Blood sugar and diabetes · United States
How can I fit everyday foods into a diabetes meal plan?
Start with your meal plan, then check the food, portion and additions. These guides turn everyday choices into practical steps for adults with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes.
Food and drink
Start with a common meal question
8 guides
Rice and breakfast grains
Fruit and yogurt
Milk and plant-based drinks
Daily meal planning has individual limits
These are daily food guides for type 2 diabetes or prediabetes. Type 1 diabetes, pregnancy, kidney disease and insulin use may require a different plan. They do not set a carbohydrate target or medicine dose for you.
Guidance sources: NIH NIDDK [1]
Low blood sugar is a different situation
If your blood sugar is low, follow your prescribed low-glucose treatment plan immediately. Advice to limit juice or added sugar at everyday meals must not delay treatment. See the CDC treatment guidance below.
Guidance sources: CDC [2]
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Can I Eat editors check these guides against public guidance from the cited health organizations. Sources support specific food statements, not an endorsement of this website. Food choices are considered alongside clinical care; no individual clinician review of these pages is claimed.
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General food information, not a diagnosis, glucose prediction or medication plan. Individual advice takes priority.