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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.
Matching Foods
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Food Category Carbs / 100 g Safety Portion (well-controlled)
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 Tamarind drink Beverages 12 g Needs care about 250 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 Tiramisu Sweets & Sweeteners 29 g Use caution about 83 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 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 Van's, gluten free, totally original waffles Grains & Starches 40.5 g Lower impact about 47 g Vegetable Lasagna Frozen Meal (Stouffer's) Grains & Starches 13.8 g Needs care about 217 g Waffle cone ice cream Sweets & Sweeteners 36 g Use caution about 67 g Waffle plain (cooked) Sweets & Sweeteners 45 g Use caution about 53 g Waffle with chocolate syrup Sweets & Sweeteners 55 g Use caution about 44 g Waffle with Nutella Sweets & Sweeteners 52 g Use caution about 46 g Waffles, chocolate chip, frozen, ready-to-heat Grains & Starches 45.7 g Needs care about 53 g Waffles, gluten-free, frozen, ready-to-heat Grains & Starches 43.1 g Lower impact about 45 g Warbat no syrup Sweets & Sweeteners 27.8 g Needs care about 86 g Warbat with syrup Sweets & Sweeteners 36.5 g Use caution about 66 g Watermelon Fruits 7.6 g Lower impact about 225 g Watermelon juice Beverages 7 g Needs care about 286 g Wendy's beef burger Meat, Poultry & Fish 17.3 g Needs care about 173 g Wendy's fried chicken sandwich Meat, Poultry & Fish 23.8 g Use caution about 126 g WENDY'S, french fries Grains & Starches 39.7 g Needs care about 63 g White Beans Legumes 25 g Lower impact about 300 g White Bread Grains & Starches 49 g Lower impact about 45 g White Bread (frozen, reheated) Grains & Starches 46 g Lower impact about 45 g White Sugar (table sugar) Sweets & Sweeteners 100 g Use caution about 6 g Whole Wheat Bread Grains & Starches 41 g Lower impact about 45 g With Breadsticks (Nutella Ferrero) Grains & Starches 65.4 g Needs care about 38 g Yemeni mandi with chicken Meat, Poultry & Fish 21.3 g Use caution about 141 g Yemeni mandi with lamb Meat, Poultry & Fish 21.3 g Use caution about 141 g Yemeni Sidr Honey Sweets & Sweeteners 80.8 g Lower impact about 31 g Yemeni Sumor Honey Sweets & Sweeteners 81.5 g Lower impact about 26 g Yogurt, chocolate, nonfat milk Sweets & Sweeteners 23.5 g Needs care about 128 g Yogurt, Greek, Blended, Coffee (Chobani) Beverages 18 g Lower impact about 150 g Yoplait FruitSide Blueberry Yogurt (General Mills Sales Inc.) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 16.7 g Lower impact about 150 g Yoplait FruitSide Cherry Yogurt (General Mills Sales Inc.) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 17.3 g Lower impact about 150 g Yoplait FruitSide Peach Yogurt (General Mills Sales Inc.) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 16.7 g Lower impact about 150 g Yoplait FruitSide Strawberry Yogurt (General Mills Sales Inc.) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 16.7 g Lower impact about 150 g Yoplait Original Dunkin' Boston Crme Donut Low Fat Yogurt (General Mills Sales Inc.) Sweets & Sweeteners 17.7 g Needs care about 169 g Zaatar croissant Grains & Starches 45 g Needs care about 56 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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