21 g Chicken Tikka Masala Meat, Poultry & Fish 5 g Lower impact about 500 g Chicken, broiler or fryers, breast, skinless, boneless, meat only, cooked, grilled Meat, Poultry & Fish 0 g Lower impact about 85 g Chicken, broiler or fryers, breast, skinless, boneless, meat only, with added solution, cooked, grilled Meat, Poultry & Fish 0 g Lower impact about 85 g Chicken, broiler, rotisserie, bbq, breast, meat only Meat, Poultry & Fish 0 g Lower impact about 85 g Chicken, broiler, rotisserie, bbq, drumstick, meat only Meat, Poultry & Fish 0 g Lower impact about 85 g Chicken, broiler, rotisserie, bbq, skin Meat, Poultry & Fish 0.7 g Lower impact about 85 g Chicken, broiler, rotisserie, bbq, thigh, meat only Meat, Poultry & Fish 0 g Lower impact about 85 g Chicken, broiler, rotisserie, bbq, wing, meat only Meat, Poultry & Fish 0.5 g Lower impact about 85 g Chicken, broilers or fryers, giblets, cooked, fried Meat, Poultry & Fish 4.4 g Lower impact about 145 g Chicken, liver, all classes, cooked, pan-fried Meat, Poultry & Fish 1.1 g Lower impact about 85 g Chicken, meatless, breaded, fried Meat, Poultry & Fish 8.5 g Lower impact about 130 g Chicken, nuggets, dark and white meat, precooked, frozen, not reheated Meat, Poultry & Fish 16.1 g Lower impact about 87 g Chicken, nuggets, white meat, precooked, frozen, not reheated Meat, Poultry & Fish 16.2 g Lower impact about 82 g Chickpeas (cooked) Legumes 27.4 g Needs care about 146 g Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, canned, drained solids Legumes 22.5 g Needs care about 178 g Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, canned, solids and liquids Legumes 13.5 g Lower impact about 240 g Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes 27.4 g Needs care about 146 g Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes 27.4 g Needs care about 146 g Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, raw Legumes 63 g Use caution about 48 g Chickpeas bowl Legumes 22.9 g Use caution about 175 g Chickpeas, (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), dry Legumes 60.4 g Use caution about 50 g Chinese Fried Rice Grains & Starches 28.7 g Use caution about 105 g Chipotle sauce Sweets & Sweeteners 6 g Lower impact about 20 g Chips Oman Sweets & Sweeteners 53.3 g Lower impact about 30 g Chobani, Greek Oats Yogurt, Banana Maple (Chobani, Inc.) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 18.7 g Lower impact about 150 g Chobani, Greek Yogurt Oats (Chobani, Inc.) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 17.3 g Lower impact about 150 g Chobani, Meze Yogurt Dip, Tzatziki (Chobani, Inc.) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 3.6 g Lower impact about 28 g Chocolate Bar (Snickers) Sweets & Sweeteners 61.8 g Lower impact about 34 g Chocolate Candy (M&M's) Sweets & Sweeteners 72 g Lower impact about 26 g Chocolate spread Sweets & Sweeteners 57 g Lower impact about 20 g Chocolate sundae Sweets & Sweeteners 28 g Needs care about 93 g Chocolate wafer Sweets & Sweeteners 62 g Lower impact about 25 g Chow Mein Grains & Starches 16.6 g Use caution about 151 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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