Focus on Nutrition & Diabetes

Plan for Success

• Set specific goals with your health care team for blood sugar levels, healthy eating, physical activity, and medications.
• Use a daily food tracker for meals and snacks. Count carbohydrates or food servings, as advised by your health care team or registered dietitian.
• Control your weight. Lose weight if you are overweight.
• Cut back on high calorie snack foods and desserts, such as cakes, chips, cookies, and pies.
• Eat meals at regular times. Follow a meal plan for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as advised by your health care team.
• Swap out sweetened beverages for tap or unsweetened bottled water, sparkling water, or unsweetened fizzy water. Skip the flavored syrups at the coffee shop and ask for a drink with low fat milk or an unsweetened milk alternative, such as soy or almond.
• Strive to fill half of your plate with nonstarchy vegetables, such as salad greens, cooked greens, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, green beans, and carrots.