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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)
Ful medames Legumes 16.4 g Needs care about 244 g Ful with pita Legumes 25 g Use caution about 100 g Full Throttle Energy Drink Beverages 12.1 g Needs care about 155 g Gatorade Gatorade Prime Orange /6 48P (Qtg) Beverages 18.9 g Use caution about 99 g Gatorade Lime Beverages 5.8 g Needs care about 323 g Gatorade Lime Beverages 5.8 g Needs care about 323 g Gatorade Orange Beverages 5.8 g Needs care about 323 g Gatorade Orange Beverages 5.8 g Needs care about 323 g Gelato Sweets & Sweeteners 25 g Needs care about 104 g Grape + apple Beverages 13.2 g Use caution about 152 g Grape juice Beverages 15 g Use caution about 133 g Greek Yogurt Oats (Chobani) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 17.3 g Lower impact about 150 g Green beans stew no rice Legumes 18 g Needs care about 222 g Green beans stew no rice (with chicken) Meat, Poultry & Fish 18 g Use caution about 167 g Green beans stew no rice (with meat) Meat, Poultry & Fish 18 g Use caution about 167 g Green beans stew with rice (chicken half) Grains & Starches 34.5 g Use caution about 87 g Green beans stew with rice (chicken quarter) Grains & Starches 34.4 g Use caution about 87 g Green beans stew with rice (meat 125g) Grains & Starches 34.4 g Use caution about 87 g Green beans stew with rice (meat 250g) Grains & Starches 34.5 g Use caution about 87 g Green Grapes Fruits 18.1 g Lower impact about 133 g Grilled Beef Cubes (Tikka) Meat, Poultry & Fish — Lower impact about 350 g Guava juice Beverages 12 g Use caution about 167 g Gulf majboos with chicken Meat, Poultry & Fish 28 g Use caution about 107 g Haagen-Dazs, Artisan Collection Ice Cream, Ginger Molasses Cookie (The Haagen-Dazs Company, Inc.) Sweets & Sweeteners 24.5 g Lower impact about 102 g Haagen-Dazs, Ice Cream, Banana Rum Jam (The Haagen-Dazs Company, Inc.) Sweets & Sweeteners 26.7 g Needs care about 98 g Haagen-Dazs, Ice Cream, Banana Rum Jam (The Haagen-Dazs Company, Inc.) Sweets & Sweeteners 26.7 g Needs care about 98 g Haagen-Dazs, Ice Cream, Bourbon Pecan Praline (The Haagen-Dazs Company, Inc.) Sweets & Sweeteners 26.5 g Needs care about 98 g Haagen-Dazs, Ice Cream, Chocolate Caramelized Oat (The Haagen-Dazs Company, Inc.) Sweets & Sweeteners 27.9 g Needs care about 94 g Haagen-Dazs, Ice Cream, Ginger Molasses Cookie (The Haagen-Dazs Company, Inc.) Sweets & Sweeteners 24.5 g Lower impact about 102 g Haagen-Dazs, Ice Cream, Spiced Pecan Turtle (The Haagen-Dazs Company, Inc.) Sweets & Sweeteners 27.4 g Needs care about 95 g Haagen-Dazs, Ice Cream, Tres Leches Brigadeiro (The Haagen-Dazs Company, Inc.) Sweets & Sweeteners 26.9 g Needs care about 97 g Halawet el Jibn cream no syrup Sweets & Sweeteners 21.2 g Use caution about 113 g Halawet el Jibn cream with syrup Sweets & Sweeteners 28.9 g Use caution about 83 g Halawet el Jibn plain Sweets & Sweeteners 28.9 g Use caution about 83 g Halloumi cheese sandwich (small, arabic bread) Grains & Starches 16.3 g Lower impact about 135 g Haneeth (slow-roasted lamb) Meat, Poultry & Fish 21.3 g Use caution about 141 g Hardee's beef burger Meat, Poultry & Fish 17.3 g Needs care about 173 g Hardee's fried chicken sandwich Meat, Poultry & Fish 23.8 g Use caution about 126 g Harees (wheat and meat porridge) Meat, Poultry & Fish 18.9 g Use caution about 159 g Hawaiian pizza thin slice Grains & Starches 28.3 g Use caution about 106 g Hawawshi Meat, Poultry & Fish 23.1 g Use caution about 130 g Hibiscus drink Beverages 8 g Lower impact about 300 g Higher-Alcohol Beer Beverages 0.3 g Needs care about 356 g Homemade corn bread Grains & Starches 76 g Use caution about 33 g Homemade mixed-flour bread Grains & Starches 73.3 g Use caution about 34 g Homemade quinoa bread Grains & Starches 64 g Use caution about 47 g Homemade rice-flour bread Grains & Starches 80 g Use caution about 38 g Hot chocolate (cafe) Beverages 16 g Use caution about 144 g Hot chocolate (home) Beverages 13 g Needs care about 178 g Hot Pockets, Breakfast Bites Sandwiches (Nestle USA Inc.) Grains & Starches 30 g Needs care about 83 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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