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Foods to Avoid With Diabetes (Especially When Blood Sugar Is High)
These foods are rated unsafe at the poorly-controlled level — they tend to drive a rapid, pronounced rise in glucose. That does not always mean "never", but they call for real caution, smaller portions or a better-controlled starting point. Where the source flags a food as not recommended in any amount, we say so plainly.
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Introduction
These foods are rated unsafe at the poorly-controlled level — they tend to drive a rapid, pronounced rise in glucose. That does not always mean "never", but they call for real caution, smaller portions or a better-controlled starting point. Where the source flags a food as not recommended in any amount, we say so plainly.
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Food Category Carbs / 100 g Safety Portion (well-controlled)
Roasted corn snack Sweets & Sweeteners 76 g Lower impact about 30 g Rockstar Energy Drink Beverages 12.7 g Use caution about 148 g Rolls, hamburger or hot dog, wheat/cracked wheat Meat, Poultry & Fish 47.3 g Lower impact about 51 g Rolls, hamburger or hot dog, whole wheat Meat, Poultry & Fish 44.9 g Lower impact about 56 g Root Beer Beverages 10.6 g Use caution about 177 g Rosé Wine Beverages 3.8 g Needs care about 148 g Roz Moammar (baked Egyptian rice) Grains & Starches 20.4 g Use caution about 147 g Rummo pasta (gluten-free, cooked) Grains & Starches 26.5 g Lower impact about 100 g S'mores Bar, Hershey's Special Dark Mildly Sweet Chocolate (Betty Crocker) Sweets & Sweeteners 80.7 g Lower impact about 31 g Samoon bread Grains & Starches 52 g Needs care about 48 g Scone Sweets & Sweeteners 46 g Needs care about 52 g Shakriya (yogurt stew with meat or chicken) with rice Grains & Starches 16 g Use caution about 188 g Sherbet, orange Fruits 30.4 g Lower impact about 74 g Shish tawook sandwich (medium, saj bread) Meat, Poultry & Fish 17.8 g Use caution about 169 g Shishbarak Eggs, Milk & Dairy 15.6 g Use caution about 192 g Shrak bread Grains & Starches 60 g Needs care about 42 g SILK Peach soy yogurt Fruits 18.8 g Needs care about 160 g Snacks, bagel chips, plain Grains & Starches 66.4 g Lower impact about 28 g Snickers, Almond Bar (Mars Chocolate North America LLC) Grains & Starches 64.1 g Lower impact about 39 g Snickers, Candy Bar (Mars Chocolate North America LLC) Sweets & Sweeteners 61.7 g Needs care about 42 g Snickers, Chocolate Bar (Mars Chocolate North America LLC) Sweets & Sweeteners 61.8 g Lower impact about 34 g Snickers, Crisper Bar (Mars Chocolate North America LLC) Grains & Starches 65.7 g Lower impact about 35 g Sobia (sweet coconut drink) Beverages 14 g Needs care about 214 g Soda (Pepsi) Beverages 11.6 g Use caution about 162 g Soft Drinks (regular soda) Beverages — Use caution about 39 g Soft serve ice cream Sweets & Sweeteners 24 g Needs care about 109 g Soup, pea, split with ham, canned, chunky, ready-to-serve Legumes 11.2 g Lower impact about 240 g Soup, pea, split with ham, canned, condensed Legumes 20.8 g Lower impact about 135 g Soup, pea, split with ham, canned, prepared with equal volume water Legumes 11.1 g Lower impact about 253 g Sourdough slice Grains & Starches 50 g Lower impact about 50 g Spaghetti Marinara Grains & Starches 19.3 g Use caution about 155 g Spaghetti, spinach, cooked Grains & Starches 26.2 g Needs care about 115 g Spaghetti, spinach, dry Grains & Starches 74.8 g Needs care about 40 g Spaghetti, with meatballs in tomato sauce, canned Meat, Poultry & Fish 11.5 g Lower impact about 246 g Spinach fatayer (large) Grains & Starches 36 g Use caution about 83 g Spinach fatayer (medium) Grains & Starches 35.8 g Needs care about 84 g Spinach fatayer (small) Grains & Starches 37.5 g Lower impact about 70 g Spinach stew with rice (chicken half) Grains & Starches 30.7 g Use caution about 98 g Spinach stew with rice (chicken quarter) Grains & Starches 30.7 g Use caution about 98 g Spinach stew with rice (meat 125g) Grains & Starches 30.7 g Use caution about 98 g Spinach stew with rice (meat 250g) Grains & Starches 30.7 g Use caution about 98 g Split pea soup, canned, reduced sodium, prepared with water or ready-to serve Legumes 11.8 g Lower impact about 253 g Split pea with ham soup, canned, reduced sodium, prepared with water or ready-to-serve Legumes 11.4 g Lower impact about 245 g Starbucks, Caffe Latte, Speciality Coffee Beverage, Vanilla (Starbucks Coffee Company) Beverages 8.8 g Needs care about 240 g Starbucks, Specialty Coffee Beverage, Caramel Caffe Latte (Starbucks Coffee Company) Beverages 9.2 g Needs care about 240 g Starbucks, Specialty Coffee Beverage, Pumpkin Spice, Caffe Latte (Starbucks Coffee Company) Beverages 9.2 g Needs care about 240 g Starbucks, Specialty Coffee Beverage, Vanilla Caffe Latte (Starbucks Coffee Company) Beverages 8.8 g Needs care about 240 g Stouffer's, Classic Meat Lovers Lasagna (Nestle Usa-Frozen Food Division) Grains & Starches 14.1 g Needs care about 213 g Stouffer's, Lasagna Bake (Nestle Usa-Frozen Food Division) Grains & Starches 13.5 g Lower impact about 170 g Stouffer's, Lasagna Mac (Nestle Usa-Frozen Food Division) Grains & Starches 14.4 g Needs care about 208 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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