Healthy snacks for diabetes

There are many suitable snack options to choose from if you are advised to have snacks. Try some of these suggestions which are both healthy and tasty.

Fruits

• Fresh, canned or frozen fruit eg: 1 peach, 3 apricots, 1 pear, 2 mandarins, 1/2 –1 cup of grapes, half a mango, 3 plums, 1 banana, 1 orange, 1 circle of pineapple
• 1 serve of dried fruit eg: 1 tablespoon sultanas or mixed fruit, 10 apricot halves Salad & vegetables
• Vegetable sticks (eg: celery, carrot, capsicum, snow peas) with 1 tbsp low fat hommous or low fat cream cheese
• Celery boats filled with 2 tbsp of cottage cheese and tomato

Nuts

• 30 grams of mixed or plain unsalted nuts Breads
• 1 slice of raisin toast or multigrain bread Dairy products
• 1 tub of low fat, no fat or diet yoghurt
• 1 tub of Fruche light® or Nestle Blissful®
• 1/2 cup of low fat custard

Cereal

• 1/2 cup of high fibre breakfast cereal

Drinks

• 1 cup or 250 mls of any low fat plain, flavoured or soy milk or fruit smoothie
• 1 Ovaltine Light Break®

Information obtained from A diabetes information series from State / Territory organisations of Diabetes Australia.

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